The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-01-14
THE APACHEs AGAIN.

ru1cs upon peaceoble Augricnn citizens in this Territory, whcn our attention was Iircc- ted to the following able article in the San Francisco CH, which we herewith copy and approve:
 ..The Government Indian Agent in New Mexico writes tu Commissioner Parker, from Santa F., with rc~ard to the selection ot a Reservation for the Southern Apachss, some where in the vicinity of Fort stanton. He {, says there is goo,l reason to believe that the | Apachcs can be induced Co settle upon these ! Reservations.
 It would be bard Co toll from what source , the Indian Agent derived his information, iu which lac seems to believe SD implicitly. N. 10 comes from the AVa,hcs themselves, it certainty is not worthy of crcGcncei and we know ot no one authorized Co speak for them. Apachc faith Is worse than Puuic faith. The tribes, including tue Plnalcnos, Tonto7, CoyUteros and several other mcnS"ri oi'h0ots, are trcacnerous in every instinct and impulse 0f their nature. Falsehood is the rule with them. pnd truth the accidental exception They pay no respect c. treaties, will seldom stand up and fight like other tribes, but sprius upon their unsuspeciins victims from cover, and show no mercy when such happen ,o C.ll into their power Millions of dollars have already been expended, and hundreds Of yalcabic lives sacrificed, in the attempt tO conquer or eouciiatc the ApaChcs, without s,lcccss; and 1t Is exceedingly doubtful whether they ever can be induced to adopt the a,ts and continue in the walks of Ciyliza- ton.
 IL may be that their tether has been so ah Jr,cnrd that cxteriniHa:ion stares them in the face. and that to avoid this direiul con. tingency they are willing to be fed at the Governments expense, as they were formerly sub.sted by the Mexican State of Sonora, nn,il the hand that holds them in check is relaxed. when their deprcdations upon proper {, and their slaughter of defcncclcsS immi- grants will be resumed in the old style of ruthe sness and indscrmnatiOn
 Tue idea of rcseryatingn the Apaches is, to our minds. absurd. If they have expressed a wish io be thus provided for, it is because the , pine nut, ani abundant grasses of the Copper 1 Mine region have failed; because the Taliey og the Giia has ceased to furnish the pstaidga . fruit: because there are no longer agaSe plauts nor wild onions on the hills of New { Mexico and Arizona, There Is an omnous ! yr5r$o made hy the Apachcs in the promise 1, given 10 the Indian Agent who writes to the ! Departm, nt-if he ever received pronlise-- [ . tipns, the "GJCernmeai Usyst dqTes to fced them 1 01 TaH Td.iJas ua,H tbcy cga tGkt c1ra of Mem- 1 g !res !i That sounds exactly like the craft of the progeni,ors of the present generation ot Apacbes-Mangus Colorado, Yellow Tail, Ponce, Dalgilita who never scrupled to make q promise, and were religious in the certainty with which tkey broke it..
 These Indians have some deep plot of vil- lainy to mature some threatening danger to alo!d if they consent to go on reservations. That shows on the face; for they must be provided with fdl ratioEs until such time as they can take care of themselves! If they find the food abundant. the treatment other wise hospitable, and the reservation agreed ble the time will never arrive when they can take carc of thelnsclyes.n Work they will not and even if they would, they could not by the arts Of agriculture, owing tO their in- experience and unlitted condition, raise enough tO supply their wants by tilI,ng the soil
 They should not be trusted. If the Govern
 ment has them at disadvantage, let it keeI them there. The blood of their murdered ' victims cries out for this kind of justice. T,
 feed them would be To reward them for tbei
 crimes, IL would be Q ccCgasson of weak
 ness which the Apache would be sure {,
 interpret as cowardgc, and when the oppur
 
 - his gratitude by pluncng his knife into th' . heart that beat kindly for the amelioration O n his condition No feeding of such ingrates To keep them in severe check is the propc ' policy, and when this amoun; of .ccurity Ina
 been certainly obtained, let the treacheIou Apaches provide for themselves"
 We mplore those in authority to pay du
 attention to the foregoing, the facts and req o soning of which are strictly true, and jus o No doubt the treatment proposed will seer B haTsh to those who know not the faithles: l. ness of oar red enemus, But, We implore a s, such, to look 9. tho other side of the que Il ton, Co recolect that hundreds of white mel a, women and children have been murdered, y cold blood, by the Apaches since the aequ
 sition of this Territory; that other hundred
 have been impoverished, and that, long b
 fore Arizona came under our flag, the san
 villainous tribe warred upon settlers in Sol o ora, Chihuahua and New Mexico, and ha , well nigh depopulated the northern portiC ;. of the present State of Sonora. Other trib v gathered around the Missions, and lived
 peace with the whites, but the Apaches cluI
 to their wild, vicious ways, and finally dro
 the white settlers from the country, al
 slaughtered hundreds of peaccable Pueb c. Indians They are, to-day, imbued with |
 same treacherous, unconquerable, deyli ie spirit, and being comparatively well armc in are more formidable and dangerous than ev l' before. This being the case, our Cover ,. ment ough. certainly see the urgent nec' -;4y ~f I,aI;,. S.o+b onI Jo.tr,,ct;o, .,r,,.