Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-25
NOT UNANIMOUS.
The Prescott Miner does not appear O be unanimous for the removal of the Tr7i,,s from tbe Territory:

The Prescott Miner does not appear be unanimous for the removal oi thel sIndians from the Territory:
 E. The press is unanimous @ in sendlngI the Indiana out Of the Territory. We don't tlink SO. With proper treatment the Indians can be kept in Arizona lusti as well as they can be kept m the !ndlanI .Territory or any other piece, and just asI harmless. In the first place let them be 7placed on the San Carlos, Verde or any ,other reservation. disarmed and gwen land to cultivate. s Put them under the military for few .years with a stern commander over them, swho viii see that they tlll the sol ana .tobey orders to the letter. @ Teach them to raise cattle, sheep .zho7ses and other domestic animals, to sbuild houses and otherwise improve thelr Glands: and, our word for 1t, n less than : five yearr nothing coald induce the Red Men to take arms against AmerlcansI They would, ike the rich Nayaloes, who sown large bands of sheep, have some thing at stake, and could not afford to ieopardiza their all by attempting war .unarmed--against the citizens or the 5. s.rerrritor..
 5 So long as the L. $. soldiers have to ;Oe kept III Arizona to watch and chastlse Indians when the emergency demands l7it, just so long they should be under the .-entire control of the military. Oihcers # f the Army are educated for commando eTs, and 1t Is to be expected of them tnat they are more fit to manage wlld and < tespcratc Indians than civilians, who c-now nothing of Indian character or a
 routier lie Indian agents, from the fact that they have no considerable back , ing, exercise but little control over lg- irdolent people, who only re- spect the sabre or bayOnet. IT we are to have peace, perpetual, let the affairs ,of Indians be placed entirely with the military, where honest, but stern deal ings will only be resorted to. There IS
 no need Of removal, but a new and en- tirely diferen. system of dealing with the Indians IS desirable.
 We hardly think that the views expressed above, 80 far as they
 relate to the retention of the Indians in this Territory are concerned, are aentertained by any considerable
 number of people, and We will not at-
 tempt to account for the Miners views Rexcept upon the ground that 1t feels 5fbound to take the of side. If the lands Iof the several Apache reservations in fthis Territory will sustain Indians in the
 pursuit of agriculture and stock raising
 they would also sustain q white popula-
 ton, and for our part We prefer white ineighbors to Indians, although the latter
 may be hemmed in by a military guard
 Then the reservation system was only a temporary arrangement at best, and In
 dian Territory, tvo-tnirds of which Is 5now uuoccupied, was set apart for h.
 dian occupancy and whites are excluded
 from it. Uutl that is wholly occupied i've can not see the sense of keeping val
 uab!e territory, often abounding in rici
 minerals which are valueless to the say- 'agos, occupied as reservations. Such a .chaage might do away with Whipplc Barracks, bu the Territory could stand
 it, if at the same time 1t got rid of tho
 Indian pests.