The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-02-10

this Territory, these facts should be known
While there are many locations. such. q
along and near the Colombo river, shs Sal,
river and settlements Along the 0ila, that
are comparatively safe from Apache raids,
yet the tlasger part Of Arisona u insecure
for life and property, on account of the hos
tility Of the Apaches. .,,,,.;..L -. - i.'':.,, :;
II located in the Santa Crnsf Va1leN thrse
hundred miles east sf Arizona City, On the
overland road from San Diego, Cahforniia,
to Santa Fe, New Mexico: i tie capital Of
the Territory, and the county seat Of Pima
county. and secorjt~g 70 tbe> hist cinsss.
has population, of! thrye thousand two
hundred, 1t has becp !, town Of s,me I'M.
por,ance for century. The Aexican Gov.
ersNent l,sti'a military post bsre.' .'bsfsrsthe
country was ceded to the United ststes, and
i Is now the principal place for the ,e1 !
change Of commodities bstweea- .Arisons
and SOncra Tho people ef that country
bring here wkeat, barley, corn, fruits, sals,
coarse sugar, tobaccc, cigars, apd other PRO-
ducts of their country, and exchange them
fnr geods and money. The valley Of the
Santa Cruz above ana below The town f6r
several miles, il under cultivation. and pro
duces two cxcellent crops each ysaI. Tue
son contains q number Of heavy mercantile
houses, attn shop, blacksmith and wSgon
shops, two flour mills, hotels and restsu.
rants. The town n built almost entirely of
sdobes. and is laid out and bas the appear.
ancc Of Mexican town. Seven neighths of
the population are Mexican, and. the Span.
ish language IL more spoken .thss the En-.
glish. 80 .',1't .','"i 4 :! ''.S' Us
... THE PIMA INDIANS. 49,.
Their disputes are generally settled by
arbitration or council Of judges; and, al
though they are not supposed to he governed
or influenced by the c"mmOn law of En-.
gland. or the decisions of eminent jurists.
still in de-, ision made recently by one of
these tribunals It will be observed that if
the decision was not in accordance with our
enlightened practice, the reasoning was
,goOd. II secms that a man and his wifi,
having hut one child. disagreed, and it was
carried to such an extent that they finally
agreed to separate. and the terms were all
amitaBly dffdngcd: except - 10 who' o'slt,dld
have the child. Tie wife plead that the
tender youth needed . mothers fostering
care-that the tendrils of affection clung
more Closely to mothers hesrt: but the
husband insisted that it required his strong
will To launch the fra,l bark properly on
the stormy sea Of life The difference Of
opinion was finally decided to l,1 irrsconcil-
able. and It was brought before the council
Of judges. Both sides plead their case with
al The ardor of parental love. and each
showed strong claims for the custody Of the
child. The judges having no prccedents to
govern them, and being only desirous Of
doing right. were sorely 'perplexcd and hes.
ita,ed in iheir own mind which side Of the
scales had the most weight. Finally an old.
grayLeaded. patriarchicsi looking fellow
arose and said that it was certain fact and
admitted by al, that the woman was the
mother of the child, but there wis no posi-
tive evidence showing that tie 'ilisn was
its father, and under these circumstances
he felt constrained 10 give the child to the
mother. This decided the case, and The
mother was awarded the child. '-'E p"
CoCHIsE .-.
Is the most noted Of all the Apache chiefs.
and While all other bands are independent
of him. they ell give him assistance In men
and supplies whenever be makes requisi-
t,ons. The murders committed by this no
torious chief, If given in detail, would cause
the blood to curlle in any ones veins WHO
las heart Of sympathy. The misery and
torture lie has inflicted, II portrayed. would
cause amazenept hat : just God ever cre-
a,ed such a monster. T'o The personal
Of the writer full one hundred
have fallen beneath his hand during TIE
past two years. He is inventive in his
means nns OF torture. Women are often made
cap,jves, and subjected 70 ; life worse than
DEATH, Children are placed on spears and
roasted over slow are, and wriths IN misery
until lifs is extinct.a, Men sre hanged By
ths feet? f,t? and n ! SLOW ire kindled at the bead,
and gashed with knives and pierced With
arrows i, US pn,ll desih gives relief. Reader,
these these ars are stubborn facts. Do You wonder
tie il. y people c)ssmor )s FOR protection, and Eel
deeply w1rdonEed when their, brethren, AZ
removed I no from these horrid scenes. denoppce
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