The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-16

reit&s .--sseileve~ That Gen. 0o0H
operations will result in~the destruF
ton of Ger0nimo'5 band, andthe rel
tordtion of quiet in the regim of I'll
Apache depredationS, but he woHf
cannot he accomplished il daJ
You must remember tba all cd
frontier settlements in TIP vicinitP
of wild Indians have beeiltOmpeiId'
to pass through similar Ordais. ThpA
has been some little embarrassment
in the operations, from he fact thI
the infected area comprfed portioP
Of two military departments, bus
remedy has been foundry the to I
p1raIy transfer of the ditrict of n =
Mexico to the department of Arid !
and now Gen. Crook las full sws 4
His tact and fearless energy will
doubt not, bring aboutgood resulH
lie has all the troops he wants, all.
they are placed in he most nj
vantageous positions. Detachment
guard all the watering places, iii
patrols and scouting parties cover Il
entire area of 10000 square mild
over which the savases have be{
operating. Every rtute which r.
practicable to white men is thu
guarded. Though the results hal
apparently been so meigpr, yet mud
has been accomplished, and the e.
ure to eXtripate the band long agOE'
due to the willy instindS of an enenIs
ESQ small in numbers that the metI
otis of actual warfare cannot he ert
ployed with effect. and to the nat,J
OF the country. The hostile IN
originally numbered 70 }-iwoN
riorS and ninety-iour women an
children. Their roar,ings have COW
cred an area of $4,000 square mild
of which $4,000 lie south of the bord{
line. That lying in Arizona aud Me-
Mexico is a region of rough, brokd
mountain ranges. whose spurs enclaI
occasional plains, sparSeIy waterd
and bearing little vegetation. I'll
mountain tops furnish excelIp
points Ct lookout, from which IL
keen-eyed saYagps can see long di'
tances through the rare aimospheP
OF the high, arid regions, countia'
the numbers of his pursuers and II
teciing their slightest movement
long before they can become awai'
of his neighh0rhood or approach ne,'
enough for offensive operations. TT
Apache Is mountain Indian, brt'
from childhood to peak climbing ali
to making long desert journeys af0d
with little water, little or no cl0t
ing, and no other food than roots al
berries. When on the war path II
carries no ratiOns. Encountered onp
with his gun and ammunition, r
proceeds by trails which are imm
sible to mounted men or to those WI
are only habituated to the con,litiq'
of ordinary military experience All
in such paths he often travels dill
lance of sixty miles day. 1t is on.
in recent years that the horse has b
come his auxiliary. and even nov
when pressed, he kills the animal NJ
srrRs ,,r;, own errrf ,.s- .ir III, ,s-,.rr,,4
Businesses"
"Apache outbreaks" continued tn I
General. "are really to be anticipated
or foretold. When band beconts
hostile it manages to get away six Oh
eight hours before any Knowledge d
its purposes can be known to tIjt
troops. 1t murders isolate soldie j,
and prOspectOrs and attacks and pIull
derS ranches to obtain ponies arid
food. lis course il almost always TO-
wards the Mexican border across
which asylum has so often been founll
IF such a band is headed off or owe r.
luhCI ny tiiC tlOVpo, ~ hOCS iIOO give
battle, but its members scatter to tlie
hills. each for himself, and re-unttt
at some designated spot a hundred
miles away. The troops AMI the In
lian traiIers who accompany thdm
are rarely able to do more in subj
cases than to pick up few WON III
and children. Up to three years az,
the scene of the present DISTURBANCE,
was sparsely settled, and the loss %
life and property was small compa4 pt
with the record of the last ei4h
months. There were then but Ikw
horses or cattle in the region, while
now large herds are found at nearly