The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-07-29
INDIAN AGENTS, AGAIN.


 gentry. in our last issue, but did not say all we should have said and will now continue the subject. Not that We hope to reform tho obdurate, lying, grabbing wretcheS ot the tribe; but that We wish to give the people at large little insight into the workings of the Indian ring, of which the greedy imps under discussion are the willing tools. The Indian ring, as formed at Washington, IS a strong powerful combination, whose head and members control the President and Con grcss upon all matters relating to Indians :; also, upon all questions of peace, war, rights to life and property between white men and Indians. And. of tn. clique, an Indian Parker-is chief Think ot this, Americans Of the old States. Does it look fair tO have an Indian decide matters of vital importance between members of his own race, and mem bers ot your race Think you that Parker has no sympathy for his red relatives IT you do, we do not Indeed, we know tO our sor- row that he is imbucd with strong sympathy for all savages, else why should he, ever and always, try to whitewash and explain away the white blood shed by sayases of hs race ' But, this is not all. This Indian chief has surrounded himself with advisers or, rather, creatures who sympathi1c with the Indians fully as much as he doeS,-some of them, no doubt. through ignorance; but, the majority, because by doing so they get, have got their fingers in the several rich pies that are cuokcd in the Ring Kitchen. These aud de- camps, of Commissioner Parker. are, it is .aid mostly Quakers. But, here, in the In dian country, they arc known as Takers, ot everything they lay their hands upon. But, they write East, praise the Indians for their honest intentions and good behavior, and, oi course, lay blame upon the whites for every little and serious difficulty that arises or has arisen. Tkey do this in order to fill up their purses, and pander to the false Eastern sentl- ment they and their friends have created. But what do any of those Quaker agents know about the hostile Indians, save from hearsay. Nothing. Vincent Colyer got as far as New Mexico, and wrote from there, a lot of lies and stuff about the Apachcs of Ari- zon, even ten of whom, we are sure, he has never laid eyes upon. The same Is true of the resi- dent agents of this Territory, who herd among tribes that have been pea>eable; yes. semi civilized, for years. They never write home To tell of the men, women and children the savages have slaughtered; nor of the countless animals they have stolen from u, Oh, no that would not suit their purposes. Their relation Of such facts night be bclie,- ed; the Administration might be forced to take vigorous measures with the murderers and robbers, and, thereby, soon put an end to the Indians, and the Ring whose members live by stealing from Indian appropriations farming out trading contracts, etc, etc. But, there may come day there may come ! Democratic Administration, that will Gas such Administrations have always done). give the white people of the States and Territories afflicted with savage Indians proper protrc- tion, something Republican Administra,ion has never yet done, because, We presume, Re ! publican Administrations have been too closely employed keeping down." it's should | be nasters-the people. A Republican Gov ernment, t,-based upon the will of the people: supported by them, and whose officers should be the servants o. the people, neglecting to ! protect white citizens from lnlian savages in one section of the country; and employing the greater portion of the army in another section, to protect blacks" and force whites to adopt " liberal. Republican principles is what ours now presents, and what it has, for some time past, presented, to the shame oi those who are at the head of if, and the dis grace of all those who so thoughtlessiy ee vated them. No Americans wish to upset
  white Americans to rule America, so iha, there is really no need for solitary soldier at the South, save artiilerymen sufficient tC garrison the forts. Then, in Gods name why not send the army to the frontiers and at once, subdue the Indians Such A cours, would be beneficial to everybody and every thing; we could then work in safety, with out gun or pistol the Indians would also bt better of, and none but the Quaker lnd
 an Ring, and the waspy politicians of th, country could suffer loss.
 But, the Administration takes the word O these Indian agents as law and gospel n truth,-pure and simple, just as it takes anC has taken the misrepresentation of anothe set of scoundrels regarding matters at tn, South. But, the statements of Genera Sherman, Horace Greeley and other honora ble men, have helped to dispe the fanciet Southern fog, and laid bare the vile motive, of her slandtrers Send here, then, Mir. Ad ministration, some fair, candid, honorable men, to look into our case, and you will sooI know how badly you have neglected us how we have suffered at the hands of the Apachea and other Indians; how your Indian agent misrepresent facts; how they live, in luxury hundreds of miles from hostile savage whom they have never attempted to approacl or make peaceable arrangements with; how one of them-Superintendent Bendell-ha confscated the property of Mr. Richard,
 citizen who has befriended the Pima Indian more than any other living white man, sim ply because Mir. Richard had sold goods t Pimss, without license" or "agreement
 with the Indian agent. Send yoIr men, Mr President, and learn these things.
 Since placing the foregoing in type, new of the resignation of Commissioner Parke