Arizona citizen., 1872-12-07
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 death by warding off the bullets of his enemies.
 After talking with him for nearly
 half day, l told him I must go.
 He said there had one thing occurred
 since he made peace that he did not
 like, and he wanted to be frank and
 tell me of 1t. He then asked if
 I knew what had become of certain
 captive Mexican boy that belonged to
 him. In explanation, I will here say
 that but few days previous Mexi-
 can boy about sixteen years of age
 who had been 8 captive with Cachise
 for ten years, escaped and fled to 0
 settlement on the San Pedro, and the
 people sent him to me for protection,
 and the day before I started on this
 visit, I turned him over to an uncle
 who recognized him. I told Cachise
 that the boy had been given to his
 uncle and had gone back to his old
 home. He said he captured the boy
 over the line many years ago; that he
 saved his life; had raised him to an |age that he was now of some service that he had escaped to San Pedro, and the people there had secreted him, and The did not think it was friendly act lon their part; that if I or Captain Jefferds had asked him to give him up, he would have done so nor did
 he care much about his value, but as
 a matter of principle, he thought the people of San Pedro should pay him for the boy, and desired to know if I could compel them to do so. l told
 him that by the laws of our country, the boy was entitled to his freedom that neither the President nor any one was allowed by our laws to hold slaves, and if he knew of any Indian that was then held by our people against his will, I would see that he was set free. He replied that he knew that if the boy were an American, he had no right to hold him; but he had captured him in another country from another people, and he thought that the Mexicans only had 0 right to in- terfere. 1 told him that we had @ treaty by which we had agreed to in- terfere, and then inquired of him if he knew we had war sometime ago ourselves and why we fought with each other? He said he knew of the war but did not know the cause then explained to him that part of our people owned slaves and @ part lid not that upon this question they pecame uIrg-y with euUh 0tfcr u11d r many men were killed; that those opposed to holding slaves had con- 1uered; that afterwards laws were made prohibiting any one from hold ing as slave negro, Indian, Mexi- can or any one else. He said he SUD- posed 1t was all right and he would say no more about it.
 1 am informed by Captain Jefferds, that when those who yield allegiance to Cachise are all gathered together, they will number from 1,500 to 1000 of all ages. In the terms of peace made, they have been per mitted to retain their property and arms. Those I saw are well mounted and generally have improved breech- loading guns. They are under no control except such voluntary obe- lience as they choose to give to the agent, and he informs me that so far all have compiled with every request ; but they distinctly declared at the out set, that they would not place them selves within the power of the mili- tary authorities. Their fighting con- lition is undoubtedly better now than It any period since they commenced the war. Probably they number less, but they have been inured to such con- 'tant hardship, that they are capable of any degree of endurance. With improved arms and their knowledge f the use of them, my judgment IS
 hat they are more formidable than