Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-19

,rr <. R. DELoNG writes lengthy ..---4,, ,r. Star. He wrote a short one ,-3grs ago. and displayed a good -L ,f 5isp.essure al the CITIzEN's -t, sb5rt Geronimo having once r;,7;,tsi and escaped, when another - sRo1li have been named; but
 -,,,.a- has been settled. Ills last
 ,--.,' --,,-,,osrced about John P. Clum's
 I'..,- a7l at first it had the appearance
 .,;,, to say something startling
 0. | md lay friend Cum out cold,
 t,,. round up rather corqllkHenta.' r
 .t-7 otherwise. Mir. beLoog soes ovsr
 tbs old story about Crook going into the ,,--,ts,n businesses with 200 Indian s,,r-s and A handful fl white soldiers, .s.f +ha. was something to tell, thing which is spoken of by many as good s,l5ia-s is General Crook as a very fool hardy niece of business; however, he v4rt. and Mr. DeLong admits he had q, make terms with the Indians. and -rso admits he brought back $50 old men s,6 women and children, while tue r7sks and sguaws were permitted to go ir-5 Mexico. said to have promised to c5-,e into the reservation in 30 and 60 lsys-six months passed before any came ID; nearly twelve months have gone by, and ii Is reported ,bev are all in. Of this, how ever. there Is no positive evidence. We ouiy get such information from madam rumor. There may be two hun drsa of the number Crook let slip out Of his fingers on the reserv alton, and thers n.ay be only twenty-five, but admit ;lsy are ALL in. They have been 6 vh-le year comiug in. They came in uf their olgu accord. Crook had nothing ta do with their coming, except be promised that if they would come, ke would stand by them, and protect them, aul they would have what they desired. Witness the boldness of Geronimo and tLe weakness of Lieut.. Davis and troop, when Geronimo threatened that if his stolen cattle was not allowed to go free Iast the custom office, he would put 310 warriors on the war path in 24 h5lrs. Here was real power. and it showed how weak the military was or would be iu a crisis. Mr. DeLong says cue thing that Bccords with the opinions oi other old-timers: "For myself do l1t think the reservation system most wise for the Indians or the whites. but | is ths one the government has chosen" That IS what is the matter with thzmllk i1 the coc0gnu'. That Is !-s: Eha, We are trying to do, have the glverument remove those Indians that vlnot work and whose principal occupa- ti1n. when not picnicling on the reser- Taii1n UDd r 8 strong guard of honor. ls killing vhlte men, women and chll- i-5n and rcbbing as they go, and then alv- the Indians that do work and sus- ilia themselves, land in severalty-l60 acres aEiece-breaking up this reserva- t.r1 system. There in nothing new in N.D-Loug's letters. He attempts to .1,,fs General Crook, etc, etc, which L- has the right if he so desires. But ue real kernel. sweIls and cracks the shell iu the sentiment the editor of the S;lr promulgates editorially: Does te expenditure of S5OO.0C0 per annum si-ain our border hurt usg" Lives of i-s15s and relatives are as nothing compared to q few hundred thousand dollars. It is the fear of losing a little money then that these men advocate t-e continuation of the present system ilaugura.ed by General Crook.