The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-03-09
THE APACHES.

will act as stay law upon the military her' preventing their settling old scores with th Apaches, day of reckoning will soon come when some band of the Apache tribe vii find itself badly used up, demoralized an' disbesrtened by some bold, sagacious strok' of punishment, which, we feel certain, vii be inflicted upon it by General Crook an' his small but efficient force of troops. Anc that he will rest satisfied after having pro duced one telling effect is not to be though of by those who know the untiring zeal witt which he has herctofare worked, endurc' hardships and fought for his country an' civilization. No, Crook will be certain [, follow success after success--victory afte victory, ifpermitted to do so, by his super iors in authority, until every hostile Indiar in Arizona shall be glad to crave peace, foot and forgiveness. As we said, in previous issue of this paper, General Crook Is now 1T the field, at the head of a small force of cay alrymen, auxilIiaries, guides and scouts, ev- cry man of whom, we believe, will willingly follow his brave commander over the steep est mountains in Arizona; the toughest trails, and if necessary, as it most certainly will be, into the most diabolical canons on the face of tho earth, in order to perform duty, for which, all know, the monied remuneration is small. Yet, in any event, they will earn the thanks of our people, and of all right minded people in every other section of the country, for performing the toilsome, dangerous duty in which they are now engaged; marching and watching by night in the open air-and that air cold enough to freeze man to death, were he to lie still in it. But Crook and his men will not lie still of nights; they will do most of their scouting and fighting, by night, and rest in some concealed place during the day, as in this way alone can the ever-vigi- lant, keen-eyed savages be caught mapping" We cannot, for certainty, give the Generals exact whereabouts, nor would we if we could. Suffice it then, citizens of Arizona, to know that Crook and his followers are by this time in the heart of the Apache country, watch ing like cats for chance to bounce upon the worst gang of Apache "citizens !" that roam over this country.
 The savages, too, are not asleep. No, they are moving around rapidly, killing aad rob- h'-.. . ..--- .-1c; burning and destroying there; fully bent, it seems, upon doing as much deviltry AS possible, in hopes, we pre- sume, that should they be caught in tight place, another Colyer will come along and save them from punishment.
 The most diabolical act recently commit ted by them, was the setting fire to house near Silver City, about three hundred miles to the East of Prescott, in which a White man was, at the time, asleep, and consequent ly perished, an account of which horrid act VIC find in a late number of the Santa Fc Nep Mericea, which account we here repro. duce. TLe account is given under date of February 10:
 Night before last, about 10 o'clock, the In dians went n the saw-mill of Mfr. Bremen, sboui eight miles from here, and set fire to the cooks house, which joined the corral, ss they could not get to the corral, where there were thirty head of cattle. Men sleep ing in house close by were aroused by the noise and glare of the fire, and ran out and saw tho house where the cook was sleeping all cnyeloped in flames. The fire was so hot they could not get within 20feet ofthe house. the corral was on fire, and they ran out and opened the gates and let the animals run out, |, 50 that they might not he burned to death, and immediately upon the cattle getting out of the corral the Indians took possession of them and drove them off. ss g
 At the earliest opportunity the men search cd the ruins of the burnt building, and found the burnt and charred remains of the cook, about half way between the corner of the room where his bed was and the door. The cooks name was Charles Reedng, native of Switzerland, and had been in this part of the country only short time. A coroner's in- quest was held and found the facts as above.
 Ar. Bremen and party of men started in pursuit Of the Indians immediately upon re- eeipt Of inc rsesr rncfe, while Judge Hudson bsstened 10 Fort Bayard to inform the mili- tary. Lient. Gordon started in pursuit with N cavalry having five days provisions. and a pack train followed with fifteen days ra tons.
 Of course me Indians are peaceable and quiet and religiously inclinedn because Vincent Golycr says SO. Though for fear of losing his precious scalp he travels over the country with an escort Of 40 or 50 men. The people are setting up . petition requesting Vincent to co ne out here and commence B bible class among the Apschcs.
 The Santa Fe Post and Mesilla Borie,s, have also come to hand, with this news, ss that Colyer& Go. dare not pronounce it false As they have lone with news of other out rages. .t~
 Since writing the foregoing, another con ofthe Boais7er has come to hand with thi item: taeA
 By $. EAy, conductor of the wester coach, we learn that the party of soldiers an
 cinfens in pursuit ef the Indians, noted las
 week, gre stili ,oh the 'trail and when las asard lrvm were near Apache Pass. Anotl
 rriss-o. iriians had joined the party pul
 sned. Ssgersi cattle had been killed by th
 Indians on tho route. The purxuers wer
 confident of overlapping thn Aparhex ] lF
 The foregoing prove. that the ,a.l;c,ou
 Indians who psepetrated the above dssa,