The Arizona sentinel., 1879-07-26
The 5an Carlos Indians.

Should there be a general out
 break of them it would inca!cuIa-
 bly, damage Arizona. Many lives
 and much property would be de-
 stroyed. The prosperity that
 prevails in Globe, Pueblo VleJo,
 and about Clifton and other local
 ities would be arrested and years would be required to regain actu- al losses, to say nothing of the
 gains that are otherwise certain. 7 Those Indians, or the chiefs Oi : them, have declared that they , would not submit 10 military rule, and from the impression we have of Gen. Willcox's predeliction in , this regard, the military now i'll , Arizona do not care to take them
 in charge.
 While there has been no out
 break of much consequence by
 those Indians since tbeir settle.
 ment at San Carlos, the Globe and
 other settlers are comprehensive,
 but not on account of any bad dis.
 position of the Indians. Judge
 \. H. Hackney has for years been
 editing a paper either at Silver
 City, New Mexico, or at Globe
 City, both Of which places suffer
 from any Indian disturbance.
 The Judge is not man of maud lin sentiment, but one whose , views, especially on the Indian , business, have been formed amid , much murder and destruction Of
 property by Indians. Indepen- dent of this experience, he is :: man Of good common sense as , applied to public affairs, and he is now editing the Silver Belt" " at Globe City. His words ought
 to have weight with those in au- thority. Here are extracts from
 "The Belt " of July IS:
 II is a well known fact that the question of giving the military management of Indians has occu- pied more or less Of the timeof Con. gress for several years and so' faI has been invariahle met by ,le. gativo vote and now Secretary
 tary SclIurz has done what the
 representatives of the people re. , fused t0 do, but in doing so has unquesiionpbly done it under 2 misapprehea sion of facts. Ths > San Carlos Indians are at peace . and if fairly treated vii remain !. so. We rememher that a yea f ago they were obliged to sub,is upon acorns or whatever else they v cou!d find in t le mountains to ap : pease the bangs of hunger, bu notWitF standing their extremity
 the were obedient to the order:
 of their Agent and expressed ;
 determination to maintain friend : ly relations with the whites.
 There was no necessity for the Il failure 10 furnish the San Carlos
 Indians their expected ration 0 = flour on Friday last. Although Il the contractor had failed in hl: :; agreement, there was more thar = sufficient four in Globe to have s enabled the Government, througf ,. its representative, to have kep
 its promise to the Indians.
 |, We here assert that there hal ', not been an Indian War with re
 servatjOa Indians since the sys " lem Of nroviding for them Wa
 adopted that has not resulted iron i- the failure to supply them will l. stipulated food.
 Il We learn from L. ?. Christen !. sen that a report WAS conveyed v 10 the commanding officer o Ia Camp Thomas that the San Car los Indians to the number of 800 had left the reservation and ha '> declared their intention q
 {" cleaning out "the Pueblo Viej l- valley, and that While the caval 5. rv were on their track the le would fall back upon the post an ,n take it in. That the absurd re ,a nort was believed is eVidence . bv the fact that 8 double guar = was mounted and a Gatlin gu
 got in readiness and reinforce Ql .G rI~ tO Totnn (Ir,>,t