Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-27
HOW TO FIGHT INDIANS.
New Tactics Needed to Meet the Willy
Apaches Who TerrOr:ze Arizona.


Apaches Who TerrOr:ze Arizona.
From, the Net0 York Herdld.
Tucson, A. r., Jan. 1S.-In an inter-
view with an old, intelligent resident of
Tucson, who has been well known as an
accomplished Indian guide and scout for
more than 80 years in Arizosa, New
Mexico and Texas, upon the veXed In
dian question which has so much puzzled
that old veteran Indian campaigner, Gen.
Crook, he said:
First of all, the government should at
once disarm all friendly Apaches now on
the reservation, Those who will not sub
nit to it will, of course, "shOW their
hand,'' take to the warpath, and thus let
us know OF our enemies within. Inc
sooner this fact is known the better, forlt
is believed that they have all along been
blending aid and comfort 10 the enemy"
In more ways than we can find out,
Z SecOnd-Let the government order out
here all OF its surplus troops now DONG
garrison duty in the East
WAR IN INDIAN FASHION.
Third-Then let all the water holes
along the line tor distance OF 100 miles
or more between the Mexican line and the
ella river be guarded by 10 or 10 secreted
soldiers, who would be advised hours
ahead of the Indians coming by sentry
at some point of lookout on the adjacent
mountains, so that when the bucks came
there they would be surprised, and, OF
course they would Immediately break for
the next water hole, and so on, when they
would time and again meet the same hot
reception. In the meantime numerous
companies Of fifty cavalrymen-thlrty
whites and twenty Indian scOuts-shOuld
be constantly securing the deserts and
mountain businesses tor scattering bands
of Indians, whose number by trail can
easily be ascertained, and a suitable num-
Der of troops be detailed to follow them,
scatter when they scatter, divide when
they divide, and like sleuth hound keep
on their tracks, never abandoning trail,
and thus harass them to the death.
FOurth-Let our government get the
Mexican soldiers to cooperate and drive
the Indians out of the Sierra Madres in
Mexico, as has been done before, and h2v-
ing no other refuge, they VIII have to
come back, where they will be met by
our troops, who will so harass them that
they, as a last resort, will sneak back on
the reservation, when it will be an easy
matter to gather them in.
Fifth-Try them by civil authority, the
same as any other murderers.
TREACHERoUs SCOUTS.
Sixth-In the operations IN the field use
no Apache scouts to catch Apaches.
lucy hlG ali lGAdbcN5 u4pi G VI iGb5s anu
have been leading the troops "a wild goose
ehase' all along. In their place employ
the Papago, MOncOpa, Pima and Yuma
Indians as scouts, who are their heredi-
tary enemies. This would be fighting ire
with fire with such a vengeance that the
Apaches would soon cry for peace.
Seven-MOve the Indians to the Indian
Territory, where an incentive to do mis-
chief will not exist, and thus give this
Territory of "sunshine and silver" which
is without doubt the richest in mineral
and grazing in the world a chance to eX-
list. Our people are law-abiding and in
dustrious, but these cOwardly Apache
outbreaks tend to paralyze enterprise OF
every character.
MORE THAN MATCH FOR OUR SOLDIERS.
The government in dealing with the
present Apache Indian has met with
superior foe. They have all been scouts
drilled in our service. They understand
our tactics, they shoot fully three times as
well as the average soldier, and with their
knowledge and endurance and mode of
warfare it is a blushing shame, but we
have to admit it, that one Indian is equal
TO FIVE soldiers. Gen. Crook is not fight
ing bows and arrows as in the past, but
an enemy educated in our military
tactics, to which is added his native
cunning and traditional mode Of warfare
not known to US. Besides they are armed
with the best guns known 10 the art of
war. 1t may seem strange to our Eastern
relatives that the Indian is thus far adj
vanced. The days of shooting him at
long range and lodging his arrows are Of
the past. One white man is no more the
superior of five Indians. Crook is not
fighting them as he did 10 or 20 years ago.
They have revoluuonized and improved
more ins1O years in the art of war than we
have in 100.
MURDERS BY THE HUNDRED.
The people of this country are filled
with the utmost Indignation at the report
of Sheridan that there were only ten In
dams on the warpath, when we positively
know that if there is one there are 200,
divided in bands ranging from five to
twenty-five, and that during the past 30
days over 80 men, women and children
have been murdered, and that during the
time since the outbreak May 10 there
have been murdered altogether 200 people
OF both sexes and all ages, and the end is
not yet.
A RABBIT GOES MAD.