Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-01-28
\ MEMORIAL.
Ina Reference to Indian Arair,.

4s4t.L.ft As-tLluig tA kAG 4Gl4Atols t-
 Arizona, beg leave to represent to your honorable bodies: From time imme-
 morial the Apache Indians, an aboligi-
 nal tribe. iuhsbitiug tho country be-
 tween the Rio Gra1Ue and tle Gulf of
 California, have Oesl curse tO civI.iZa-
 ton and a ulagae spot on the continent.
 Since the first efforts of the Spanlards
 to colOuIZe and chrIstisniZe thls cuun-
 try. more than three centuries ago. these
 sayages have retarded progress and par
 alyzed prosperity III a portion of the
 grandest and richest bart of the globe
 Alter the Mexican revolution the
 Apaches impiBged upon that weak aud
 struggling government to the extent oi
 devastating and comparatively depUpu-
 lating the northwest provinces.
 Since the acquisition of this country
 by the United States the depredatious
 of these Bedouins of America have been
 COntInIed with undiminished fury. For
 these Indians have been segregated vas.
 reservations unwIeldly in size and al-
 together unad9pted to the purposes had
 n view by the government By such
 segregatlOns prIncely eItents Uf rich
 mineral, agricultural and grazing lands
 nave been withdrawn from deye iopment
 and millions of acres ot productive
 country rendered ot no use, save to
 serve as tho lurking places of an i'm
 plRcable foe. The crIuglug sOlicitude
 with which the demands Jt tue semi
 belhgerent and belhgerent Indians
 have been complied with, and the man
 ner with winch they have been supplied
 with necessaues and even luxurles of
 lie, has not inspired the Indians with
 gratitude, but has given them con-
 tempt for cur government and has i'm
 bued them with an idea that their Great
 Father at Washington IS only the tim
 OrOus keeper Of great free hotel, where
 they are entertained gratuitously
 through fear of their angOr. They call
 the Reservation Agents "squawr," and
 despIse our people with more than Mon
 gollan InsOlence Oi race prejudice To
 their brutallzed minds kindness appears
 to be confession of weakness. and for
 beaIdnce seems evidence of fear. They
 have so often set at defiance the at
 tsmpts Cf our soliieTy tp disloi.e them from their muuutaiu, ,fastnesseS that they
 believe themselves well able Co cope with American troops whenever a favorable time may arrive. Not Onl :, are they ignor- ant as tO our national strength, but statements of cur number Us people are dsrIded by them aS ''fOrked-tongued'
 tO use for once part Of the hguratire
 twacdle with which the nOveiIsts have SO completely deceived tLa American
 public as to the real characteristics of
 these beastly monsters. The nature of the Apache cannot be cOmpreheudei by
 a knowledge, he Ter in;imuJes Of tLe
 habits of other -Iaus. They are the
 most treacherl,-. ard cruel creatures
 that disgrace the earth. Murder Is, with
 them, q trade; torture, fine art: out
 rage. mutilation and burning at the stake, a delight. His career of blood shed has been the same for ages. The killing of some Of the braves iu the wars instead of intimIdatlug the remainder. has only fired anew their unfOrgIving hearts. They implicitly believe that some day they will crush out American civilization, even as tradition tells tbem theIr ancestors Obhtterated civilization of that extinct race, whose ruined cities Tn every part of this Territory delight the antiquarian and puzzle the historian. Their presence ID Arizona ls a continual menace to our welfare. Their present deceltful calm treasures no one: 1t Is but ''the torrents smoOthuess ere It dash below" The presence here of tine efficient Indian fighter, Gen. George Crook. does not remove our ap- preheusIOns. IEs people know. by woe l ful and repeated experiences, tEat no ] however vigorously resisted. can be put down without long delay and | great loss Of lives and property ou .he ! part of the government. Of the UuIteu ! States, and still worse, on tL. Dart oi l nOn-cUmUatant CiiIZeIs. These partlcu- ! lar difficulties are more the fault uf our | gftR,Yy,e,rnlmle5nt ft,y,, ll at Washington than t-e stacles arlse as much from tEe mOus
 talnous nature Of tue countries iu which ! the Indians are allowed Co remain. as from the nature Oi the sayaees. The A pache Ia no cOntempt.Ole foe. In point li intellect. m cunning and duphcity. in warlIke skill and UntiriDg energy, iu te- lacity of purpose aad wonderful bowers )t endurance. thr Apache has no equals imOng the warlke tribes of North Amer
 ca. His daily thought and hIs nightly iream Is destruction. His traditional 'atred toward all the peaceful and In- iustuOus tribes IS irreCOncilable. There
 s not grown Apache male iu this Ter ltory who does not. in hls secret heart. hlrst for American blood. He is the -erltable lshmaelIte, whose hand k galnst every nan, and that hand will Ontinue to be stained with American 'lOod as long as he knows that h,s rec 1 rd of vlllaIny Ia the open sesame bv , Th,ch he can command the dlstiuguised consideration which he now receives.
 Th's treatment of the Apache is ro- ? understood by the peaceful aui indus , rlous tribes, and they are dem0raliZed { |. nd tempted tO depart from their good , ehaviOr by the reflection that they are |, neglected, while the mur- ', erOus tiends are so assiduOusly cOncil- n ted.
 1T an American sailor is murdered on [ ome remote shore we send a costly ex- '. edition to demand satisfaction and to c revent 8 repetition of the crime: but T le depredatioDs and murders that have b 1rlng the pest twenty years character s ed the diabUlIsm Of the Apaches have i Den ID many cases slightly considered. | id m more eases ignored with an indIf- IT rsuce worthy of the stoicism ot the | idian himself .. In addition to our local grievances. 1t n, a source of international disgrace and J .sme that these uOmadic savaces 1 v; Ould be maintained here to commit c, predatlOns upon tho adjoining repub- in of Mexico, thereby provoking retail eI ion and, to q considerable extent in- a, rfering with the welfare of the north m n tier of States of our sister republ1c. +I The people have, in their desperation, n, ten fitted out expeditions of hardy "a d experienced frontiersmen to sup n, ess Indian insurrectiOns, and such vol ;D teer troops have often passed through m ndreds of miles of country. rife with ss wage outrage, wIthou seelng an h. Tn ln-ln such q way do they take advau- .a ye of the facilities for hiding afforded II,
 a mountainous country. ,o The only solution of the problem Is NT ? removal of the Apaches to Q level or
 lirie country, where they can be cas-
 guarded and forced to take up agri-
 tural pursuits until, by such a life | by communicating 10 them the ru- iU1 nents of education, succeeding gen ot lions shall have lost the instinct as tie II as the power, to follow in the foot tn ps of their sanguInary ancestors. ter such mode of Gisposing of the In do ms would be as much benefactiOn bri them as to ourselves. It IS not visit fro upon them the heavy hand of retri- W, tion for their atrocities. but is the Inl y possible way of ever making them ma CT than millstone round the neck of me
 nation It is the course which has ad, ught to their present condition the of ladlan and other, at present, semi an, .llzed tribes of this continent. the he vacillating policy, the creation Of alu eryations in mountainous countries, fv,
 treaties, presents, and general tiol ingdoodleism of our Indian Depart pri nt are as cruel tO the sEvages in their as mate result as us How severe eco
 present regime is upon US is fact up br 4ba f,,G sl-. -.f -.