, 1873-01-19

nothing which locked lho rcpiuing on that nc-
count. They hEve been accustomed to plum
der TINT they use: little. il any. effort to make
their own clothing or manufacture any useful
thing.
Wien white man is killed by them, his cloth
ing ia appropriated as = matter OF course, aud
they so shuf1ling about, wearing tho garments,
which are red and stiff with dried i,loo0. They
have among them several cautitos, or
MEXICAN cArT1yE6;
bat these people are as black as the Indians
themselves, and do not differ from them, SO FIR
as could see in the slightest particular. They
IRE, in fact Indians to all intcnts aad purposes,
aud little, it any. good could te attained by
sending them back among the Nexicans- Most
Of tlleIn, 1t il true, speak little Spanish; but
this il the caso with many OF tho Apactss who
arc ablo 10 carry conversation in that Ian
suage.
TIT, CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES
wero never ablo to keep these Indians near the
fit. They would conc in and stay for short
time when pressed by hunger; but, the very
moment it was Attempted to discipline them III
any way, off they went to tho cactus-covored
plains and wild gorges Of the monntains, wliero
they lived life as worthless and rapncious az
that Of the wolves. It is impossible to oyordraw
i picture OF tho condition Of these wretched be-
ingg. They never hayo been snbjugatod, and it
III very questionable whotfer they ever will be.
It is easy enougl, to gain temporary victory
over thein l,n It is difficult to conquer any poo
pie who lave no homes. and no fxod abodes OF
any kind. They flee to tl1e rocky fastneaEes Of
the mountains, and there, amid tho grandcst
scenery on this Continont, laugh at thoir nur-
suers and taupt tho1n for their woakness
When peoplo
DO sor WISH TO nEcosfE CIVILIZED,
it ia difficult thing to ciyiliza them. I verify
believe these vrotcEes have not tie least des so
to be i.:tluctcd into tue ways Of civilization and
infninitc1v prefer tire freedom and misory OF
r. rs all ntY1t3 Hffa
They have no hesitation in saying that he WHO
vorks is slave aud have no derire to c:,ter into
the condition Of glayery When appealed to,
t,,ov answer in tllsso words: "I have mJ horeo
nv how and arrowe. unl nv saddle, What more
ia want? Tho Mexican farmers raise what
food r require. uu1. whom this fails, can live
l1psn tho 1oote aud game Which find in tho
uountnins WEv glo,:ia work No. sir, nv
tcl,t;on to follow their example,
l1.oro ia the whole business in q nutshell
INV naonia hc}iayo H in healthier and hetter for
man to labor. Tho Apachos believe. no such
tIince and. moreover. thcy will not work. e.
cept It be for short time, in order that they
in the ewes Of tl3so who hayo them in charge,
There is M method OF intimicutiux them. for
puAyEn PEOPLE
do not vnlk tho Garth. They sometimes fight ut
foarfnI odds anil when cornetcd no tiger in his
nafivo 1air co,,ld show more couraca. fero2ity,
and DISCRIMINATION, tits always best "to give
t1,a aov;i h;s me and Il ie die to these deyis
of AnacLe. to say tlat no human beings have
ever fought with moro desperation. They fight
for the nleer ioyo OF fighting and ali the Sunday
school tooc{,ora in the leta cannot pray this
f;cl,tino xnirit ant Of them. [ know them pcr~
Inns hettar than the Suuday-school teachers do.
+ wor]d la rnrv clad II The huma IA poIicy OF
t1,s pTaaident could be carried out in rc:ard to
tho,o and TINT they MIGHT be taught tho WAYS
OF poace but lear
~ Pe@S' r. CANNOT nE DONE
and ha1eye That nv predictions in regard to
tLoyn will h, verified for this is certain. they
never can, and never will become civilized.
M,nv of tbe Wild tribes have improved grestly
Under the wise course which has beon marked
mt for their royernsnce. but nothinc has proved
he5efcin1 so lar as the Apacles are concerned
They have committed IS many outr1ses in tho
last twelye months as ever before, aud Arizona
Is more un.ata today than It was ton wears ago,
the Indians being botter armed, and far moro
oxnork in the knowledge of murder Tho pres
ents that arc given them 'thoy consider as gifts
to placate them, and are utterly Unable to under
stand how it is possible for a nation or an in-
diyidual to give away anything unless
impelled thereto by foar. SUCH thing rs de-
cency is utterly beyond their comprehension. A
free and voluntary gift from one friend to
another is something they cannot understand.
In all tho world, there in not mora unpriuci-
pied and cruel race Of meu.
THERE ARE SEVERAL BANDS,
known as Mescalero, pinal, Tonic, Jlcarlila,
Gils, and Mogolon Apaches, and the Apache
Mohayoa. I havo also heard the Nava5os called
tie ka:ajo Apacltcs- They are not au oquslly
bad, though Ill OF them are bad enough: AS
Ben B used to say about whisEey: ''Iheya
is no such thing as bad vEiEkey; some whiskcy
is better than other whisAey, but there is no
such thing IS bad wliskey."
So it is with theae mlscreants; there are no
good oues among them: some ere worse than
others, b,1t none are good ard, as q friend Of
1nine expresses it: s'TLey arc all d sot OF h0li-
lied wrotches of hell"
might 60 on and enumerato the outrages
that have been committed by them, but this
could do no good, and soul-harrowing narratives
aro rot tho most pleasant reading to person Of
intelligence The people OF tho United States
know what these Indians arc, and know, more
ovor, that fair Territory is 1T this moment
comparatively without a white population on
account OF them. But this slate Of things
not exist forever and the TINA is not fer distant
whom the Apaches
WILL HAVE CEASED TO LIVE.
The AGE ia too far advanced for these barbar1ans
to continue committing their depreda:ions, and