The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-11-02
More Imbecility in Indian Af-
 fairs.
From the Sacramento Record of October l6]

From the Sacramento Record of October l6
 Along with the accounts of fresh Apache murders in Arizona comes the news that General Howard has issued an order direct ing the troops not to fire or: indians in the roads or in the mouptSins unless the savages are engaged in the actual commission of out rageS. E,iis order came to an officer when he-ga in the act of resisting attacks by the Apaches, who had just murdered Mexican rancher and a sergeant, corporal and two sol dicrs. It appears that General Howard was endeavoring to persuade Cachise to go on a reservation. and in order to effect this he deemed it proper to shackle the arms of the troops and give the villainous savages full swing. The troops had scarcely buried their slain comrades when this infamous order ar rived, and they were forbidden to take an- other step in pursuit of tue murderers. Prac- tically, Towards order renders it impossible to do anything for the protection of the set tiers or the punishment of their assallants. The Apaches do not commit outrages in the presence of the troops. They know better chan that. But if the troops arrive at ranch to find the occupants foully murdered they cannot, under this order, lift finger against the assassins, though the latter should be in plain sight and waving alOft the scalps of their victims in mockery and def- ance. It is clear that General Howard ought to be recalled at once. His influence, his policy and his orders are altogether mischie- vous, foolish and opposed to the public inter ests. He is an old woman. Asfalterlng, feeble minded, weak -kneed creature, whose imbecility is manifested in the absurd effort to tame the bloody Apaches by soft words. It is an insult to that brave and capable sol dier, General Crook, to place him at the or ders of such an incapable. 1t has been proved beyond doubt that the Apaches on the Gov ernment reservations have been most active in raiding on the settlers, and that the only end achieved by feeding them IS to enable them to devote all their attention to murder and robbery. The imbeciity which has long marked the dealings of the Government with the Apaches is attributable to the agency ot ! just such men as Colyer and Howard, and their folly is recorded from day to day in bloody lines, while under their management the Indians are becoming more daring, cruel and merciless all the time. 1t would be far better and more just to withdraw every sol dier from the Territory, and proclaim the in- tention of the Government to abandon the country, than to keep up show oi protect inc the settlers while actually playing into the hands of the savagcs. There IS no chance whatever that Cachise can be induced to go on a reservation, nor should any further at tempts be made in that direction. lie should be taken wherever found, tired py drum-bead court-martial, and summarily exc. cuted and General Crook should be ordered to make vigorous and incessant war upon all the Indians who have broken faith, until the wretches are swept from the face of the earth, or cowed into permanent sup)ecaoh' There is no more sense in trying to make terms with them than there would be Tn en- deayoring to soothe the ferocity of iamiiy of ticer-cats. Murder is in their blood, ana treachery, and ferocity. They are irreclalm- able brutes, in no way amenable to cirillza- tion. returning evil for good by preference, void of all principles of honor, repudiators oi the most solemn engagements, natural ana inevitable bandits and assassins. If General | Howard is not recalled they will in another year have driven out every white man south of the Gila, or assassinated those who att tempt to remain. In less than six months General Crook would reduce them to peace, and permanent peace, if left alone, but so long as parcel of old women like Howard ! are allowed to control the troops there will De neither peace nor safety in the Territory.
 General Grant will risk much of his popu-
 iarity II he does not recall the bunglers who
 are now playing with human lives in the ef-
 fort to carry out an irrational and impossible humanitarian policy. Fiyed ammunition and | repeating rifles are the ,Snlv arguments tha, can persuade the Apacaes