Arizona citizen., 1872-09-28

mltted the crime for the sake Of plum
 dering the passengers and to make
 sure of the continuance of war with
 the Apaches. Of course baser lies
 were never before invented, and,
 thanks to General Crook, we are now
 enabled to say that
 "Time, at last, sets all things even."
 That which, to some persons, ap-
 peared mystery, is now made per
 fectly clear by 8 chain of evidence
 and circumstances such as cannot be
 broken, and we take some credit to
 ourself for having always contended
 that Indians ns-Apaches - committed
 the deed.
 During the latter part of January,
 1872, Wm. Gilson, citizen of Date
 Creek, informed General Crook that The had good reasons for believing
 that Date Creek Indians were mixed
 up in the affair; and MT. Gilson is
 gentleman who has always responded
 to the wants of the aforesaid savages.
 General Crook then set spies-both
 Indians and whites-at work, to hunt
 up testimony, plenty of which it ap-
 pears was soon after forthcoming.
 First came an Apache Mohave h.
 dan boy, who had been raised by
 Dan O'Leary. Him the robbers and murderers sent for, to go out and tell them the denomination of the green backs they had secured at the time of the massacre. Next came Irataba, Chief of the Mohave Indians, one or two of his Captains and several of his warriors, who have testified that the murderers after first going to Date Creek, went upon the Colorado Indian Reservation, boasted of the deed they had done spent their greenbacks and other plumber. These proceedings were, it is said, brought to the notice of other white men, besides General Crook, and if we are not mistaken, Dr. Tonner, Indian Agent at the Co., lorado reservation has for some time past been ill possession of these facts and has assisted in procuring them.
 Again, Wallapai Indians have sub- stantiated these accounts.
 The murderers have said that 15 of their number made the attack, and 15 more were within hailing distance, ready to aid. They took very little clothing, trinkets, etc., fearing that the possession thereof might one day lead to their detection.
 We believe it was in March last that General Crook, with Lieutenants Bourke and Ross, started from Fort Whipple, to go where, nobody knew exactly, luther than he went out on the Mohave road, towards the Colo rado River.
 We'll, he went to Beale Springs, succeeded in getting some Wallapai Indians to agree to go out with him and help him persuade the Apache Mohaves to come into Camp Date Creek, where they would be fed and taken care of by Government. This was ruse, as the Generals main ob- iect was to get hold of the robbers and murderers belonging to that tribe, and knowing that both tribes Apache Mohaves and Wallapais - were more or less friendly. it would 1ot do to trust the latter with the real secret of the expedition. Crook, his Lieutenants and Indians trudged on 'oot through snow and slush towards ! rendezvous where two companies of ,avalry were to meet him, when all were to go for the bad Apache Mohaves under guidance of Dan )'Leary and the Wallapais. But, ust at this time, an express came to i Jim with orders to cease hostilities nd let the Indians and "Peace Con- nissioners settle the row. He came ( lome to be growled at by citizens for 6 beying orders, and to have his hands led while foolish Indian policy was S eing tried. But recently, having l cen granted authority to chastise bad c indians, he, with Lieutenant Ross, Ienry Hewitt, and 8 few other per- t ons started for Camp Date Creek, to c arry out the old object of arresting | he murderers. Arriving there, on the a tn inst, he found that the Indians il ad not, agreeable to promise, come o l to meet him. He waited until the tn. when some 50 Indians led by leir chief, Ochocama, made their ap- d earance, armed and painted, ap- l' arently ready for war. 1 Meantime Dr. Bendell, Superinten- ent of Indian Affairs, and MT. Bar 2 1 LI