The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-10-04
Indian and Military Affairs.

ton say that over 1000 Indians have left there, and are now prowling through the . mountains. A great many of them are around the ranches on the Lower Agua Fria, and some have been seen, or rather, their fires, in the vicinity of Granite Mountain. Citizens are alarmed, and we'll they may be, believing as they do, that the deserters from the reser- vation are pretty we'll supplied with new gov ernment guns and ammunition, procured VIC scarcely know how, but, it is charged from illicit traders, among whom are numbered many of the late Indian soldier allies of Gen. e Crooks troops. We are not so much alarmed as many of our readers, but must confess that there is cause for fear. The Indians who killed Townsend have not, to our Knowledge, been caught up with and punished. There is, howEver, reason to hope that the scouting parties of white and Indian soldiers sent out by Gen. Crook will punish the murderous reBegades.
 The General, himself, has gone to the Verde and all may rest assured that be is doing his best to check this new move of the faithless Apaches. In him and his little army we have unbounded faith, and shall soon look for the springing of more mines under Apache stamp ing grounds.
 Agent Williams, of the Verde, is doing his very best to control the savsges this he has been doing all the time, but sickness, etc., have given the wretches excuses for skedad- ding back to their old haunts. Not long since, when an attempt was made to arrest De-Che, the Apaches on the reserve were ready and eager to murder every white man --citizen and soldier--on said reserve, SO Lieutenant Schuyler, having bu. a very small force, was compelled, much against his will, to desist from arresting the reprobste
 The Tucson Citizen of September q, gives the following news from the White Noun tain and San Carlos reservations:
 "we learn from A. Mickey, who arrived from the San Carlos on Tuesday, that on the l7th inst Capt Pedro reported to Lieut. Rice that notorious Apache named Eekoolgo, who brutally murdered Mir Redman, sutler at Camp Apache, over two years ago, was at an Indian camp near the agency. Upon re- ceiSing this information Lieut. Rice, with Geo; H. Stevens, acting agent. Marcial Gal. iegos, the interpreter, John NJ. Logan. late hospital steward at Camp Apache, and pri- vate Geo Ressel started 10 arrest him. On arriving at the camp the Indian was found lying down and was requested to get up and go with the Lieutenant to the agency. On rising he drew his knife and stabbed Logan in several places, from the effects of which he died in about three hours, and slightly wounded Ressel. At this juncture of affairs Stevens and Gallegos fired upon the savage. killing him instantly. The Apaches say that this Indian has murdered to their knowledpe nine men, four white men and five Apacbes and among the latter was his own brother. They seem much pleased that be has been killed. He could have been killed long ago. but according to CVlyer he was entitled to special favor for his success and daring in Killing white men, and he has gone unpuu- ished to this time, trailing his pathway in blood and using his influence to debauch the friendly disposed. Thanks to Gen Crook , new order of management has been inaupu- rated and the APaches are being taught tha, they are responsible beings, and that murder and nobbery are crimes for which punishment will follow.
 .. A. Shibbell. who returned on Monday with his freight train from Camp Apache, in. forms us that Lieut. Eekerson is en route to Fort Yuma with Captain Chiquito and six other APaehes, wbither they have been sent oy Major Randall for disobeying the rules of the reservation by being absent without leave. It seems that Captain Chquito has the largest band of Apachcs on the White Mountain reserve and it has frequently oc- cured that many of his Indians have ab- sented themselves without the fact being Tt. ported or any effort on Chiquito's part to pTeyentit. Members of this band stole some horses from the San Pedro last spring and recently from Pueblo Viejo, and also several murders are believed to have been committed oy the band. Major Randall has determined |" make an example by punishing some of the head men of the tribe, and we have no doubt that wearing ball and chain at Fort Yuma few months will have the desired elect and teach these noble red men that in consideration of being fed and protected by The United States they must show little good faith on their part. At any rate Major i'andAIi and Agent Roberts are doing their au'y iaithfullyj good Indians sys being pro. teeted and well cared for and the bad ones are being instructed that for their evil deeds 'ney VIII be punished. There is not t,Sbe o' Indians on the continent that cannot be suodued and controlled by this system bus un''i General Crook came here the premiums l were paid to bad Indians and the well dis. | posed were neglected. We suppose that thi. system Of management was adopted upon the same principle that the Chinese give all their oHerns' to the Devil, in the belief that God IS good and will not harm them, but that the old deVil is full of wrath and c,,s.oA' |