The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-06-21
From Southeastern Arizona.
More Apache Depredations &o.


 Writing from Terenate Mills, Sonora. under date of June 3, Mir. Joseph Pierson, proprie- tor of said mills, complains to Governor Saf. ford about some reservation Apaches who, on the night of June 2d, broke into Mir. Pier sons corral and drove off 60 head of mules. As soon as the theft was discovered, parties started in pursuit, from various settlements, one of which, having taken a short route for Cachises reservation, headed off the thieves and recaptured nearly all the mules. The Apache thieves numbered IA, and were armed with Springfield rifles. They also had L. S. blankets.
 Wm. Eusts had reported the loss of forty head of cattle. from tue Arivaca ranch, just over the Sonora line. He accused the Papago Indians of having stolen them.
 Gov. Stafford has recently appointed Mr. P. k. Tully (frm of Tully, Oc6oa & Co., one of the board of Territorial Penitentary directors 4 good appointment. He has also appointed John II. Stephens notary public for Pima county.
 Indian agent Roberts, of the White Noun. tain reserve, has done himself honor by writing the following letter: As sooB as tbe cavalry arrives here, which suppose will be in few days, will start out and if said stock can be found on this Teser ryatiUu will have It returned to the rightiul owners. don't allow my Indians to harbor or trade for stolen stock if know II, and don't intend to allow tbis reservation to be harbor for stolen stock. will do all in my power to get back the stock if it can be found here.
 1 Now if agent Roberts means to, and will | do this, the MINER will again reward him with its praise.
 | A party of thieving Apaches had killed an | OK, near the farms on the PUtrcro. Fearing an attack, the farmers left their ranches. l Several houses were being built in Tucson. ! The weather was cool and cloudy. Corpus Christi day was celebrated by the Mexican population.
 The walls of the commanding officers quar- ters, at Lowell, were erected.
 Merchants were paying ? Ja cts. per b. for new barley, in trade
 Mr. John W. Hopkins was re-appointed deputy collector of customs at Tucson.
 The Rev c. A. Reeder had preached to rather thin audience.
 Material for grindstones had been discov- cred by MT Ochoa.
 Mir. E. x. Fish had arrived home from | California.
 Capt Hamilton, 20 recruits and GO horses | had arrived from YHma.
 ] Gen. Sacket had arrived and reviewed the troops at LONtll.
 Soldiers from Bowie had captured three descrters.
 Major Larrabee, who was sent out here re- gently, from the East, as special agent for the Indians of the San Carlos reservation, had just arrived in Tucson, after having re. signed his official powers to Major W. il. Brown, commanding new Camp Grant His short experience among the Apaches, who, Hz h.. t,A military, led him to pursue this course. The The Majors account of the murder of Lieut. Amy, as published in the Citizen, is as fol- lows:
 It was ration day on the reservation and an In. dian named she-Shet came for his ration and refused, as he had been several times before, be- cause be had no descriptive list, and he had often been requested to get one but always declined to do SO. On this occasion he insisted on having his ration issued, and Major Larrabee insisted that he should comply with he rules Finally he became very angry and drew spear on the Major, who immediately grasped his revolver and thcn wrote a note to Lieut.. Amy to send up guard 10 arres, him. Six soldiers were sent under n sergeant aud Amy soon after followed lcisurcly uuarined, and when he arrived near where Major Larrabee was standing the Indian She-Shet fired and shot bim through. Almy advanced a few steps aud said, My God, they have broken out" and then ceived another shot. A Uumber of shots were fired on both sides and the soldiers and Major Larrabee retreated 10 where the main body of soldiers encamped. There was good deal Of excitement and necessarily considerable confusion, and as Is always the case at times the statement Of different parties relative 10 some oi the details some what conflicting; as for instance one Of the sol diers is quite sure tbat Conception prevented him from shooting, while others are equally positive that the soldier Is mistaken. This She-Shet be- longed 10 Co-chc-uay's band and was undoubtedly ly acting in concert with them. Chung, Co-cbe-nay and Tomas each have bands of Indians that they govern as much as any oi the captains do, (which is but very little, land generally cooperate together and were undoubtedly equally guilty in this out. break at least the two former were and are still of the reservation. The latter, Tomas, has come back to the reservation, but Major Larrabee has strong suspicious that he is equally guilty. Es-kiu-en kin was away at tbe time, having left with his band in passion few days previous, but has since re- turned and has behaved in this affair very we'll Sanlo did not leave aud ne has also acted very we'll The number that left after Alny mur. dered Is believed to be from one to two hundred, and they are still away. Chung Is the old Indian who murdered the Mexican butcher last year at 1 Old Camp Grant in cold blood and without cause, and should have been hung long ago. Major Lar rahee says that Lieut.. Amy sas unusually kind | 10 all the Indians that his tent was constantly crowded with them and he allowed them 10 oe | cupy his bed and use and handle everything he had about as they pleased; that he was unwcaried In his care and attention to please them and 10 do | them good. Since his death they have become | sAli-tea ti!st !ic ws5 stimulated to adOpt tuis course by bis good old mother who is evidently q Qnakefvss. She thought sine was doing right, hut
 I his ever been the case that those who have used | Indians with the greatest kindness iail tue first
 victims when they break out, and while we honor
 bis good mother for her kindness of heart, yet we
 hope tEaI it will prove q lesson to those far away, | to not undertake to instruct upon so dangerous a | su'I cct when they know nothing about it. Major
 Larrahee necessarily feels sad and disappointed.
 He came here w'th determination to spare no
 effort to do these Indians good. Ia advance of | receiving instructions be commenced 10 dig them ! ditch be endured hard=h!ps and p..ya;!oHs and
 night or day was ever on tue alert to do them a
 favor aud ii,ass ibein comfortable ana hap py, and has been rewarded inst as he was com pietiDg ditch sufficient 10 irrigate all the land
 they could cultivate, by an attempt to take his
 life This deyilisb trait of character s sad Co con
 template, and we wish it was otherwise, but such
 are the stubborn facts, and unfortunately all the
 books of fiction and poets In tue world cannot
 change them.
 From Camp Bowie.