The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-22
THE BLOODY GROUND.
Twenty Thousand Braves
i'm the Field.
MORMON PEACE MISSIONARIES.
One-Eyed Riley and Del-Shay on
the Warpath.
WAR VS.. PEACE POLICY.

while we nave in progress on the northern end
OF the Pacific States war against the A0docs. IN
outbreak Of q formidable character is reported TO
have occurred at the extreme southern border or
Arizona The Apaches who have the character Of
being the most irreclaimabe and bi00dthirsty Of
American savages, have broken leese from their
reservation located In the southeastern portion Of
that Territory, on the Mexican boundary tine, ana
made raid into Sonora The veteran warriors
composing the hostile tribes In Arizona and New
Mexico under control Of the noted chiefs Cochise.
One-Eyed Riley, DeLShay, Es-cim-en-zeen and
Shelter-Pau number over sixty thousand souls,
and though large parties still roam over these
Territories, having refused to go on the reserva-
tions the raid across the border against the Mexi
cans their hereditary foes must result In great loss
OF life and destruction Of property. Having broken
faith 1t will now become the duty Of cur government
to see to their proper chastisement They cannot
remain long absent and the reservation they have
deserted will be closed against them. The Apache
war will therefore assume proportions not here
tofore known. The attempt to drive ont the Me-
docs nom their lava beds viii be but mere tribe
to it, The Peace Commissioners sent to the latter
Will in all probability arrange terms Of peace but
In the case OF the Apaches Vincent Colyer and
General Howard 1.-THE latter but recently returned
from Arizona), who have faith in the amicable in
tentions OF the Apaches, have tried their hands ana
we have the result before us. Up to year ago all
efforts to subugate the noted chief Cochise failed.
The popular feeling against him was very strong,
but in his mountain recesses and haunts, diffl-
cult OF access by troops, he with his fol-
lowers, set at defiance the power exerted
for his capture. Strenuous efforts were made
to induce him to visit Washington
without avail, but al length he was prevailed upon
to locate on the reservation he has just lett. The
talks that took place between Messrs Colyer and
Howard and the principal chiefs are given below,
and it win be seen how eager they were for peace
and the causes that led to their fear OF coming
near the military camps.
MAGNITUDE OF THE RAID.
The raid now made by Cochise is o serious
matter. He must have brought with him several
thousand warriors. The enmity between the
Apaches and Mexicans Is of old date 1t is o war
to the knife-no quarter on either side The lear
of the latter Of their mortal foes is hardly posi-
bic to decribe Frontreras and Magdalena, the
two towns attacked, close to the boundary line
and are places of some Importance The Mexicans
In Sonora now occupy the same position in refer
ence to the Apaches that Americans In Texas
do towards the KckapoOs, who raid across
the Rio Grande from Tamaulipas, but while
pursuit in the former case would be welcome
1t Is denied in the latter. In any event IL Is not in
the power Of General Crook to follow Cochise
across the frontier, owing to want Of sufficient
troops; but in the interests of humanity ssme.
thing must be done to punish and stop the
maurauding savages who have broken their
pledges and carried war int the Territory of 0
friendly Power.
THE BLOODY GROUND.
Arizona has been for years the modern bloody
ground. The Apaches have murdered vhifo N, a N
and women by the score, and robbed settlers and
travellers on the highways. II is not to be sup
posed that there has been any failure to pay them
on In kind. Fearful slaughters OF Indians have
taken place; one particularly, at Camp Grant, in
April, 1871, was characterized by the great
est inhumanlty and for some time the
war against them has been enc OF simple
determination. Az to who is In the wrong
opinions differ. Army officers and government
agents lay the blame on the whites while the lat
ter and the Territorial functionaries say that it is
impossible to live side by side with the wild red
men. The latter unhesitatingly denounce the
Efforts OF such humanltarians as Vincent Colyer
ana General Howard, who know nothing OF the
Apache devils, and unreservedly applaud the
vigorous policy OF General Crook. The country Is
rich In gold mines and the miners, beyond ques-
ton, have too often suffered from savage attacks,
extreme southern reservations the business
men Of the Territory very lately petltoned the
War Department to remove the headquarters from
Tucson, the capital, to a more nerthern point, in
consequence OF Indian attacks on trains and mail
riders coming from California and the head of the
Colorado River. II Is impossible, the settlers say,
lot the people on the Atlantic side to believe the
stories OF the bestiality and utter degradation
OF the Apaches to be true, but no person who has
ever visited Arizona or New Mexico hesitates to
ACTS done by them and utterly refuses to believe
anything which may he said In their favor. PM :
lanthropy towards them Is simply absurd For
fifty years the settlers declare the Apaches have
been the scOurge of the country, and yet they are
s 30 oWved and cowardy that II on'y requires res
or be exterminated like vermin. They cannot be
kept on reservations; they are so crafty and
quick OF movement that In one night party OF
them will away, do some OF their favorite work
and be back before morning, SO that 1t Is impss-
Bltle for an efflcer TO tell who did the deed.
RELENTLESS WARFARE.
There can be no doubt that the Southern Apaches
have by their frequent depredatons and outrages
caused great loss and injury to the citizens OF
ArizoRa and New Mexico, and so exasperated
have the settlers become that they are determined
against i the disturSeHs or their peace and
spoilers OF their property. They complain, not
without reason, Of the increasing tendency o.
perhaps from thirty to one hundred strong, and
move OH TO or near tae cultivated lands owned
and occupied by white settlers in the vicinity.
In several cases these red raiders have taken
possession OF the houses OF the settlers living
In the tninly populated districts, and, after
rfing them OF their contents, actually destroyed
them. Unable to obtain projection from the gov
eminent they have banded together as last re-
sort, fully determined to defend their homes with
their lives. 1t is true that all the Indians in Arr
iona are not bad, and that many OF their chiefs
and captains exert themselves TO preserve peace
Win the whites, bat the citizens fail to see any
alssenctsn and, as stated above, 1t 10 impossible
TO find the evildoers
! ,r, TIE OTHER SIDE or THE QUESTION.
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Iues.lon. They have many complaints to make,
sne m1st important being that they have
grounds ana GO upon sterile reservations
Wnere Iney do not get enough to eat and that
tney viii noo starve nor see their children starve
around tnem while the means Of subsistence Is
Wltnin tneiI reach. 1t Is very true that the gov
ernment provees sufhciency to meet this dim
cuity, put agents and others levy on the supplies
and annuities voted for the red men. rae white
settlers 40 not stop TO consider this they ONLY re.
memper tne many scars lett IN their families, and