The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-30
A SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT.
Instructions for the Guidance of
Officers in Arizona.
The Apache Not Innocent, but
Ignorant.
General Orders Commencing Officers and Men
for Gallantry in Action.

The following orders have been issued by Brevet
Major General George Crook commanding the
Military Department of Arizona. They are self
explanatory and will be read with INTEREST,"
GENERAL ORDERs-No. II.
PRESCOTT, April 7, 1873.
1t is with pleasure the announcement is made of
the surrender OF large numbers Of Indians lately
hostile, against whom military operations have
been prosecuted for the past four months, and the
assurance through the chiefs and head men OF
these tribes or their desire and the desire Of their
people to conclude permanent peace.
These propositions are made In the midst OF q
campaign In which they have been severely pun
ished, and the Department Commander, believing
In their sincerity, announces and hereby deca res
peace with the tribes referred to.
The basis OF this peace Is simply that these In
dams shall cease pluniering and numbering, re-
main upon their several reservations and comply
with the regulations made by the government
through Hn au;horzea agents ior tnem .r ).
agreement they will be protected by the military
OF this department in the enjoyment OF all their
After sufficient time shall have elapsed to en-
able the friends OF any renegades still at large to
commanders will use the troops at their Command
to pursue and force them in and In case any such
struggling bands continue to remain absent with
out proper authority they will be forced to sur.
render Or be destroyed.
GENERAL oRDERs-No. Is.
PRESCOTT, April s, 1873.
The following memorandum of Instructions Is
hereby published for the guidance of officers COM
handing troops stationed on the several Indian
!. With view to bringing the struggling bands
and families still at large upon reservations, and to
government small number OF the Indians re-
Gently used as scouts will be retained IN service
under existing laws at each OF the reservations
hereafter specified.
Each.Of these detachments will be under COM
mand OF an officer designated by the Department
Commander, who will have charge under SUPER
vision OF the commanding cficer OF the post OF
their clothing and accounts; but the post COM
mander may communicate with them direct, at
These Indians will be selected from among the
best OF the several Jribes and will be liable TO be
OF their own or other tribes, or other good cause
and their places filed by others duly selected.
They Will constitute the police force OF the reser-
vati0ns, and, while required to attend regular
musters and inspections, will not only be allowed,
but VIII be REQUIRED, to cultivate the sell and per-
form the variOus industries prescribed by the In.
dian Department, the same as other Indians.
They will be used from time to time upon appli-
cation OF the agent or the commanding officers
own motion. to preserve the peace report and
correct any irregularities that may occur among
their own or other tribes in the vicinity.
tnorssa aasnls IN M a ad s a
establishing among them civil government in its
simplest form, enabling them to settle their differ
ences according to the usages OF civilization grad
ually showing them its benefits as contrasted
with their own barbarous forms and customs.
To do this ehectually will require different forms
to suit the peculiariteS OF different tribes and the
agents OF the several reservations requested to
meet the officers commanding the military on their
rm penu ut 70 make Sem aao
complicated at first for the comprehension or the
tribes to which they are to be applied, leaving
them to be enlarged with their capabilities, that
when the auxiliary force can be dispensed with
they will be capable OF selfgovernment, and event.
ually become good citizens.
While they should not be judged harshly for
acts which in civil codes would constitute minor
offences, care should always be taken that they
do not succeed in deceving their agents and the
officers in matters OF great import, being careful
to treat them as children In ignorance, not in in
nocence.
Perfect harmony between the officers Of the In
dian and War departments, on duty together, is
absolutely necessary in treating Indians so lately
hostile and so apparently incorrigiDe, and the De-
mony and directs, in case or difference in mat
tiers where the line is not plainly marked, that
officers carefully avoid such difference being made
known to the Indians and that they refrain from
any overt act In the matter at issue until inStruc
tons from these headquarters shall have been re-
ceived