Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-28
TUB FULL OF SWELL.

The A-gonaut of the 2lst instant has a three-columh article discussing the Indian question in Arizona and New Mexico. It is strange mixture Of | words spun out at great length, contains A few facts and many falsehoOds. The l writer has evidently been coached by ] some army officer who feels aggrleved because the press of Arizona does not fall down and worship him or his chief. l But we can assure the Argonaut that the days of hero worshiping m Arizona VIII not come until hero is found to wor- ship. The paper above referred to tells us with a grand flourish that General Crook has been on the Pacific coast and on the plains for thirty-two years" that che has fought Klamaths in Oregon, Pitt Rivers in California, Snakes m Idaho. Piutes in Nevada, and Apaches in Arizona" Now, ii may be that Gen eral Crook has done all that This new hght from the west claims for him. We believe he has the reputation of being a good Indian fighter. We have no desire to take a single leaf from Gen. Crooks earned laurels, but the Apaches can never be conquered by reputation earned in former Indian wars. Because Gen eral Crook did good work in Oregon and Idaho IS no reason why the people of Arizona should applaud him for failing to do good work in Arizona. We do not preterd to hold General Crook resDon- sIole for the recent raid of Juh's band of Apaches through Arizona, but We do blame him for ln- efiic ency in making no effort to protect the settlers or to capture the renegades after they had entered Arizona. It was well nigh two weeks after the murders were committed at the coal camp Tn Co., chise county before General Crook came to Southern Arizona. Juh's handful of seventeen warriors raided clear across southeastern Arizona, passing Tn sight f Forts Huachuca, Thomas, Bowie md Apache, killing twenty-two white men, one woman and carrying into captivity one child, and so far as We know, no soldier of General Crooks command claims 10 have seen an Apache, save the one that came into the agency of his own accord. Not only this, but no ef- fort was made to pursue or capture them. These are the facts and they can not be gainsaid.
 This new light" this man who prints hIs name under the polar bear, volun- teers his advice to the Government; he would clothe General Crook with extra ordinary authority, and would have mar tial law proclaimed Tn Arizona with power to arrest and try, condemn and execute at drum-head court-martial all offenders and criminals, white and Indian, who are found destroying
 property or life within his jurisdiction
 This new light" from the west seems tC ! be a crank; he has spread himself out
 over SO much territory, that he found i | difficult to close his rambling tumble ! of words. and n order to enforce hli | proclamation of martial law" he repeat: ! it no less than three times in the las half Cd. unn of his article. We can as
 sure the writer of the silly article above
 referred to that he knows nothing abou
 the affairs of Arizona whatever. Hi
 article is full of falsehoods and mls
 representations. There are no lawles
 whites ID Arizona to speak of, nor ha
 there been since Earps and Holllda.
 left the country more than a year ago
 The citizens of Arizona are as peace
 able, quiet and orderly than those O
 San F ancisco. With the exception o
 few cattle and horsethieyeE, win operated near Arivaca and La Noria
 both of which places are on the Sonor line. no lawlessness exists or has exIste in the Territory during the past yea
 Why then. shr uld martial law be pro cii1ideG' t'TJh such extraordinary powers
 Such balderdash is simply ridiculous
 and no man who knows anything abou
 the condition of affairs in Arizona woul
 have gathered up such mess of nor
 sense.