Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-10

What Will be Done With the Muir
derouS Chief
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From, the Washington p st.
General satisfaction was expressed at
| the War Department upon the receipt OF
the news OF q eronimO's surrender. Great
praise is bestowed upon Gen. Miles for
the excellent conduct of the campaign,
| but Gen. Crooks work is not forgotten.
| 1t is said that the results of Gen. Crooks
campaign were OF great value to gen.
Miles, and the latter has substantially
followed the plan outlined by his prede-
cessOr. With increased forces 1t mas been
possible to guard every water hole and
! etectually defeat any attempt OF the hos
TILES TO return 10 their reservation.
| Gen. Drum, acting Secretary of War,
was In good spirits after the receipt Of the
official dispatch confirming the press re-
ports OF the surrender. He said that this
was the end OF war running, With brief
intermissions, through twenty-five years,
and Gen. Miles deserved credit tor bis
vigorous work. Capt. Lawton had also
DISTINGUISHED himself as a gallant officer,
and his pursuit OF the hnstlles under
adverse conditions and hardshipS
WAS thoroughly cOmmendable. The
! Acting Secretary was not prepared to say
what disposition would be made of the
captives, but certainly, ne said, nothing
would be done in the matter until the
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original dispatch had been promptly
transmitted to the Adirondacks for The
information OF the President, and until
! he had been heard from the Indians would
| be held In confinement at Fort Bowie,
| Arizona.
Oher officers of the department were
especially gratiied at learning that &c.
ronlmo's surrender was unconditional.
! The oHIniOn prevails in some quarters
| that the Indiana will he transferred a
the custody OF the Interior Department
| Tor a time, and that Geronimo and his
lieutenants viii ultimately be surren-
! dered to the civil authorities OF Arizona
and put upon trial for murder, with a re-
suit That would require little effort to
guess. An officer Of high rank, however,
inclines to the belief that the President
| will never consent to surrender Geroui-
mo to the civil authorities, but Will or
! der his trial by court martial il 1t should
| be regarded as proper TO try him at all.
! The same officer said that the success
! tut ending of the campaign would be OF
| inesumable value TO the Territory of Ari-
| IONA, as the nOstiles had 80 ravaged and
harred an area OF rich country two nun
| dred miles square as to render it unin-
| haOitabl
! A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE APACHE WAR.
The capture of Geronimo and his band
further accounts OF bloody battles or fe-
rocous crueties practiced on unarmed
ana detenseleSS persons at the hands OF
| this tribe with which the newspapers
! have been teemtpg tor the last quarter of
! a century, and the Mexicans, against
whom the tribe has been waging cold
bloOded and Notwithstanding war since
the days Of COrtes, may at last cease
! trembling tor the safety of their life
and property. The Apaches as maraud-
ers nave ceased to exist-for just 30
! long as a proper supervision is kept over
! them at the reservation on which they
will be placed. or all the tribes of In
| dians, tue Apaches held out the longest
against efforts at civilization. Ia 1871
| the War Department contided TO Gen.
| George Crook the task Of whipping into
submission all the bands of the Apache
nation living i'll Arizona. With the
| single exception of the Chiracahuas this
was done thoroughly. They were not at
tackled by troops, but settled upon the San
! Carlos reservation, only to leave it when
they telJ that way, giving as their reason
insutficiency of food and inability to igest
hymn books, which had been literally dis
trbuted among them by the agent. Mat
| ters reached focus when Chiracahua
squaw was accidentally shot by the Chief
| OF Police OF the reservation. Apologies
| would not be received, the Chief Of Police
was killed, his bead made a loot ball for
the young bucks and squaws, and then
| the whole band-men, women and chill
| dren, TO in all, started on the dead run
| for the Mexican boundary. They were
| pursued by troops with such success
that by the time they reached
their impres nable position in the Sierra
| Madre their numbers were reduced to 800,
$50 Of whom We're warriors and big boys.
In March, 1888, band OF 26 Chiracahuas
under the crafty and daring Chief Chato,
who was in this city only short time
ago, made a dash into Arizona, traversIng
from 70 to 100 miles day, killing and de-
stroying everything in their path. Itw
on this raid that the butchery of Judge
| McCOmas and wife OF Silver City, n. M,
was committed, and Charlie, their boy.
abducted. The Indians lost but two men,
bers of their band, and killed % persons,
| Mexican and American.
Gen. Crook determ ned to follow the
trail they had left, and track them to their
lair. The peaceful Apaches supplied
scouts, and on May l the expedition
crossed the Mexican boundary. After
much difficulty the Indians were tracked
down and brought to terms. and in little
more than a month from the time of start
ing the expedition returned, bringing
back all the Chiracahuas TO the reserva.
ton, including tue cniefs Geronimo or
HieronymO). ChatO, Loco and chihuahua,
besides rescuing some prisoners and re-
storing quantity OF stolen property.
Geronimo at that time mad made his
name feared among the peasantry of Chi
huahua and Sonora, in which states he
was believed TO be the devil seat tn punish
the people for their sins. he is a man of
noticeable brain power, physically perfect
and mentally aoute-just the individual to
lead a rorlorn hope In the face of every OBJ
stacle.
For time the Chihuahuas remained on
the reservation, but they became again
disconnected and once more took TO the
war path under Geronimo's leadership.
The horrors that they have perpetrated
upon the defencelcss settlers, the many
times they have been entrapped and again
escaped and the dangers and difficulties of
the chase under Gen. Miles are matters OF
history too recent to need repeating here.
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