The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-28
THE CHIRACAHAUs.
General Crooks Recommendation as {
Their DispOsItIOn.

General Crooks Recommendations as to
Their DIspOsItIOn.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The follow
ing telegram has been received at the
war department:
To the Acknowledgement at Washing ton. d.
c.:
SAN FRANcIsCo, June 2O-The follow
ing dispatch has just been received from
General Crook. / recommend, for the
present at least, that the management
of the surrendered Chiracahaus be left
entirely in the hands of General Crook,
and that both the war and interior de-
partmenis give him full authority and
means To carry out his policy. This
seems to be the only possible way TO q
successful issue. Evidently The Chira-
cahaas can't be treated arbitrarily as
prisoners OF war, and General Crook
alone has power to control them. He
telegraphs:
Il see by the papers that Secretary
Teller declines 10 receive on the San
Carlos reservation any Chiracahaus
Apaches except women and children
II these Indians are not fed they must
either starve or go back to the war path
They are now as thoroughly suhiugated
as il is possible for them Ia he. By ma
Iure they are so suspicious and VigIlant
that at no time will they camp in one
body, but occupy different elevated
points, making the surprise and de-
| stTnction of the entire band impossible.
| 10 like manner, in surren'terIng, they
would not trust themselves IN our
hands at once, but came droppiug
| in from all sides IN small fragments
They would say: We give ourselves
| up To do with US as you please Had
seiz, upon the first who came in nc
others would have followed. Twenty
warriors would have been as had as the
| whole number. Celtic, in his raid
through Arizona and New Mexico had
but twenty-six men, and HiwanIne in
| his depredations in -Chihuallua had less
than forty. When the ChiracahuRs
reach the reservation they will be fully
as nervous and distrustful. Any attempt
| to hold them responsible for their acts
will drive them back to the cliffs and
| gorges of the mountains, and we shall
then have TO fight them until the last one
dies in their code. All depredations
committed on ourselves and the Mexi-
cans while at war is legitimate. While
it is repellant to the feelings to put these
| red handed murderers on the reserVa-
| ton, reflect that they are no worse
than were the 6,000 Apaches put on the
reservation ten years ago. Then | had
nothing but soldiers and scouts, who had
| subiugated them, to organize and disci.
| pline the 6,O0O. But to discipline and
control this handful of Chiracahaus. ]
would not only have the soldiers and
scouts, but the valuable :.-Sistance OF all
the older Indians, who would watch
with jealousy the slightest movement
the Chiracahaus might make. l am sat
| isfied the Chiracahaus would not have
surrendered to Max under any
| circumstances, and If am not
sustained now, will not surrender
to the United States again. This
natural distrust and suspicion has been
increased tenfold by an ACT of treachery
which they allege the Mexicans COM
| mitted some months since. The CHR
acahuas were invited in TO make peace,
filed up with liquor and then attacked
Many were killed and wounded and
others were carried off prisoners
Please inform me by telegraph before
| / proceed further whether or not it is
| the intention of the interior department
! to take charge of these Indians shall
he only too glad to get rid of the hard
work and responsibility their manage
/ ineut viii entail"
TSignesil SCHoFIELD, Mai. Gen.