The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-10
A Solpier's Way.

General Crook has conquered peace
with the Arizona Apacnes. Exactly
how be did it may be teld in few words.
He withheld his hand from Indians who
kept their reservations but those whom
be found wandering about be smote
hip and thigh. Every Apache had
been made TO understand that he had
NO right off his allotted reserve He
knew what to expect trespassing; aud
he caught it We are glad to see by a
late semi-officisl dispatch from Wash =
ington that the President considers this
exactly his policy. The trouble has
heretofore been that the Peace Policy
put the Indians ON reservsriUns. but 1t
also preveuted their punishment when
they had lett on doubtful errsnds. Gen
Crooks way is TO keep the white mans
word i'm mplicitly with the Indians, both
when they keep and when they break
their own wordt How much would
have been saved Do the country and 10
humanity if this bsd always been the
rule OF nationsl conduct wtn the red
men.
Considering ths pressure which the
Indian question now Das upon the popu-
lar apprehension; OnethIug NAV be
! learned from the campaign IN Arizona.
The Apaches have Tor more than TWO
hundred years deied the white man,
whether he represented the power Of
Spain, Mexico, or the United States.
Every body knows how the well inten-
toned but variable policy which Mr..
Vincent Colyer and General Howard
carried 10 Arizona made the last state
OF that Territory worse than the first.
A few months ago, the civilian agents
being Withdrawn or wholly suhortlna-
ted in military councils, General Crook
organized his forces, CONSISTING OF thir-
teen companies b cavalry aud two
hundred armed add uniformed friendly
Indisns. With tese he attempted
a vigorous policSauty. The Apaches
pretended to haye treaties with the
Peace CommissiRers, but Gen. Crook
made them adhere to the fundamental
principal Of all sgreements-the reser-
vation system. They were pursued and
punished without mercy when roaming
among the scattered settlements; raids
on outposts and ranches were instantly
followed up by sharp engagements with
the cavalry. and the policy OF stern re-
prissls was 30 tensciousl y enforced that
the iDcorriglble Apaches were at last
compelled TO sue iOr peace. We have
no, space for the details OF the fDsl
talk ct which the Apsches, on Sunday,
April 9Th, cams under the white flag,
and solemnly agreed TO lay down tneir
arms forever A local chronicle de-
scribes, with much fervor, the curious
scene when these widest OF the wild lu-
diane aled along the banks OF the Rio
Verde TO the big taik" with General
Crook aud Ms men. One Shulzer Pan,
An Apache OF prominence aud reDown,
spoke for bis tribe. II sad his people
were much sick OF copper cartridges !;
they had disturbed the peace and safety
OF his young men for many moons past
he aud his men bad ne.rly died ou their
teet fron watching and lasting; they
we're ready for peace. To this General
Crook said that no fraudulent peace
uld be thought OF. He could have
killed more Apsches if ne hai chosen; /;
but the great +. tber at Washing on Was
willing to give them one more chance
10 behave themselves ShuZ'er Pan
sorrowiulIy confessed that he did not
propose TO change his way OF lie be-
cause he liked the change, but be
thought even that better than dying on
bis feet. Branching into polemic-, the
Hon. Sbuller Pan said that the Great
Spirit had made the rsd man bad at
heart, for which the Great Spirit wss
very much to blame; but be and hl-
people we're willing TO do as the General
advised, since he had the power, spps-
ren,ly, to undo the evils which the
Great Spirit had forced upon them
These irreverent but well meantreDarks
were taken ~ good faltD, the sTarlhy
convocation present, even To the pacE~
laden women in the bsck ground, look
ing on spproviugiv. Shuz,er Pan said
toat Del.chsye, vsgabOnd outlaw
hiding 10 the M cunralns, wanted 10
come in and make a pesce tor hlmseIi
and band. Gen. Crook sad all we're
welcome that they should be treated
ike white men 50 long 81 they did vel;
tnat they must support Themselves on
their reservations; that they -hould
have ample assistance in their rude at
tempts at hus bandry; should he project
ed from bad wLites aud should be
severely punished when they broke
their word. This was the whole story
The way Of General Crook with the
Apaches commends itsel to the under
standing. There is no tooii-hnrfs about
Z II the Aescbes can ne -uhfued and
made peacesole, selfsupportipg, and
even semi.civilzed under H. sry shor
iginsl on the American continent il
also reclsimsb!e None are 20 wild.
conscienceless, and altogether r2-cs ly,
a. the Apacne. he is a. feet aud IRE
less as the shsnois, carrie h'E rstlops
in his belt, knows every rock snd rav.ne
in biz range, sees his pursners or his
prey long before they suspect h3s lar,
comes and goes 10 g night ike devss-
rating hasn, aud Il a. devoid Of any
sense OF home feeling a. the wandering
meteor OF the sky. Ifthis cresture can
be peacefully confined To = reservation
and taught to raIse ri. own subsistence
from the soil. sn IGd.an millennium
will no, be far of. L-l us not di.p.ir.
More hs. been done than We mai right
to hope. si1ty-odd Modocs may defy
u. in the lava beds; but a soldier hss
conquered 8 pesce in Arzona.
ISor1zV by the ClreiHrati Esquire- ::