Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-29
l(ExIoAN BORDER TROUBLES.
The recent action Of Col. Mckenzie
6ollovipo scroaa the Rio Grande n

! The recent action Of Col. Mckenzie
In following across the Rio Grands a
band OF maraudingK ickapooand Lipan
indians and, BY surprising them in
camp, administering severe punish
mont, Is creating considerable COM
ment. A dispatch informs US that the
President Is very emphatic In his ap-
prevail Of the course Of Col. Mckenzie,
and that In fact 1t was authorized by
the Administration. The telegraph 70.
ports the President as saying that If
Mexico Is to be an asylum for highway
robbers, after the United States pro-
test, this Government will not sanction
II, and il the Mexican Government
complains, the Administration has re-
solved 10 treat 1t as an accessory, and
as guilty as the principals. These are
strong words and II they contain the
true sentiments Of the Administration
upon the border question, may lead to
blows. II It were the Indians alone
upon the Texan border, who employ
themselves in raidlng on the cattle,
horses, and ranches Of American set.
tlers on the Rio Grande, In view Of
similar and repssted outrages In So
nora-by the Reservation Apaches, u
Government could hardly, with any
show Of justice, complain. But the
fact ia, that the Kickspoos and Lipans
are organized, and act In concert with
numbers Of lawless Mexican robbers,
who direct their raids, oftimes accom-
pany them. receive their plumber, and
protect their flight. The Mexican Gov
srnmeat has been repeatedly informed
Of the cooperation Of her citizens with
these bands Of thieviny Indians, but
either through negligence or Inability,
has failed to punish or prevent their
robberiss. No sooner had the United
States Commission lett the Rio Grande
this Spring than these Mexican rob-
bers, combining with the Kickapoos
and Lipans, were on the war-path.
Mexican bandits plundered the houses
Of settlers, and robbed them on the
highways, while their allies, the In
dians, drove OF their stock across the
border.
On the Sth Of this month a band Of
eighty Kickapoos and Lipan Indians
made their appearance eighty miles
northwest Of San Antonio and drove
of two hundred head Of horses and
cattle. On the 10th instant, while
several rancheros were before the U.
>. Conmission In San Antonio, a cou-
rier came into the Office and reported
that a band Of Kickapoos were sixteen
miles from the city driving away stock
and shooting every n who inter-
fered. Several Of the above %rancheros,
after visiting their ranches, returned
before the Commission and reported
that their stock had all been driven
over tho Mexican border. 1t was
doubtless this band Of cattle thieves
whom Col. Mckenzie 20 vigorously
chastised, and that the Msxicans were
in league with them Is proved by the
fact that his troops were fired upon BY
N.x;c,n. ,yhils crossing the Rio
Grande with the captured prisoners
and stock. We believe that u Gov
ernment should do all In It's power to
protect Mexicans In Sonora, and II we
don't do It we should accord to them
tho ~inalisnable right which We de-
mand. the protection Of their lives and
property, even though they chase the
Apaches Into San Francisco Bay. We
also hope our Government will fully
sustain Mckenzie.