Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-01-23
Those Treacherons scouts.


 Ainss, Esq, for the following tFans- latioa from the "ConstituciOn" the oii- cial organ of the State of Sonora. IL Is a statement of the manner in which the favorite scouts of Gen. Crook conduct themselves in Mexico in the prstended persecution of their hostile brothers:
 Sluce the American forces have pene- trated the Mexican territory, sccompa- nied by Apache scouts, iEe Mexican set dement's along the frontier, and exposed ranchers and travellers in the north east ern part of the State, have been sub jected to robbery, Oltrsges and mur- ders committed by tEe pre'ended friend ly Indian whom the American officers are unable to control. As long Gs they keep directly under the eye of the ofli- cers, they behave, to some extent, but the moment they find themselves out of sight. which is frequently, by the very nature of the expedition they are brought tp carry out, the natural tiend- ishness ot thelr nature and the hatred the Apaches bears to the Mexican, imme- dIately crops out.
 They kill cattle and horses lndiscrIm- ingtely, using some of them for food; and though they pretend that such deeds have been committed by the hos tiles whom they pretend to be persecut- ing, Tn several instances the owners have found around the slaughtered ani- mals, the utensils and other things used by the scouts, which proves them, and not their renegade brothers, to be the perpetrators. lt some instances, when the number of American troops IS small, the scouts do not st all hide their acts, and as 8 sample We will detail the following occurrence: On the 18th of December last, Custom House guard met at Tcras, an American force of if .aen dragoons. under Captain Emmet Crawford, and lUO Apache scouts. On the l7th of the same month this fore of scouts arrived at NRcOsari, under con- mand Of four American officers, and these savaces under the eye of their su- pe-iors and the Mexican custom house guard. fired at every head Of cattle or horses they met on the road, vouudlng many and killing outright four, all being the property oi Jose N. Torres. From there they went t0 GUcsaUa-, shooting al tine time the cattle they met on the roa l. Al GaRsGbas they eacgmped about oue mile from tLe village. On :he 23d seven scouts came in,O the town and went about taking whatever suited them to eat or drink, and offering all kinds Of OuirRges tD the inhabitants. The mayor of tue town, sent Tor rein forcements for protection, and Capt. Emile hosteriitz6y arrived with SIX armed men e urIye out the scouts The authorities hal notified the Ameri can officers of what was happening, but they could do nothing. To ge: rid 0f Gen. Crook scouts, Capt. kos:etlItzky had to attack them, woundlng one, talk ing another prisoner, while the rest fled Co their camp.
 On the 25.h, Capt. Crawford left for Bacsieguachi with his scouts, and the Mayor Of the town, sent u party Co watch the conduct Of the Indians. They never passed herd of cattle they dId hot fife at, killing outright, eleven, and wouudIng many more. The next day after the scout- had passed by GIaUad- as, a village nn She way tO B.cldsru- gchi. povs came that a mln as been l,ined three and half niiss from the place. \ party weu: fo bring the body 10 but they found two men dead. three j-ckseses killed. the loads they carried footed: they also found knife and coffee pot. such as were used by the scouts, and the party bad every reason bclieye they had done the net. Besides, there had been DO IndicstIons of hostiles In that neighbo5h0od for weeks. The names of the unfortunate men were Francis LsvBndera and Tomas Moreno.
 It has how become usual t0 hear Of Indian outTages within five to twenty miles where the American scouts are found m our state. and We have no hesI- t6tiou tO believe, that these are p-rpe t-sted by the prrtended friendly Indians, who elude the vigilance of their officers, commit the outraces, and then, are themselves eel to pursue imaginary hos tiles, who are daily drawing ration. from the commi SRry of the United States. We ask the general Govern ment of the Republic to forbid the in- troduction into Mexico any Indian scouts, as Ruxiliaries to the American troops. III the pursuit Oi the Apaches, or tO stop entirely the crossing of the line by the United States army. We can do better ourselves than General Crook with his favoTite darllngs.-EL ERONTERIzO.