Arizona citizen., 1872-10-26
PIMA DEPREDATIONS.

1 Last week, we briefly alluded to the raid of certain Pima Indians upon the farm of r. R. Brady. He IS not the only settler about Florence and San ford who has this year had crops des- troyed bv the lawiess Pimas, and 1t Is notorious that in years past, they have committed many similar depredations. Their Agents have repeatedly called the government attention to the fact, and yet no steps have been taken to punish the depredators or prevent more outrages. Agent J. H. Stout, in his report of year ago, uses this language:
 The next evil to which my attention has been more directly called, and which olds fa rly to res ut most disastrously If not met with prompt and firm suppression, Is the apparently increasing tendency of these h. dians to leave their reservatlon in bands of p6 aus rom thirty !. e7 aI move on te ar ugsr the er. .s.a-." . ls owned and occupied by VAlr- =e.aa-7 n th vicinity of lais reserve.
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 Ele Jaaarz having been ala-- .-a tine im...no.rla. .. lt.lou lae bent -. 'aeiI Oyu ncl.ua-ilu-. al- est-aI-al b. e.E eA- te nal force N aatarar, have a- last -a..- --- oUir-I inc imur..5lou that Cl.,. aa us-.e eI strong enough to subject them, and indeed when the young men are told by the old chiefs or head men of the mig ght and strength | of our Federal Government, which Will some day be turned against them if they still continue to rnolest its citizens, they laugh an nd ask "Why does not the Great Father do something with us if he is so powerful IS you say? We do believe It; there IS no power greater than ourselves. The settlers are firm and determined and the Indians are insolent, and Ii the latter do not from this time forward restr in their propensity to appropriate to themselves the property of others, the most flea. ful results will inevitably ensue. If they still intend 70 depredate on the fields of their white aeighburs, they will do it over their dead bodies, and the oft-repeated boast that they
 Hhave never shed the blood of a white man. will have soon passed into history.
 We are informed that both Mr. Stout and Supt. Bendell have repeat edly appealed to the Indians to stop their raids, but in vain, and 1t IS not surprising that the patience of the settlers IS exhausted. Such willful trespassing on crops, water dltches, &c., as over 100 P1mas were guilty ot last week, is inexcusa ble and enough 70 incite the wrath of the best natur- a men, and in any we'll governed, staid community, would cause blood he'd. But compared with the h. dians, the settlers are few i'll number, md however just and great their ex- asperaticn, they have been prudent in not firing upon the marauders, and in calling upon the Agent for legal re- dress. We believe there is no in- stance of settlers disturbing the Pimas, wbile the latter have often and un- warantably damaged the citizens of the Gila and Salt river settlements. l Upon an appeal to the Agent by MT. Brady and other prominent citizens of Florence and vicinity, Mir. Stout ex- pressed his-sympathy with them and anxiety to bring the Pimas to prompt | account, but asserted that he was powerless without military aid there fore he drew up request to General Crook to station company of cavalry ct or near Florence, at least until the orops are gathered, which was favor