The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-06-08
Prescott, Arizona.
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 would all be friends and the papers would be the same. =,
 General Howard told them that he wo i'd leave copy with the agent, so that it could be read to them.
 Santos said that when the people present went away they would be his friends; and others would come out and they would be the same. God had put it into the Presidents head to send the General here to make this peace. They had been enemies of the peo- ple, and had not slept and suffered hunger and thirst to kill them. Since three or four wears past scouts had been sene out and cam paipns had been made and captives-child- ren-takcn; but then they were enemies. He did not want to talk of events back of two years. Hts people had been here with their friends, the soldiers; they had not done any thing: it was strangers who had come here 10 take his beople Some of the children captured had come back and they were very thankful and contented, now that they were back and had seen them. Now, that their father (General Howardl had brought these children back and they had seen them, what wss he going to do with them
 General Howard wanted to know if they were orphans. Santos asked him if these captivcs had not informed the General that their fathers and mothers had been killed (a young squaw came forward); that young girl was the sister of three children that were here, but their father or mother was not here (another woman came forward) ; these were all sisters of children that had been brought. General Howard asked If these women were married. Their husbands were pointed out. Santos said that, of course, when the Papagos took the children away, they cried; they had been taken away by force: when taken to the Papagos' house they cried, and when fed they still cried: Since they had been taken they had learned the Papaeo language and could no longer understand the Apache, and when they saw the Apaches they did not know them and were afraid and commenced crying. The children were small and could not be their own masters. Santos said he had cried over it. It was certain that the people who had the children hero loved them; the Captain of the Papagos and Captain Elias had brought the children here and still they lov- ed them. Santos said he knew Manuel (the Interpreter) when he was boy and had known his father when he was boy; and he asked it as favor of Manuel to do the in- terpretng well, that his people might get the children back. These children were now here and he asked it, as favor, of Dr. Will bur, Agent of the Papagos, and of Mir. Elias, to have these children turned over at once.
 General Howard asked Santos if he wanted to talk anymore, If not, they would wait un- til they heard from Mir. Elias, who had gone out to speak with the Mexicans. When Mir. Elias returned he wns not given an oppor- tunity to talk.
 General Howard called upon Mir. McCaf- frey, U. S. District Attorney and Attorney General of the Territory, to give some reas- ons why the children should not be given up. General Howard told the Apaches that Mir. McCaffry was U. S. officer, and lived at Tucson.
 Mir. McCaffry then said that, in regard to these children, when he was requested by General Howard to have them returned to where they belonged, he went to see each person who had them, and represented that their relations demanded them and claimed their return, and that the U. s. Government required of them that the children should be delivered up and returned to those to whom they belonged. They the people having them) professed great attachment for the children and considered them as their own, but said they would deliver them up when required to do so-though it was exactly like giving up their own children or tearing off a portion of their own hearts. The Mexicans each asked who Lad a right to take them, and Mir. McCafry had answered, "their father or mother" He had then arranged with the Mexicans to bring the children here to be identified and claimed by their fathers and mothers. They professed willingness to surrender them to their fathers and moth- CTS, but to no one else. Mir. McCafry had told them that no ono else had a right to claim them. He told them, also, that Gen. eral Howard had told him previously that he General Howard) would not require the re- turn of any of the captives who had neither fathers or mothers, in case they were in good hands and desired to remain, but that they must all be at the Conference, and some ar engagements would be made for their future disposal. The General had also said that the Apaches now claimed to be at peace, and were entitled to the rights of those at peace, and one of these rights was the possession oi their own children. Under this arrangement these people have brought the children here, expecting to give them up to their fathers and mothers, (unless they could make ar rangements to keep them), but to no one else.
 The General had also said that the Apaches now claimed to be at peace; and were enti- tied to the rights of those at peace ;-and one of these rights was the possession of their own children. Under this arrangement these people have brought the children here expecting to give them upif claimed by their fathers and mothers, unless they could make arrangements to keep them, but not expect ing to give them up to any one else.
 Under the law Gen. Howard has no right 10 give them up to any one but their parents. they being already in good hands and desir- ing to remain, especially those that are ap- prenticed under the laws of the Territory.
 Gen. Howard then asked Antonio (Chief of the Pimas) what he thought about it.
 Antonio said it was we'll what the Gene ral had said; that now they were at peace, let everything now be forgotten. He said the children were in good hands, and when they grew up they could come back if they chose. He also has captives among the Apaches and horse on this reservation (he here showed, on a piece of paper, the brand of the horse) But he does not claim them, now that they were at peace. Let them re- main, and the same way with their children.