Arizona citizen., 1872-11-09
LoRING MASSACRE AGAIN.

, fore in Print. Gen. Crooks Wis, dom and Justice.
 ' It has been apparent from the first
 that some pertinent facts regarding this massacre, were not given to the public. MT. Thomas Moore, Master of
 Transportation in the Department of
 Arizona, has recently spent couple
 of weeks in Tucson, and several times
 he stated that of his own knowledge
 some facts ought to be published which
 had not been, and in late converse
 tion, he recited the following for
 public use. Any one who we'll knows
 Mir. Moore, esteems him as not only 8
 truthful man, but one who never
 makes reports which are not we'll au- thenticated.
 l It is established beyond question that at least thirty four Indians were engaged in that massacre. Thirteen AOf them are known to have drawn ra- tions at Camp Date Creek reservation bn the first of November 1871, and on the 9th of that month, in the morning, the massacre was committed. Of these thirteen, six were known to hhve. been on the Date Creek reserve oh and before September ', 1872, when General Crook arrived there to Arrest them. It was the Generals purpose to arrest these six and no others. He desired above all things to demonstrate to the Apaches that those Indians who receive food, cloth ing and protection of Government and at the same time murder and pillage, could and would be punished by Gov ernment. This was of vital impor- tance to the success of the reservation system, and also to the welfare of whatever Indians were peaceably dis posed. The General knew how futile 1t was to make campaign in the field before he demonstrated to the Apa- ches that none but truly peaceable h. dians could find safety by flight to reservations. This was the very es- sence of his plan of settling the ques- tion, hence the apparent delay in en- tering upon campaign after freed from restraints. Had he acted other wise, the Apaches would have fled be- fore his troops to reserves, and any campaign would have been abortive as whole and any success would have been accidental. The Indians would have continued to despise mii- tary operations, and the cost of fruit less military campaigns would have been irresistibly urged in favor of con- tinuing a reservation policy the re- suits of which were fraud and pillage and mlrdtr.
 We trust the people everywhere, and especially in Arizona will properly estimate these facts The people here became impatient at General Crooks apparent inactivity but the General knew he could not succeed except by loiu5 the right things first. The old plan of rushing after hostile Indians with part of the troops while the other part was offering and giving them food, protection, security, and freedom to depreaate at pleasure, would effect worse than nothing.
 Then again, of the thirty-four en- gagged in the Loring massacre, twenty three may Or may not have been pro- 'essing peace at Date Creek at the time and hence there was no purpose 0 2nnlah them except by war if of the reserve; and If they were found to have come on the reserve seeking IPeaoe, for the first time, after the mas Isacre, then they should be treated ac- cordng to tue rules of civilized war fare which our nation regards.
 1 Le- the reservation system be solely