The St. Johns herald., 1885-06-04

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 FoR any reliable or intelligent information concerning the past deeds, the present conduct and fu- ture purposes of the wild men, now reported as running about the San Mateo mountains, and in the region thereof, one must wait until a new set of reporters take the field, or until the proverbial day of Judg- ment shall truthfully state all things without partiality and with out hypocrisy.
 Referring to the telegrams from or near the reported fields, we read that the savages have spread desolation everywhere, tEat the dead arc lying all around, and the dying are filling the air with weeping and woe; that the set- tiers are entirely unprotected that there are no arms; no ammunition, absolutely nothing in the country round for the protection of tEe in nocent or the punishment of the guilty. One entire family is known to be cxterminated by the insati- ate fends; their bodies perfora- ted with bullet holes, and the evi dencc of fierce struggle for life painfully apparent. Then upon these positive avermcnts in partic- ularizing the ghastlv horrors of the situation will follow the only positive item of the message, "no reliable particulars" The follow ing day the attractive headlines will appear and the SAVAGE HORDE will agitate the earnest seeker after the very latest news. The pub lie are regaled with-Hot pursuit! Not over nine hours be- hind. Three moro companies or dered out. Five more bodies horri- bly, mutilated. The butchery of the Kelley family contradicted. "A company of six men we'll armed and equipped under Colonel Blake and Sheriff Russell left here this morning to intercept the Indians" " 'Rah for Col. Blake and Sheriff Russell and the SIX braves who are going to do the John Minor Bolts act, "Head 'em or die" From Deming comes the terrible news that sixty citizens have been killed since the outbreak, following by way of accounting for this slaugh- ter, that "Officers are being arrest ed for cowardice, Indians are heading for the Black Range Indians are in full flight for Mex ico, Indians are everywhere-at Hardy, at Winslow, at Coolidge, at Fort Bayard-thcy are strewing their route with misery, Military companies are in pursuit, No In dians killed, Horrid savages, More volunteers, Scouts in full chase disburdened of everything but breech clouts and bullets. Bravo delegate Joseph-"Well done thou good and faithful servant" The Secretary of War has declared that NO QUARTER would be shown the Indians-that was a big thing for you to do; most successful piece of business in Washington.
 Up to the last telegram, we have not heard of any one crying for quarter but the poor white settlers or the lone prospector. There is a little story about Mrs. Glass cook book which is applicable to the Secretary's instructions to ''show no quarter to Indians" the pith of which is first catch your In dian."
 We don't know much about In dians, we are not fighting them and we do not know of any body else that is. The fool reporters that rush to the wires with every item without one particle of con. firmation, ought to be handed over to Mama, Geronimo or the Boss in Hades. We have no doubt that