Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-04

PIxLEY's tirsde against the people of Arizona, is being weakly supplemented by the less vigorous and equally untruth
 ful express,ons of the Tucson Star. It begins by imputinR deliberate and ma Geious representation of General Crook by the CITIZEN, and fails to see anything but a political reason for our course. h. deed there are none so blind as those who will not see. What political sigrif- canoe the ability os General Crook as an Apache fighter possesses, we fail at this time to understand. There are no pol itics in the savage instincts of the Apache pirates; nor in the crimson flood with which they have bgthed our fairest val levs: nor ID the slow and labOrIous movements of the troops, twenty-four
 hours behind; nor m anything con
 pected with this nguinary calamity The CITIZEN IS moved by a single nm pulse in it's frank criticIsms-the safet!
 snd protection of 'he people of Arizon'. It is far too grave 8 matter for personal considerations to be entertained. People have been murdered and mutilated In- disc1ninately and in tue most barbEr- ous manner, and their homes plum dered and made desolate. The military
 arm of our government has up to thls
 time shown signal incOm petence ID
 at, isei the settlers protection 1t IS not competent to give, and why should not the unwelcome truth be told? Why de- Jude the people by holding out false hope of security? Gen. Crook cannot subdue the Apsches with his good repu- tation of the past. The time WAS almost the entire press ID the Territory,
 welcomed Gen. Crook to this cOmmano
 as one whose reputation as an Indian subjugator led to the hope of h speed!
 settlement of Arizona's Indian troubles. He had our confidence and support, but he seemed to be satisfied with
 that which he had acquired
 and thought to conquer the
 Apaches by consulting his scrapbook of
 laudatory mention. As desperate ef- fort to redeem disaster, he followed the
 Indians into the Sierra Ma1res, and
 was there s-- ---.-Dded by and at the Iner
 cy of the -rss Instead of exercis-
 ing their .-i murderous instincts
 and annihillsllg s inc entire command Of
 General C-.-l, their cunning nature
 saw in hlm rl opportunity to regain
 their former a--r ding, and 10 acquire a better oppof.a. 5 tc recuperate and pre-. pare for auo- -- raid in the future, ana they DIcTAI-D D GENERAL CROOK THE TERMS upon ch they would couseu to return to .-a reservation. He and his small commanI were ar their mercy, and he Was compelled to accede. He took with him the old men. squaws and pa pOoses, that were burden to the bucks, 1 and the latter made many raids in Chi l hnahua and Sonora before they turned l northwsrd at the polut of Mexican bay 1 Onets, ten months after their "surreD der" The archives Of the consulate IL Tucson shows that g lives were l taken by these 'pri-oners" between th, 1 date Of their surrender" and their vol 1 untaTy return to American soil. Among | the conditions of tlrir return was leave 1 to retaLn their a a-ms. ammunition, stole cattle, horses and ether booty; alsp that General Crook would use his influence l to secure the release of all Chlucahua l Indians held prisoners by the Mexican l authorities. Thee are facts. With al | the punp of hero, General Crook seu forth the news that ue had captured
 the Indians and, after receiving a maEh of homage at the hands of our people, [ which he was t entitled, he found |
 necessary to go c. personally to Wash ington to explain the strange condIflOn- | of this equalization. These conditions were the direct causes Of the present | raid, and in the face ot such a record aDd' | that of the present campaign, how an, | far minded Arizonian can express any confidence In General Gro ks ability 10 | subdue or to manage the Chirlcahu. | Apaches, Is beyond our comprehension.