National Republican., 1881-08-01
APoLoGIzrNe FOR APAcHEs.
TO The Edltor Of rnr nrrunLIcAv

To the Editor Of THE REPuBLlcAN!
The article of at A. b." in Saturday
mornings REPuBncAN, criticising mine Of the day
before, Is so full of malice and Misrepresentation
as to lead one to infer that the writer is in the In
dian Ring, and that " r. A. b !" may stand for "Thc
Apache Bureau" His remarks about my being in
favor Of having all civilized white men muir.
dcred by the Indians, and then all the Indians to
be butchered by white savases," and of my "not
recognizing the brotherhood Of humanity" and
abandoning all the principles Of Justice" &c.
nre the coinage OF his fertile brain, for there
is not n line in my article TO warrant any such as
sertions. on the contrary, | stated plainly that
would put the Indian on perfect
EQUALITY Win THE WHITE MAN,
"and make him amenable to the same laws" In.
'stead of abandoning the principles Of justice"
am very heartily in favor Of dealing out strict
justice to all murderers and cut-throats, rcd or
white, and so expressed myself / did say that
for tribes like the Apaches determination was the
proper remedy" That tribe Is guilty OF hundreds
OF the foulcst murders, and they have inflicted
barbnritios on their helpless captives such as no
pen would ever dare to describe, and Il is q blot
upon our civilization and disgrnce to our Gov
crnmcnt that they ore allowed to do these things
wrote fecllngly when penued that brief article,
because
THE FATE OF MR. PuGH
brought forcibly to my mind dear friend who
was taken by these savagcs, and whose fate was
similar TO his, even to the revolving atrocities per-
pctrated OH his corpse. Now, young Pugh aud
my friend and those most unfortunate women
had n right TO the protection Of this Government.
So had all the thousands who have perished at the
hands Of the indians in our Western land. That
they failed TO receive protection is because some
department OF the Government failed to do Its
duty. How or why is not now pertinent TO the
fntu l..
the extent and magnitude Of the mischief done tc
our people by the Indians Could they get the
sum total, for the past dozen years even the result
| would be most appalling. venture to sny-and
speak from ON experience Of many years OF from
tier llfethat there are tribes notably the Apaches
and the Sioux, who have
SLAIN MORE WHITE PEOPLE
within the past twelve years than they have fight.
| ing men In their tribes. An editor in Arizona
enumerated over one hundred white men killed
In thot Territory during the summer Of 1870 alone
oil by Apaches. But this apologizer for Apaches
says that probably Mr.. Pugh and all these other
innocent people were murdered in retaliation for
outrages committed ON these Apaches. won't
accuse him of ignorance, but he should be able to
tell us when and whero II was that the Apaches
were so outraged that he can justify their butcher
ing scores and hundreds fperfectly innocent peo-
pie in retaliation or for revenge
SOMEBODY Is RESPONSIBLE
for allowing this ghastly work to go on year after
year as it does. And feel entirely justified in
saying that II the Apaches must have victims they
should have now and then few OF those who are,
indirectly, at least, In measure responsible for
this sad condition of affairs. But ] am decidedly
in favor Of not allowing them to practice their
barbariies upon any one, and Heaven speed the
day when this shall be accomplished.
+. W. CROSBY.