Arizona citizen., 1876-11-04

the Sierra Madre, between two an, ! three hundred miles. and from the foo hills in Sonora to the foot hills in lh State of Chihuahua, a width of mOrt than 200 miles, a Mexican has not dared | tO venture for many years. Some O
 the richest mines of Mexico are situated there, which once yielded their mil
 lions of bullion to the productive ener
 glcS of the world, but now the mould ering walls of those once rich hacien das stand in silence to commemorate ! the past. These Indians when hunted
 by the troops in Mexico would go tC those mountains or to Arizona, anC when pursued in Arizona retire tC 1 Mexico, until the treaty of peace wa: made with them by General Howard
 when they ceased for q time tO murder l in Arizona, but made thelr reservation the base of supplies for provisions ammunition, etc; hence being better supplied they carried on their warfare | in Sonora with more energy and beltel 1 success than ever before. Intoxicated with their successes Tn Mexico. they ! broke their treaty of peace without prOvOCation and commenced murder ing Arizona settlers on the Sth day oi last April, and the present state of af fairs k set forth in this petition which have the honor to inclOse 10 you.
 Gen. kautz commanded in person al the removal of the Indians from the Chiricahua reservation to the San Car los which, as you will observe by the petition, was only partially effected lrcn. hautZ when retuTningt to Prescott stated in my presence at Tres Aiamos, near the place of massacre, that you people here were very much alarmed about nothing; l went out there and found that there were no Indians. ' There were at the time of the removal. about 320 women and children, and about II or 45 men transferred Co San Carlos, two of the latter escaping on the road tO Sap Carlos. It is said by citizens who were present at the count ing uf the Indians, that the men who surrendered were mostly old, decrepid or unit for the war path thus leaving out the young men untrammelcd with women and children and helpless men, to % fOr,h in their exploits of murder and devastation.
 l. Is only too true that General Kautz did not find any Indians that were sus- ceptble of doing harm, simply because he did not look for them, nOtWithstdnd- ing he was there himself, with nearly 100 well drilled Indian scouts, and a sufficient force of troops |, have moved all the Indians the reservation ever contained. The Indian Agent, Mr. Cum, turned the reservation over c. him while there, and requested him, m letter, to pursue the fugijiyes that were about 10 withdraw and go on the the war-path, aud scout the reservation. That letter Was dated June $. 1876. Chiricahua Agency, and was placed in his hands the same day. Why did he not send out scouting parties, when he had certain knowledge there were hostile Indians, and look if there W rc uot others on the reservation who had not surrendered, or if there were any fresh t.dils OT signs of them having left the TesrrvutIony Why WIS all this immense force, after three long months delay in fitting out, marched Co the fort on the reservation, campcd, and ,hcn all quietly withdrawn, while the hostile Indians could not have been more than a few miles distant? Why Was not company of Indian scouts left there, where they were needed, and not sent back To Camp Verde where they were not needed. Why is 1t that the Indians are permitted to carry on their work of mu dcrIng, undIsturbcd, when all the forts of the Territory are full of officers and soldiers who have nothing To do but travel through the country with SiA-mule coaches and an armed Cudrd,-while the poor, har, working settlers, who have been en- deIvdring Co develop the resources of the country by their industry and en- tcrprise, are being murdered, driven from their homes or in constant danger. and not a soldier even k sent out lO. look after the condition of affairs, much less 10 protect them, although these murders commenced the Sth of last Apiil: Why is it that Gen. Kaulz turns a deaf ear 10 all application for aIdg Why k it that he has refused to furnish a few guns tO the Governor of. the Territory t) arm the militia com pany that was commissioned by the Governor to defend these exposed set dement's, free of all cost to the United States government? Why is it that hore must be a popular uprising Ol .Iy people of southern Arizona Co sIgu "a petition herein incIosed, to urge Gen. hautz 10 do something? Does moi. his very petition bear upon ifs face hc inefiicIency Ot the commander of his military department?
 Ii is the unanimous opinion of every one who lives on the border, near the ,Cenes of troubles, that as long as he remains Tn cOmman1 of this depart . nent nothing better than the present ,ta!c of affairs can be expected, and hat the hourishing settlements on the san Pedro river must be abandoned. . In our humble opinion the present and . future deplorable condition of Indian itliurS in southeastern A.IZOna, would . be greatly improved and confidence re- stored tO the people by the speedy re- noval of General Kautz and an efficient commander appointed in his stead . And 1 can further state that such an went would be hailed as a happy omen . lere, if not indeed throughout the whole Territory.
 Very respectfully,
 Your Ub't servant,
 G. KING. ! Near Tres Alamos, Pima Go, Arizona.
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