Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-10-07
4 New View of the arixaun Indsao
Question.

met on the remorseless plan of
Phil Sheridan in dealing with the
Piegans, we have not been insensi.
BILE to the scandalous mismanage-
ment OF Iudian affairs. In Ari-
xona this Encouragement has
been singularly reckless and un-
principled, with an occasional ex.
ception, here and there, which
goes to prove the rule. When the
indian has found himself in the
hands Of brave and just man
even the Apache has been found
tractable. He is then content to
devour the good things the govern
ment provides for him and to re-
pose in swinish ease and abandon
A number of the Arizona papers
have lately applied themselves to
developing novel phases of the
present outbreak. Amongst them
all the Tombstone Nugget gives
the clearest exploitation of the situ-
alton from the point of view which
We now desire to present:
According to our dispatches there
has been another outbreak of the
Apaohss, and If but part be true as
reported by telegraph they are, in
deed, on the war-path. The fact oil
the matter L., Agent Tiffany and
the military have determined from
the beginning to make the Indians
fight. Every movement on their
part has added strength to our con-
viction that they are both in the
nefaSious 'job" with the Southern
Pacific Railroad, to force the In-
dians into q state of instruction
drive them from the reservation, ii
possible, through the aid of the
government, from the Territory,
and thereby gain possession of the
immense coal beds located on H.
dian lands. We have every reason
70 believe that Tiffany is the arch
conspirator; that he represented to
the railroad company, referred to
above, that he could gain the de-
sired mineral through his control
OF the Indians, and thus he went
TO work. He drew up a ninety.
nine year lease, granting to certain
parties tngress and egress of the
reservation, with the right to mine
for and remove any mineral which
they might find. For this priv
lege he was to pay the Indians for
~ dollars apiece. Once signed By
them there would be but little
trouble, considering the power thu
railroad corporation has in Con.
gress, in getting that body to ratify
the lease, by which, for less than a
hundred Thousand dollars, they
would become possessors of proper
ty sworth millions. But unfortu-
nately for this most iufamou.
scheme, the medicine man massa.
cred ut Cibicu, c0unseIed the Iu-
dams not to sign it. Some already
had, but his words of advice were
needed and the others refused. Up-
on this Tiffany informed them thai
they could have no more rations.
Still they were stubborn and gath
cred daily around the medicine
man, listening to his exhortations.
It was then that Tiffany, driven to
desperation, issued his Infamous
order to the military to capture
the medicine man, or kill him, or
both. The next act in the plot lie
well known. The military au-
thorities captured him, and muir.
dered him; enraged at this the In
dlsns fired upon and killed few
OF the soldiers. Would white men
nave done different under similar
circumstances?
Every word of the foregoing lie
new to US. 1t comes with the force
of revelation, although we think q
portion of it is q spurious revela-
tion. We do not believe, for a mo.
ment, that the officials OF the
Southern Pacific would consciously
be parties to programme which
would interrupt, to q certain ex-
tent, travel on their road. even ad.
Knitting that they would consent to
such q Machiavellian policy. But
Indian Agent Tiffany may belong
to the toughest of his tribe, and
may thus have even advanced on
the methods of old Simon Cameron
when he was the Winnebago
Agent. In that view, Tiffany may
be clearing the field for a success
full negotiation with the party of
the second part.
The average newspaper reader, at
the beginning of the current out.
break, was informed that an i'm
placable medicine man, OF the
White Mountain tribe, was incit-
ing that fierce race to outbreaks by
prophecies that their dead warriors
were to arise, and that the whites
were to be driven out of Arizona.
No wonder, with this shadowy line
OF renowned warriors in the fore
ground, to bear the brunt of the
battle, that the White Mountain
Apache felt the war ardors rising
In his bosom. The Nugget, how
ever, gives the following account
Of the matter:
Immediately the wires were bur-
dened with sensational reports of
IN outbreak. A thousand Indians
were on the war-path numbering
settlers, stopping trains, stealing
stock, and generally devastating
the country, Company after COM
pany was ordered to the front, he.
Toic marc hes OF seventeen miles In
thirty i've hours were made by the
devoted and daring troops. Gen.
Carr, with remarkable strategic
ability, succeeded In q week in sur