The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-04-26
Military and Indian Affairs.

which the Army, under Gen. Crook, had
 forced them. We'll so much time has elapsed
 since date of last treaty, and, in face of the
 fact that a small band of sayages have
 slaughtered one man. near Camp Mcdowell,
 iu au attack upon d party of three, We now
 as.crt our belief that the real Apachcs mean
 to keep peace; and that, so long as Crook
 shall remain in unicttcrcd command here, no
 great number of Apachcs will dare make wal
 upon the whites. Small parties of dcspera.
 does may, for some time to come, keep olT
 the reservations and, occasionally, strkc a
 murlerous blow; but their career will be
 short as, owing to Crooks admirable tactic.
 their own brother Indians will take delight
 in bunting and capturing all such outlaw..
 To guard against the williams Will ur cour,r.
 hc incumbent upon the whites of the Tern.
 tory, who, we take it, will, no matter how
 well the Apachcs may act, keep up a lively
 recollection of their former trcachcrous act.
 and, while proic-,ing 10 believe in the caudor
 and reliability of their professions of peace.
 they will scarcely forget the trcacberuu.
 character of all Indians, more especially the
 Apachcs.
 Tu control the Indinn. upon the rcscrya.
 tions will Lc no small affair, as, with the cX-
 acting nature of the Apachcs and the bitter
 ness of feeling that exists between the dlt.
 icrcnt bands cf the tribes, strife, turmoil and
 dissatisfaction will have to be kept down.
 and, to do this, ibe military and the Indian
 agents of the Government must as they have
 happily done here, and only here, work in
 harmony. If they cannot continue to get
 along in this way, peace will be of short du.
 ration, and we shall insist upon the speedy granting of extraordinary power. to General Crook, ,-pOwcrs that will give him entire control and cnrc of all Indians on and off res ervation>. false step now, or for a year to come, while the Apachcs are serving an ap- premiership to the trade of peace and in dusiry, would again plunge the Territory into an Indian war as bloody as tue one which Genera! Crook and his brave soldiers have just terminated. But we look for no great difference of acts and opinions between the military and the Indian agents, in which case, promises will be kept with the savages. who will, in turn, have to keep theirs.
 Late news from the Verde region and res eryation is favorable to tue continuance of peace. Col. C. P. Head, a busines, man of this place, who arrived here last week. from a long sQjourn at the Verde, says that when he left, there were between GOO and 700 In- ,llans on the reserve. Then, Judge M h. Lerty, of Verde, writing tu Us under late date, expresses gladncs, over the meek way in which the recently rebcllious Apachcs were coming in. He thinks they mean peace, this time, sure. Dclclaye an his band were looked for.
 By the return of General Crook, Col Nelson and Lieut.. Ross, from Camp BeaIe springs, We received news in effect as fol. ! ows: The Wallapai Indians were satisfied ! -ate Pah-Utc Indian soldiers, came in to the | 'ost and gave up the arms with which Gen. 1 ,rook had armed them, to fight tue { Ipaches, the services of said Indian, being 10 longer needed. In accordance with the ieneTal's advice, both Pah-Utc and Walia- ai soldiers are investing their earnings in
 In ihe direction of Camp Date Creek, here k observable a small dark cloud Some [ the Indians of that feeding post have not, : Judge Cartier would say, Leea 'cducated, nd they actually refuse to 20 upon the { crdc reservation. Gen. Crook made a rapid 1rse-bark ride to Date Creek and back. tais eek While therc, we learn from Mir . rank Murray, of Date Creek, that Crook , poke very plainly to the Indians, giving ( hem good advice, which they had better blow. Tumasple and Ochocalma -- two ! rinclpal chiris-said they would not % 10 i ie Verde, but they will have to go there or ( ike to the mountains, in which latter case, iey Will be very apt tO meet bands of . rocks white and red soldiers, who are, jast ! ow, 'all tiXed' for soothing the breasts of ] Ich mnrderous savages as Ochocalma and z Is followers, whose excuses for not wishing go to d place where, in short time. they ould te selt-sus,aining aud happy in the pSsnsSlDn n fl.s T Ac to leave the home of their childhood. r ld go among strange Indians, who, they legged, would steal and blame it upon them he Date Creeks.) Again, If they went to | c Verde, their squaws would bewtch the en of the tribe. This reasoning will not Y. rye their purpose.
 Abont the first of May is fixed for their | 'parture, md both Indian and military [ ilcers have already made the necessary ar. ( ngements for their removal. Regarding the alleged movement of the : aricopa Indians tO move into Mexico, on n count, Cit is said), of the bad treatment . icy have received from us and our Govern | ent, We think we discover the hand of . eXico m tine matter, carrying out, or at . inptng to carry ont scheme, or bluff. I iat will cause our Government trouble for 2 ie treaty it permitted General Howard to ' ake with Cachse and his followers, which ' caty gives said Indians full license to inur- !. er and prey upon Mexico and her citizens. !. be Facts are, that the Maricopas are no bet i IT than they ought to be; that they have Il cen tried, as allies, and found wanting that | ie Americans have deprived them of no ght' of water or property, for they never n id any rights in this country, save such as k le Pima Indians, (uuder whose protection Icy have been since their subiugAtion by c .her tribes), have seen fit to give them. h. Q 'ed, Americans have been too good to them. ! ld that Is what seems to be tho matter n ith them. But, Mexico would like to have 'ntrol uf and egg them on to make war Don ns, in retaliation for tho murders and 'bberics committed by Cachise's Indians. lder the wicked Howard treaty, which q lonid at once give place to n better one. t
 Attention, Apache-Yuma V Captain McGregor, with 50 men of Troop II
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