Arizona weekly miner., 1877-02-09
run INDIAN QUESTION

The rumor that several members of South- cru Arizoaa in the Legislature at Tucson. alrcad, referred 10 iu,thc MINER, arc trying to brin. an influence by which ,hoy can c'- ,,ci ihc i,.norai of the l,yc>,nt Department ,nmmaI.dcr. from the command of Arizona anal southern California, seems Ia create hut ,i;;lc impression. The>c members. no doubt, wish 1.. l.c known a> being in tue interests nf thr entire Territory. vet they are un"iu inu that the ranchnlen in localities other than th.. immediat, ueIghhorhood ot the irare~entltiyc. jn thc Southern bart of Ar zons. shall have any protection to lie and property. These gentlemen surely seem 1" Nc; ike the ~lec.,ag on Horseback. H they Are able to comprehend. at all, they must snow Ihat iAe Government will spare but ,mall portion of the army for ,er'icc in Ar :yona as well as hut few Indian scouts. IA thc entire army t small and is apportion- iuent ;o this Tcrriiory must. of course, be lery limited
 After much experience anal cure on the yar, nf tit authorities si Washington ant .ho.e morc immediately responsible. lt l> found ;ps. ;he ,rcscn; di>tribeticn ot troop, js thc most advantageous to tA, ps'p.c re- canile<s of the pressure of the Third House ;n tltc Territorial Legislature in which some h;.eh reggitori.sl officials are known to ti9 uyr. But ls; H. ask Why these rerryScntA- tive gcntieinon arc uot eii.inc 10 see that inc troops are always oFcrtaklng' killing ami uniting rencga,le Indians back upon eleir reservations and the Indian Agent iS forever letting them % From the great number Killed by the troops within the last two wears the Indians must know that the repena.ies are sure tn l,c pursued and pun isLed. let with death staring them in the face they %; fer this there must be a strong reason and that reason can ue traced direct ly to the Agent. Through the interces>ion of Agents troops cannot he stationed imme- .lia;clv at the Agencies where renegade In ,ll:.nS c,,uld itc Immediately ovcrjaken and returned. and 90 save the troops pursuit, from points ,hirty oi forty miles distant aud perhaps weeks Ielay The only ar2u- men: iu this connection is that the more h. djans ahscut themselves who can safely re- turn without interfering with the rolls of ;hc Agency. the greater will bc The saving of ra,i,sas to Inc person of the Agent from these lunee7e,l driven Indians. If, howcvcr, in these pursuits Indians are killed, The ehancrS arc that ;hc Indian Bureau petitions 10 have the Department Commander rem"'- cd. Is ;ho Indian, Nho are driven oh "itl ,he hoII, that within month or two they will i,r brought back, commit murder be fare they can hc ovor;akrn in the mountains and Canyon, of thc Territory. thc worthy sta,c~n,an uctiiion> that the Dcpartmcu' Commander bc removed. x Tn the caN" oi llc petitiun ni one King, and ctht-S Tor the removal of the Department Commander rotten up son!c time a-o upon the report al.a, eleven men hal hccn murdered by ln- ,lisns; uhcn on inVrS,i@atiou fl WS~ found ,haf inc eleven had been manufactured oui ot four. \ few days since. it wds reported fi,af so,nc Indians kaJ again committed ,,.nr.lrr ip ihc southern part oi thc Terri ;ary. snt hccaUs1 ti,e Department tomman- ,lcy lil moi happen 10 drop from the cloud' a,.,,, the scene to capture thc Indians wh, committed ,!c murder and have with hiu ,rnors enough to :nr,t ;bc plaAa oi sem' .,.,,tlcn.eu lf thc "Tlirt House who ha' ,.,,.j. a corner an sGrplic>. tho Military y..,n,nauIcr slln,,ld h- removed a once tar ,.,t,r-e s,s, have D" idea as te the opni"l ,h,, General commanding may cutertnn T,i z,ivr in tl,c management of his dcpar'm'n ..I affairs. ,ut NC do know that he j. an of i,c,r .,,' t',s highest military a,tainment> an' .nt inc clas, ,yio scquil themselves c"n~e'n tiou.ly and aye indifferent as to the heid O iutv tue Gnvcrument prefers to as>ig1 them. whether ;t be ia Arizona or Dakota
 The reflections of the Governor la la .,aes sage upon thc military management a ,ha 1.partmcat should have no weight b ,noNs ,hat neither the organization oi miti t;., or a sl,an"e of ;Ioops |, necessary, h' l,is remark, nay bo consistent With hIN ol' sud ba,jly lai} pIau~. 'o get most "f C.. United States trool,, scattered through >"uth .,,u Arizona. Tt,> is yet Territory an' ,he Governor is responsible to Washinst" and the people for i's civil functions, aad 'N .,.d< Ii. authoFity when he dabb!es wit rl,,. United ota,e, Military aiiairs- The De uarfmrni Commander is equally rcsponslbl f, the Government for thc military an' .ouid cxrecd his functions were ne to med .sHc with civil affair. Were this -Latc th t;overncr might regard Arizona as his con xff,,cncv. but as it l., his duty is plainl ,usrkc out by the same authority who ike dat tor the military commander. nor does I ,rcn, just ,l,at the executive Nho does no hold his ofiic> by tLc WI Of the taN-Pa3e here shonid urgo upon us - apropr'a tiou of Sie.0aO to ii out militia '''o4eei :ig party ~ the expense of the Tcrri,or: with Shc arctcSt 9, hand. to over run To. "ality in which regular troops arc capturing Indians an3 which has been supplied with snch troops almost constantly or r,e move 1oT ,lic !a>t sik or eight mouti~