Arizona silver belt., 1885-08-22
norkAs AND GArEwooD ConnECrED.


 The overweening desire of Captain John G. Bourke, Sd Cavalry, to pull General Crook out of the slough of ohliquity into which he has fallen by s reason of mismanagement of Indian affairs, which resulted in the murder of so many citizens, has led him to make statements not true. Captain Bourke Is credited by correspondent of the Missouri Republican as saying Gin letter published in the August number of 0uting) that the Apache outbreak of 1888 was the result of dis affection in consequence of differ. encs of opinion between the Indians and the Agent "as to what constituted a ration, the wicked Indians labOring under the delusion that it was enough food to keep tho recipient from starving to death, and obiecting to an issue of supplies based upon the prin- ciple according to which grumbling jack tars used to say that pr1Ze money was formerly apportioned-that Is by being thrown through the ruugs of a ladder-what stuck being the share of the Indian, and what fell to the ground being the share of the Agent" |" Taking it for granted that the Repub- liean's correspondent Is correct in at- tribuhng the above quotation to Cap. tain Bourke, we will say, and emrha- size it, that there is not a shadow of truth in it, nor can wo believe that Captain Bourke made the statement through ignorance of the facts. The same correspondent places Lieutenant Gatewood as saying that Victorio had tired hard to live on the reserva- ton, and for two successive years planted fine crop of corn. The first year, when the corn was knee high, an order came from Washington directing the removal of Victoria and his band to another point at once He complained it was not fair to make him lose his crop, but the order was imperative and had to be obeyed The following year he again planted a large field ot corn and when it was waist high Victoria said to the Lieu tenant under whose charge he was, If the great father could see this corn he would know how anxious am to live on the reservation. He compelled me to lose my crop last year, but l hope he will not disturb me this time. The Lieutenant in a report which he was making to Washington soon after spoke of Victolio's fine crop and of his hope that. lie would not be re- moved. By return mail came an order transferring Yictorio back to San Carlos, and the result was that awful outbreak, the horrors of which will continue to be told in the southwest for generations to come" This state- ment is upon a par with that of Bourke's, but no doubt innocantly made by Gatewood, he having been stuffed with it by some chronicler of Indian events which only had exis- .tence in cratic brains. For the in- formation of Lieut.. GatewoOd we will state that Victoria has not been on the San Carlos reservation for ten years. He was brought there by Agent John P, Cum at the time the ChiriCahua reservation was broken up and Victoria, with several of his band, ran away from the San Carlos reser- yatiOn the same summer, and never returned to it. Consequently the story of the fine crop of corn and the pathet- Ic appeal to be allowed to remain on the, reservation is simply connection without a shadow of truth and most probably designedly made by Gate woods informant for base and ulte- rior object, The statement, however. with that of Bourke's has gone abroad and has had misleading effect in re- gard to Arizona Apaches.
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