Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-07-14
GENERAL CARR.
The Indian Fighters Opinion of Ariton,
 Ansirs.


 AfsirS.
 Among the prominent strangers now ID San Francisco is General l.. \. Carr Colonel of the sixth Cavalry, U. S.A, the noted Indian fighter and hero of last years Apache campaign. His mission to thls city IS tO confer with the Genera! commanding the Division relative Co procuring a new allotment of horses for hIs regiment. Though General Carr mas been on active border duty for many years his appearance Is rather that of n well-tO-dO merchant, or even minister, than that of the hardy soldier. His face IS very propose essIng, with pleasant smile, and hIs manner and speech though prOmt and decisive, Is never brusque General Carr IS accompanied from Arr zOna by Mrs. Carr, who has been his companion on the frontiers for many years. The General was interviewed briefly last night, just as he was gong ont, concerning Indian and other mat ters pertinent to the Territory. He sad. "lhe situation just amounts to thls The only thing to be done, IS to follow General Crooks views. It IS impossible to take those Indians and make them prisoners by shutting them up n 9rl-Ou or under guard. If al attempt Was made tO reduce them tO cOniine- ment s..me of them would get away and -tart for Mexico or wherever the remain ing renegades are. They would kIll prO- ple on the road. probably every Indian would murder two white people. The squad of Indians that came m last March were only twenty five all told and tbty had killed from twenty-five Co tbIr,y people Iu Arizona and New MeXi- co including ju tye McCOmas and hls wife, and the, took away tue boy Every indication points t0 the fact that the poy IS s:Ill alive and with the renegades wnO are ct out. If these Indians get very desperate they might kill the child buf still Ind ans like other people are apt tu getfond Of children and on that account they ID ght spare him, or they may eI- pect ransom. But l understand the ,bIl Is relatives are not m a position t0 give much of a ransom l believe, how -ver. that $500 has been offered m New Mexlco and also SjOO h Arizona for his recovery. 1 think the prospects for the renewal of hostilities depend very much Ou whether peace IS made on the terms suggested by General Crook. WeOf the army feel like other people, that lhe h. dians ought to be punished, but as long as he army IS as small as It IS We cannot punish them without involving a great deal of suffering to the white lnhabIt- ints, great losses of property Obstruc- ion Co travel and business, and a general retardatiun of progress. If congress would give us troops enough We could keep the Indians down without feeding them or keeping them on reservations. There are ,70J soldiers iu AriZOua and ought to be between 6.UOu and I,UuO. Then they would work and earn their iviug, like anyone else. Now We have tI do the best We can, and every step we take in tiding over hOstIlities and diff entities enables the country to fill up and makes 1t more and more difficult for those Indians tO hold it. Business n Arizona was, of course, very much checked by this last Indian outbreak, and then the summer came on, when business is always slacz because ot the great heat The outlook for the future nf the terrItOry is good They are ind ing new mines all the tune. and are con- tinually developing the old ones. Cattle are increasing and eastern capital IS IT, yesting freely in cattle ranches. thllk, iu fact I know the territory IS steadily The stories about the cow boys and their exploits are mostly sen sational congregations. Of course there are some cases, but it IS the quietest and safest new country I was ever in. -Dany Report.