Arizona citizen., 1874-12-05

D possible to ford 1t, and hence they were obliged to camp at the crossing near the Indian camps. For several days the Ind ians had been indulging very freely in their native drink, tiswin, and their savage natures were wrought to a most excltable pitch. During the early part of the night of January B. about fifteen Indians attack | ed the train, killing one man outright ana mOrtally WOunding another; immediately after which the entire number of Indians | (about 900) left their camps and fled to the | mountains. The attack on the train and | the flight to the mountains were undoub- | tedly melted and led on by some half dozen outlaws. On the 3d Of February,
 party of forty or fifty san Carlos Indians, | led by one supposed 10 be the ''red villain" Pedro, made an attack on some parties 1 living at old Camp Grant, killing two men, | one woman, and two children. There can | be no doubt that the memory of the cold l hlOOded murder by the whites of nearly
 one hundred of their own people, about | four years before, near the same post, Stlll
 ranked Tn their bosoms, and led them l here to avenge those heartlesS scenes Of
 blood and death. It is reported that these
 Indians killed another man near Florence
 about q month later. After these bold and | bloody acts, the military at once began
 operations against them as hostile Ind | ianS. It would be difficult, especially to one not In the field at the time Of the dis 1 turbance, to ascertain the true cause that | led to this outbreak. It is my opinion that l the frequent change of agents, and the | constant drifting between military and
 civil rule, to which the Indians on this res
 ervatiOn have been subjected during the 1 past two years, cannot result otherwise i than detrimental to the general interests l and proper discipline of any tribe or com 1 munIty of Individuals. Further, it is my opinion that both military and civil au- | thoritieS were in fault on various occasions,
 and especially in not arresting several Ind | ans who were known to them to be most daring outlaws, and who We're continually
 causing strife and contention among their people, and inSt1gating rebellion and | murder by their own perniclOuS precept
 and example. When drunken renegades of l any tribe are permitted, in the presence o1 | two companies of cavalry to defy both civil l and military authorities, we may look | for even worse results than have been | developed by the experiment at San Car | los. l concur with many in the opinion | that, had there been d firm and just ad- ministration inaugurated and executed at l this agency since the spring of 1873, the
 murder of Lieutenant Almy and the out | break of January last, would never have | left their gory stains on the records Of the san Carlos ApacheS.
 Be my convictions right or wrong as to | the causes of the outbreak, the fact is that on the night of January 3l the Indians made a nasty exit from their camps and sought the strOngholds of the mountains. | Scouting parties were lmmedlaJly organ | iZed and sent in their pursuit. They were attacked in their main stronghold and driven out; they were hunted throughout | the mountains, over ranges and sections where they thought it impossible tor the white men to follow; discomtiture, destruc- tion, and death followed in their wake until their punishment seemed greater than they could bear and they were glad to sue for peace. The general command ing the Department of Arizona very wisely refused to permit them to return to tie reservation until they should deliver to him four of their number who were the most prominent outlaws. The instructions of the commanding general were fully carried out. Helpless women With babes at their breasts were, despite their tears and entreatieS, ordered back to the moun- tains to await the fulfillment Of the gem erals orders. One mother begged that she and child might be shot where they where rather than be forced back to the perils and sufieringS of the mountains but the edict had gone forth, and there was no quarter and no mercy to be shown ana not until they had brought in the heads of | the four outlaws were they permitted to return and to be at peace.
 This treatment may seem harsh, and | so it was, yet it has taught to these, ana 1 demonstrated to others, two facts, viz: First that Indians cannot leave their reservation, go raiding about the country committing murder and theft, and then l return at pleasure; and secondly, that while outlaws may for a time evade the
 arm of law and justice, yet they can and will be captured and punished. Their | conviction on these two points will do
 much toward insuring their submission and obedience. They returned to the
 reserve as follOws; Cas-adore and band,
 February 2S, 1874; John Cle-Shay and band, l April s, 1874; Es-ki-min-zin and band, | April 23, 1874; John smith and band, April | 27. 1874: Dis-a-lm and band, about May l, | 1874: santa and band, Say-gully and band, | Eskin-os-pus and band, July 26, 1874. On | the 26th of August Dis-a-lin returned from | a scout, bringing with him thlrty-nlne, | claimed as members Of his own band, and seventy-siX captives; total, one hun dred and fifteen. As they come ln they came in they were disarmed and ordered | to camp near the agency. They built for 1 themselves neat houses of logs and brush,
 with beds elevated about three feet above the ground, and their department was
 usually quiet and pacific.
 i GOVERNMENT.
 l On taking charge of the agency, 10Qnd that the same mixture ofclvll ana military
 rnIe was still warking detriment to the 1 InJians. I therefore immediately aSsum- eI entire control of all affairs appertain- | ing to the Indian service, in order that the | Indians might understand that there was | hnt one administration and one admln1sr | trator The rule over the Indians previous | to my arrival was intended to be severe, hut being shared by many rulers, It be- l came weak, inefficient, and dangerous to | the proper discipline and progress or the | Indians. On my arrival, there were daily ! complaints of refractory conduct on the part of Indians working with employees, and one attem pt was made to kill an em- nIovee but by swift justice and severe R,,SicbD,ant their discipline has been