Arizona citizen., 1872-06-29
A RAY OF HOPE.

klmenzln, Cnle1 or the ApacneS on
 the Grant Reservation, had reported
 to Indian Agent Jacobs that about
 twenty Indians had left for the
 purpose of raiding upon settlements of this Territory; that Agent Jacobs
 had promptly reported it to Colonel 4 Royal, who had with equal prompt
 ness sent Lieutenant Reilly with
 twenty men and two Indian trailers,
 furnished by Eskimenzin, to pursue
 and capture or kill said Indians. Now
 there are few facts in connection
 with this matter to which we wish to
 call especial attention, hoping re-
 cital may prove beneficial to all who
 have any interest in the settlement of
 the Indian question.
 The advent of General Howard, his
 intercourse with the people, and the
 final meeting in council at Grant of
 the leading citizens of the Territory,
 the Chiefs of the Papago and Pima
 tribes with the Apache Chiefs, are fa-
 miliar to all. It is also we'll known
 that the Apache Chiefs placed a stone in the center of the council and sol emnly declared that the peace on their part should be as enduring. And the other contracting parties took them by the hand and in the language of good old Antonio, Chief of the Pimas, said
 "they would dig hole and bury all past differences, and would abide by the agreement as long as the Apaches kept good faith" It is we'll known that General Howard was the first peace commissioner who had come among us and and met us with kind words; who listened to our tales of sorrow and sympathized with us and promised we should have a fair hearing and equal protection. We told general Howard from the commencement that we had no pre- judices against the reservation system; that all our complaints were against the management that had almost uni versally prevailed on said reservations; that we were desirous that the good Indians should be collected upon the reservations, kept there and fed and protected; that heretofore the good and bad had been fed and protected on these reservations and had often been furnished with arms and ammu- milton, and the bad ones had gone forth and laid waste our fields and murdered men, women and children and had then returned again to the reservation for food and rest that in this nefarious work bad agents and affidavit men had defended them, and the strong arm of the Government had protected them on account of the misrepresentations of those bad men; that through their falsehoods the voice of our people had been power less, Indian depredations were on the increase and final settlement of this question further and further post poned. We stated that we had proved time and again that our stolen stock had been taken to these reservations that horses, saddles, guns and clothing of murdered men and women had been found with them, and yet that ,ur voice had been powerless against he machinations of these bad corrupt nen. General Howard listened pa- iently and promised justice to all. The people were filled with joy and willingly complied with all his re- ,uests. We met at Grant to make ,eace on May 21. The citizens anx- ous beyond expression that the peace hould be one in fact, and not merely ] n name, were zealous and watchful # every move, and quick to report to General Howard all unfavorable in- ] lications. In their zeal no doubt ',