The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-05-25

itary authorities, no train, traveller, or even village was secure from their murderous at tacks or thievirg incursions. They would bring their stolen property 10 the reserya- ton and keep it in spite of all efforts of the ownerg or generally heirs. to recover it. But one attempt was ever made, believe, by Il . commander of the fort, to recover the stock from the Indians He sent twenty men, un- der T Lieutenant, to their camp to bring the stolen stock to the Fort. The Apaches not only refused to give up the stock to the authorities, but killed nine of the twenty men. and the otbers only escaped similar fate by jumping their horses over a high bluff into the Pecos river and swimming across. If proof is required of this, 1t can be obtained from any man that ever belonged to either "I" or "G" troops of the Third United States Cavalry, to which the murdered men belonged. No punishment was ever inflicted on the Indians for this murder, and the citl- zens were glad to get out of the Post, with ont their stock, with their scalps on their heads. only cite this case to show how the Indians are managed on the reservations and as long as the Commlssary officers have charge of the issuing of supplys to the Indians and the officers above them can get snare of the stealings, so long will they be Tn tavor oi keeping the Indians on the reservations and be opposed to war that would conquer them and render the presence of an army m that Territory unnecessary Oceasionally's statement that all the citizens of Arizona are dependent upon the army is simply ridiculous. No doubt lew of them do get fat contracts from the army for beef, bay, wood. etc, but what are these few to the thousands that derive no beneht from these contracts, or frum the presence oi the troops, not even that ot protection ot life and property Not drop in the bucket. am sure " Occasionally" never returned to his cabin at night to find it burned by these fiends in human shape, with, perhaps, hls wife and little ones lying scalped and butch cred in the smouldering ruins, nor has he seen the dearest friend of his life, with sixty or eighty arrows piercing his body, scalped, al most skinned, and with nearly every bone III him broken. besides other outrages too horri- bic to mention, perpetrated upon him after being murdered by these devils, or he would not talk about 0,trages against them The thing is impossible. The worst that could be done to them would not be half justice, for the countless crimes they have each and all committed By the whole tenor of "Occa- sionally's'' letter it will be easily seen that 1t is not justification of either the officers or Indians, but petty spite against the Tucson paper that induced him to write it. l am glad to hear that there is one minister who will boldly advocate what he knows to be for the permanent good of the Territory. l think even Quaker, if he WAS not getting share of the stealings from the Indians ra- tions, allowances, etc, would advocate war in that section. Generals Crook and Howard have an able adrocate, but it will take a smar- ter lawyer than he is to make the people of either California or Arizona believe that the Apaches are an abused race.
 Yours. T. o. VI.