Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-16
DISPOSITION OF THE RENEeADEs

b When General Crook crossed the Mex f lcan line he cut loose from red-tape, an, B for the time being his word and com . mand was supreme. The CITIZEN ha never questioned the ability or good In 5 tentions of General Crook as an Indian fighter, yet it did find fault because O inaction in the late raid; we have sine, , learned that he himself was not satisfied with the termination of that rad; ht
 thought that he could place his mel
 from Whipple but, he found he could
 not. and that no one felt the failure
 more keenly than he did.
 But that the present campaign, the results of which have turned out SC satisfactorily, was the one to make, and the only one which promised success We have never doubted. The CITIzES early approved the plans of General Crook In crossing over into Mexico, and while We have at times feared that he might fail We belIeved that he was do- ing his best, and whether be met with failure or success, the CITIZEN would have stood by him, for he was perform ing a service which but few would have attempted, and no one could have carried 1 to a more complete success.
 The question now arises, what shall be done with the captive Chiricahuas Before starting out on the T campaign General Crook made -ne statement that "the Chirica- huas had during the past twenty years murdered more than thousand human beings, and that he would gladly see the last of them under the sod" This state ment was made by one who knows more of the treacherous character of the Chiri- cahuas than any other man living, and his words should be well weighed by those who will have to disposeof the three hundred and eighty-three rene. gades now held as captives by General Crook.
 If they were under the sod" We would know that they could kill no more. But, having taken men, women and children prisoners, it IS too late to think of dis posing of the Chiricahuas in that way Then what disposition can be made of them that will place them beyond the possibility of their ever again being al lowed to destroy human life, upon which they have preyed for more than two centuries past? They must now be disposed of in some way; and that way, what ever it may be, should guarantee absolute safety and pr0tec- ton to the people of Arizona and our neighbors in Mexico. This cannot be done by placing them on the San Car los reservation, and should such a thing be done, it would be but a short time winch they would again take the wGr- path reinforced by the young bucks of new generation, who will never cease to be savages, never cease thelr desire for murder, -apine and the wild life of the nomad.
 We now have these blood-thirsty devils in our possession; let us make no mistakes; We have it in our power to place them where they cannot murder, cannot carry into captivity women and children, the life of one of whom Is worth a thousand such vile devils. Take them from their mountain home. take them so far away that they can never again view the land which their fathers have defled with the blood of so many white nen, women and children. Take them to the Indian Territory: take them anywhere that they can never re- turn to Arizona. But do not leave them here. That would be worse than folly, and all that General Crook has done would go for naught.