The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-15
OUR APACHE GUESTS.

General Howard and HIS Protoges at q
Firth Avenue Church-speechcs by tho
Chiefs-Thoy Want Schools and Teach.
ers.
A large congregation assembled In the South Re-
formed church. Fifth avenue and Twenty first street.
last evening" for the purpose Of listening to expana
tory remarks by General y. o. Howard relative to
the manners and customs OF the Apache Indians.
The entire party OF Apaches whom the General
Ia chaperoning were present, and in their motley,
semi-civilized habIlments, drew every curious eye
towards them.
DR.. Perry opened proceedings with O neat and
appropriate speech In which ne stated that prior to
the Grant administration the Indians had suffered
much wrong OF tho hands OF the government
and frontier settlersj but latterly this has
been greatly changed, and since the enforcement
OF the liquor law things looked much brighter in
the far Western territories.
General Howard, after making few terse re-
marks, then introduced to the audience Chief Of
Apaches named Louis. This copper-coored poten-
tate was attlred In linen buster and wore
his long black hair In spiral plaits which
reached below his waist. Conception, the
interpreter into Spanish, assembled tho platform
with him, ana, with the aid Of another Interpreter
gave Louis views to the audience Louis said no
was very much pleased with his visit TO the East,
and felt glad that he had seen the President Of the
poor, and he had come on with General Howard 70
sec what could be done for them. What
ss s had ID @ &c 70 0 s s oU %
should be built in his country and good teachers
sent ont to them, so that the children might learn
Indians. and he wanted the white peoples
d 70 ooS sent daea
to them, and that II they had only known a year
ago what they 90 now they would have been much
100 children who wanted tednc6ing. '0 "0''
who wore short blue coat ornamented with brass
buttons, and whose tonsor must have been scalped
some time ego. his Ideas ran entirely in tho Same
General Toward theR ars1 attention to the
Camp Grant massacre. he said that the Indians
ww6Itsss ~ fallen Upon the Apache camp and
ruthlessiy m,irdereu men. men. women ana children.
principal s5iei q the 1rvlpa9 ana Toatos. THIS
esanb the t1 %Spt 81 seaS The AyPss T.
ana Of Their e eSre5 s
General Howard had recovered six, but twenty
Ssn fant SSP g4o IL g M OK e eo
but he does not think he Would succeed h Was
in favor Of good teachers being sent among his
with ali the world
General Howard then spoke Of the Indians in the
White Mountain reservations; said they had much
to complain Of as they received short ratlons and
were not over kindly treated.
El:es-cla, powerful chief ana warrior who wears
was next introduced He said he had made
Years. se" Sso SS n Sdh ke as whites ve sn
s T1sn n he Tss XSuAs h ala wrong Da
p,T0psSy and nc had even lent the whites hand
peace; The Navaj6es were the only enemies of his
tribe now they Ind captured several q bis people
last wear and he wanted them returned, He Wished
lor peace but he had plenty Of men vt aid Would
fight the Navajoes II they were determined Upon
strife.
Two Monavo Apaohes from Arizona, and the
hereditary chief OF tho Serres were next presented
after which General Howard made some very peril
nent remarks as to the condition Of Che Arizonian
Indians, their manners and habits and the beauty
and fertility Of the country which they occupied.
but he had found them upright and Intelligent; all
they required to bring them to civilization was
schools and good teachers. He called upon all good
Christians to see that the poor Indians were sup.
Piled with these necessartcs to the salvation OF
their souls.