Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-04-12

A correspondent of the st. Louis
Republican writing from this Terri
tory under late date lays our In
dian troubles before the eastern pea
pie in their true light. We make
the following excerpt from his cor
resdondence:
In all the previous history of the
Indian outrages of Arizona and New
Mexico The righteous INDIGNATION of
the people has never been aroused
to the extent that IS finding express
sion, especially in Arizona, now.
Agent Wilcox obstinately denies that
any Apaches are off the reservation,
bnt no statement Of his, official or
otherwise, has any weight with the
people here, for his previous state
ments in regard to the status at San
Carlos proved false. It is demon
strated that the maSsacres now in
progress IN both territories nre per-
petrated by White Mountain Apaches
from San Carlos, allied with some of
Juh's and JerOmma's Chiricahuas,
fresh from Mexico. These latter are
San Carlos Apaches, who left the
reservation September 80, 1881: re-
turned unmolested to San Carlos the
following April, reinforced thei
strength by the accession of Chief
Locos' band. and after killing Chief
of Police Sterling and an Indian
scout went on a grand raid through
out the territory: after killing one
hundred and forty-three people al
together they returned to Mexico,
from which they have recently
emerged again. Communication
has been kept mp all winter between
these Chiricahua chiefs in Mexico
and their confrPrcs in San Carlos,
and thorough understanding exists
between them. The feeling against
Ger eral Crook is Outspoken and &C.
we're. He came here last year her !
aided as an Indian fighter and man.
ager par excellence. 1t is charitable |
TO think that Crook actually believed
himself to be the fictitious character
from military ability made for him
years ago by correspondent who
fed at his table, and who wrote from
his own headquarters; that he actu-
ally relied upon the imaginary dread
his name would inspire in the
Apaches, and that he did not have
an idea that an outbreak would
occur-at all events, he took not
the slightest precautions to pre-
vent an outbreak, nor the slightest
preparation for the temperance of
the Chiricahuas from Mexico, both
of which wants he would have fore
seen to be inevitable, had he taken
ordinary means to inform himself.
AS long ago as the h of this month
wrote TO the Republican that the
usual premonitory symptoms of an
outbreak were apparent, and chron-
icled the particulars of the first raid
of fifty Apaches from the reserva-
ton. Gen. Crook is very culpsble
indeed, and there can be no possible
excuse for his being ignorant of
facts known to your correspondent
with other citizens, facts pregnant :
with Importance to the unprotected
people of the territory. or course
no one expects Gen. Crook to ac-
complish anything now, owing to
The very peculiar and very divergent I
system of field tactics followed re- :
by himself and the red I
allies. +
Agent Wilcox still has the bad |
aste to reiterate and cause to be r
published the statement that none :
If the Apaches are off the reserva-
ion. He says he has ascertained |
his beyond reasonable doubt, etc. a
IN the face of this statement is fact d
ust ascertained that at least circum- il
disprcves it. even if no
ther evidence existed. The con-
ractor's actual figures of his beef C.
ssue to San CARDS Indians show a
heritage of 1850 pounds net less Sc
han last week and less than the ft
sHaf weekly is-ue. The average L
,eight of the beef on the hoof is ra
bout 500 pounds the averige num- q
er furnished weekly is from 70 to 81
[. Last week the Indians received SO
head; this week SO head; last by
eek the weight was 5000; this dc
eek's weight was 1880 pounds, or of
660'pounds less, and this with "a ST.
ltra Indians to issue to-scouts be
ON Mexico 81