The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-12-26
Letter from Gov. Pesqueira.


 We give below letter from the Governor of Sonora to the San Francisco Alta, relative to Apache outrsges in that State. Whatever view may be taken of the case elsewhere, We are sure all Arizonans will sympathise with our unfortunate Mexican neighbors:
 UREs, Sonora. November 5, 1873.
 EditoYs Ald The letter of Edward r. Smith, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, addressed To me- has not reached me, and obtained a knowledge Of lt solely from It's publication in the Alta but have to-day sent reply, in tbc hope that his in- telgence and sense of justice will put an end to the great evils inflicted on Sonora by the Apaches of the Chlricahua Reservation.
 suppose he will agree with me that the re- sponsibility Of the Indian Bureau Of the United States will not turn solely on the solution of the question whether 1t has, through its agents, fur nished to the Apaches their excellent arms (as the San Diego Union has charged), their army sad dles or their army clothing. The sayages have appeared in Sonora with army saddles, army clothing, army blanket, and although the presen. tation of thesc things to them by the Government of the United States would be considered ofen- sive by our people under present circumstances, yet Of the liberality in itself, the Government of Mexico could not complain.
 Neither does it concern Mexico to know that Gen Howard did not make atreaty in writing with Cachise, that he told the savage that raids into Mexico would be considered as if made into
 
 sponsibllity of tLe Indian Bureau consists in the fact that Cschise and his tribe while living the Chlricahua reservation, at peace with the Ameri- can authorities, by virtue of an agreement, writ ten or ungriiten, with Gen Howard, make syste- matic excursions into Sonora to plumber and say the citizens of Mexico. These Indians have made :hciE .orays continuously every day, and neither the local, civil, nor military authorities of the United States have prevented or made any serious attempt to prevent their crimes, nor have they hanr fhnFiz izaA tnfA
 Suppose that Mexico should establish A colony Of professional murderers and hlghwaymen on the border, near some American settlement, and protect them there while they made their settle Eaent focus of conspiracy against the order, property and the lives of the citizens oi the United States would not in such case, the Iudi. an Bureau agree with me that Mexico had com. mitted a serious international crime; And if that be so, will Mir Smith deny that similar offence has been committed in the establishment of that focus of devastation and death tor the people of Sonora on the Chiricahua reservation, and that the Government of the United States Is responsl- ble for the offencey
 The only method of avoiding the responsibility would be by proving that the Apaches, who rob and murder our people. are not those who live on the Arizona reservation but this Is impossible. There are hundreds of witnesses, thousands Of evidences and proofs in nausesting abundance, against the Chlricahns Reservation Indians. re- fer you to the Ures Estrella of the 10th of Oto- ber sent to you with this.
 In other numbers of the same journal you will will read of numerous assassnations and depse- dations, committed by the same savages, armed with excellent rifles and the best metallic est | ridges. All the Apaches coming into Sonora are now provided with the best weapons. which ire very scarce in Sonora, and cannot be obtaiued here by our citizens, nor even by the Goyernmet, without ordering them from distant cities. Does it not seem strange thai they should all have he ! best rifesf
 thank you for your plea in behalf of justice, and trust you will continue to demand prompt ending for the suiferings inflicted upon Sonora | by the reservation Apaches, and for the disgrace brought upon your country by Gen Howard. I have not the least doubt that the national con. science of the American people has already re- belled against the course pursued toward the Apaches in Sonora, and that the Alta is the faith fui reflex of the public opinion. With the highes, appreciation. Y. PEsQUEIRA.