Arizona citizen., 1872-05-25

God has permitted 1t. Formerly the Pimas and Papagos came to their (the Apaches) country to steal; and the Apaches went to the country of the Pimas and Papagos to steal. Now. they are friends and would steal from each other no more. Now they are like brothers and sisters and will be friends until they grow old. Now they have the hair on their heads and and the nails on their hands, and he hopes God will permit them to re- main there. The Apaches hunt rats and deer like the Papagos now they can hunt together. They are both armed with bows and arrows, and are equal, and hunt the same way, and perhaps they can hunt together in harmony now that the great father has come and made peace.
 Es-kel-pel-do-ten-di, then speaks. Coming before General Howard and making the sign of the cross with his fingers, he says that he swears before God and the Virgin Mary, etc. etc. that he is in earnest. General How ard is his father and mother. He all ways wanted peace, because his brother asked and obtained peace at Goodwin. He is no captain; he only speaks for himself. God ordered him to give his hand to Gen. Howard when the sun was up there, (pointing to the heavens); that is the reason why he gave it. He has come over the top of the earth to give the Gen. eral his hand. He has hands, and hair, and eyes, but he can not make horse out of them, or dishes or money he can only do what his body will do. Now he is here with all his friends and if the heavens should fall he would get away in safety.
 Gen. Howard asked Eskevanzin if all had talked who wished to. Eske- vanzin replied that he was not going to say anything; he had put his men forward to talk and what they said he said.
 Eskelpeldotendi resumes. He is happy now that the Papagos and Mexicans, and others have come to make peace. He is now like his friends that are looking at him he will do nothing and they will do mo- thing to break the peace. He thinks the soldiers are here with thelr guns, (referring to the soldiers on the reser- vation), to prevent bad men on the outside from doing wrong. (Concep- cion, who had been interpreting from the Apache into Spanish, was now re- lieved, on account of incompetency, by Manuel, who did nearly all the subsequent Interpreting from Apache into Spanish).
 Es-kel-pel-&c. continues: He is very happy that his neighbors and countrymen have come to see him he is very grateful in his heart. They would not have come if they had not been ordered by God Almighty. and the Virgin Mary, etc. Q and he is glad to find things in the state they are. He has been praying to the Virgin and Jesus Christ Q and it is from thls, that the present state of things comes. He is glad that the Mexicans and strangers have come; he will now sleep we'll as if in another house, and they will do the same. He has no paper or pen, his mouth is all he has to correspond with. He has no ma chinery to make blankets or to make horse.
 General Howard told him that he and his people must raise corn and sell it, and with the money tEey could get anything they wanted; white men do this way. Eskelpeldotendi said he had spoken; and feels happy and is contented after what he has said, and after what the General has said.
 Gen. Howard said they had talked to him long about peace; do they think they are making peace for any but for themselves. Espelpeldotendi replied that the peace they wanted is that which will permit them go to Tucson and wherever they wish with out danger and permit the Pimas and Papagos to come here without danger.
 General Howard asked them if they were ready to help us make and keep peace with the Apaches that are now hostile. Eskevanzin had told him the other day that if trails crossed this Reservation they (Eskevanzin and his mem would follow them, does he still promise to do this?
 Eskevanzin did not answer the ouestion, but said that he felt good