Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-30
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WASHINGTON, Dee. 70 senator Man
uefson and congressman Springer and
Laird called upon the secretary Of war
THIS morning - discuss with him The stu.
alton 10 southern New Mexico In relation
70 Apache tgonbies. They represented 10
MIN the doicnsvlese condition of the
people and made known thnlr purpose 10
introduce a bin Ia congress pro,idlnr for
raising a body " troops Tor che special
purpose Of hunting, and, II necessary,
eNtcfminating the naufdef0us band which
had been making that region q desert
They propose that these troops shall con.
sist exclusively Of ironlleemen and be
placed undet tho command OF army on
Gers, that they shall De temporarily on.
listed Tor the service and equipped,
mounted and provided for Ia such a way
as 70 be able to follow and hfht tho
savages IN their fAstnesses.
Outing The progress ui the converse
ton, which lasted an hour, gllusion was
made 80 Gen. Crooks record. Mr.
Springer read 10 the secretary letter no
had received from Judge Barnes OF tho
first judicial district uf Arizona, discussing
Tie situ1t;Dn and setting forth the views of
intelligent ren 81 the iocalltyAs TO tho hest
remedy, and this Ia brief was for the GOV.
eminent % raise u battalion Of frontiers.
men 10 oo lightly equipped, whose duty
Il should be 90 patrol the region IA small
parties, and especially Keeping In view
the watering places, II WIS possible
Tor Indians 10 move more rapidly
than the troops could, by riding
their ponies until thoy dropped
from exhaustion and then stealing others.
but they must reach watering places from
time 10 time or perish themselves. Judge
Barnes also proposed the arming and en-.
iistment OF a body OF Papago Indians, a
friendly, Industrious race who are as
much annoyed hy the renegade Apaches
as are whites, 10 fight the enemy /.
The secretary said IN reference TO
this plan, that the army was already doing
much OF the service proposed, Gen.
Sheridan had been scnt out 10 the scene of
disturbances, and Gen. Crook, In whom
they all Ind confidence, was in command
II these could not gubdne the hos.
tiles, no one could Mr. Springer
said he did not know Gen. Crook and
bad nothing against him. but Judging him
merely by results, be was a failure The
renegades did not number more than 200
men, and Gen. Crook with 5000 or 1000
men 90 his command, had been
hunting them for years and
had not succeeded In putting a
stop 20 the outrages. Senator Manderson
came 10 Gen. Crooks defense, attribute
i,.g 10 bis skin and ability the paolncation
OF the Indians Of Nebraska. The bill re-
;crrcd to win be introduced by Congress
man Laird Of Nebraska.
The secretary Of the treasury received q
telegram from Capt Hooper Of The rcvt-
nue steamer Rush at San Francis.
co, stating that after consultation with
Capt ileaiy Of the Corwin. he had de-
Cided 10 undertake the search for the
missing whaler Amethyst. lie also IN.
qnlrod II the crnise should be limited 10
the Aleutlan islands, or whether no
should pus kporthwari, following The
isr,pack ~ Il btdke 40 III the
spring, Secretary Manning replied as
follows "lake unnecessary supplies aud
proceed az once. Officers have boon de-
rected 10 report to you for duty imno.
diately. kmploy a surgeon and use your
judgment as 70 the northern limit OF the
crnise.n ltis believed At the department
that the Rush win be able TO sail from
San Francisco for Behring's sea on
Thursday next.