Arizona silver belt., 1885-05-23
Saturday, May 2s, 1885,
THE Cu,R,cAurAs.


 General Crook oft.repeRted published assurance that they were blissfully happy and resting contentedly under his wing, have again turned their backs upon Uncle Sam's flesh pots. That they are zone is not surprising to those who closed their ears to Crooks assurances and took the trouble to inform themselves as to their real feelings since they were dbped hy promises, not intended to be fulfilled, that if they would return from Mexico to San Carlos AgeRdy they would be treated with the utmost kindness, al- lowed all former privileges and in verity, be the "boss Ingins" of the Agency,
 The 10th annual report (lSSil ofthe Board of Indian Commissioners has this to say; "The belief is prevalent that General Crook was captured in the Sierra Madre mountains (by the Chirieahaus) and to get away he was obliged to make very liberal promises His surrender was a bad bargain, and it should be set aside by the govern ment." In the same paragraph is ex- pressed the belief that the Hear of an. other outbreak is not altogether groundless." In this connection it is proper to further say, upon the same authority, that the Chiricahuas were regarded as unwelcome guests at the San Carlos Agency, and were brought there by Gen. Crook in opposition to the earnest protest of the Agent and the peaceable bands, on the ground that their presence at the Agency was likely to be productive of trouble,
 The committee, Messrs. Smiley and Whittlesay, sent from Washington to enquire into the condition of the San Carlos Agency say; April 9th, 1883, we visited the Chirieahua camp, and faeehously remark, Eve found them eontented and cheerful, having plenty of horses, which they are supposed to have stolen, and all the men carrying rifles and wearing belts, well filled with cartridges
 Agent Wilcox having in his minds eye Crooks failure in the Sierra Madre to oyerpower the ChiriGahuas, under date of August, 1888 among other things, makes this statement to the Commissioner ofIadian Affairs 'Foree is the one law the Indian recognizes and respects; it is his law, and when he fails to enforce it the power is lacking to sustain him. No argument will korye to convince him that the white man stays his hard for any other reason. Overcome in battle, deprived of his arms and trodden remorelessly beneath the heel of the couqueror, he bows with humility to the power that has subdued him and submits without murmuring to the will of his master, The ChiriCahuas, who have so long been a terror to the e1fizens of Arizona and New Mexico, iR the United States, and Sonora and Chihuahua, in Mexico, even now boast that they have never been whipped by any civilized nation" Which IS fact, but they have been induced to bury the to,nahawk by treaty stipuIations of their own dictation.
 The cause that led to the Chiri- eahuas leaving the San Carlos Agency, although well known at the tune, (iS8D, is doubtless forgotten by most persons and, therefore, we will rscur to it again. In June of that year great excitement was created among the Indians in the vicinity of Fort Apache by the proposition of a med. icine man named Nock-a-de-klenny, for valuable consideration horses, blankets &c., bring to life chiefs who had died months previous. The Indians becoming impatient at the long delay of the medicine man in ful. filing his agreement, became clamor- pus for the consideration which they had gwen for the performance of his promise to raise the dead, and to ap. pesse their elamor he excused himself on the ground that the resurrection would net occur until the corn was ready to harvest and the whites were swept from the face of the earth, which would happen about the time the corn was hard enough to pull. These facts coming to the ears of the Agent at San Carlos, he at once noti- fred! GsH. 0. E. Willeox that an in- surrechou was contemplated by the White Mountain Indians. of whom Noek-a-de-klenny was the prophetic head. It was decided that thc militia ry should arrest this man at medi. cine dance which he proposed to hold at Fort Apache, August 20th. The dance having failed to take place, Col. Carr, commanding that post, sent a messenger to inform Nook-a-de-klcn- ny that he wanted to see him the fol. lowing Sunday. Only an eYasiYe re. ply being returned, the Colonel started August 29th, with 6 officers, % sol. 1;a,, ,,,d oq r., I,