Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-07-17

II one would get reliable opinion Of
affairs existing in any country where he
does not live, be needs 10 consult with
and gather information from those who
have lived in the country and TO com.
plete his information by consultation
with those who, without prejudice or
bias of any sort, have Travelled in and
sought for the facts existing In that
country. The HERALD reporter has had
opportunities within the past day or two
of conversing with some of the repre-.
sentative men OF Arizona, filling the
highest official positions, such as the
several members of its Supreme Court,
the U. s. Marshal, lawyers and business
men from different sections Of the Terri.
tory. Gen. II. M. McCook, lately en-.
gagged in inspecting the affairs vi the
Territory, and others; and In addition
to all this he has the advantage OF hav-
ing lived for some years upon tho Dor.
ders Of San Carlos Reservation In posi-
tion to know something of the Apaches
and Of the Apache incubus resting upon
that otherwise inviting land. 1t is not
the purpose Of the reporter to give his
own opinions, no matter how well they
may accord with those whom he has
pleasantly interviewed on behalf
Of the HERALD and its readers,
but rather to furnish exact information
and rational conclusions. II 10 q con.
ceded TACT that Gen. Crock, during his
command of the Department Of Arizona,
made the fatal mistake OF enlisting In
the United States service Apaches who
were friends and relatives OF those
whom he wished to capture. 1t was not |
reasonable to suppose that the brothers
and kindred Of the red.handed Indians
who were numbering, stealing and scalp. |
ing through Southern Arizona would |
exert themselves to bring their kindred
to justice; and IL is notorious fact that |
they did not kill or capture single one
OF the Indians upon the war path.
When the Tonic Apaches were EN-
ployed as scouts they did good service,
because the CHR .cahuas were their
veteran enemies; but when the San Car.
los Indians were armed they became
simply suttlers for those Of their tribe
who had taken the war path. The re.
suit has been that the enlisted scouts If
Crook are now scattered promiscuously
over the Sonora frontier, maIauding
even within ten miles Of Tucson, where
the Apaches have not dared to
depredate for many years prior
to the fiasco of Crooks so-called
The inexplicable ignorance
displayed consists chiefly in not paying
regard to Apache intelligence. They
no doubt have among them white rene
gades who inform them of every move
ment on the part of the U. s. troops and
government. When Gen. McCook cap.
tured the hostile Utes he found among
his prisoners a skilled gunsmith who had
been among the Utes for ten years, re-
pairing their guns and helping them to
and another renegade white
who was most accomplished spy and
guide. There is not the slightest doubt I
that the Apaches in Arizona have among
their number similar aids. And it must
not be forgotten that these hostile In
lians find the war path profitable in
lusiry, and that they are inspired by
The same motives that actuate the high
xayman and the stage robber. But in I
their pursuit OF gain there is not q saw
,ge lust they do not crafty, when occa-
on offers, nor barbarous woe they do
rot inflict. Since the 18th of
asst June they have murdered no Q
ess than seventeen white persons
If every age and sex along {
he Mexican frontier of Arizona; and
not merely murdered this number, but ,
accompanied their cold -blooded killings
With atrocities unnameable. Some Of
he Arizona friends of the HERALD re- :
,orter have been witnesses Of the savage :
'ruelties which, if repeated, would, or
,ught, at least, to correct some OF the /
naudlin sympathy Of people who do not ,
quite understand the character of these :.
degraded, hell-born brutes.
What would the wives of some of the
indian sympathizers think, for instance.
( they were called upon to witness the
'pectacle Of a mother strung up by the
eet, after unutterable indignities and
to have the unborn babe
tipped with knives FROM the womb, and
hen forced down the throat OF the
mother in her dying struggle? What
would they think to see their husbands
and brothers slowly tortured to death by
the digging out of their eyes, by dis
and displacements too hor-
rible and unnatural to describe? Yet
there are in Los Angeles to-day those
who have witnessed such scenes, which
can hardly he believed.
The heart falters and the pen fails in
any fort to make known the demoniac
levilishness Of these Apache tends.
Those who know of them fail to under.
stand why the Eastern people have so
much sympathy for these hyenas and so {
little for the sufferers from their horri- |,
Die crimes. 1t must be because they do
iot know the facts, since their hearts
,annot be supposed TO be in the wrong
,lace If the Eastern newspapers !
yhould publish more authentic truth
lpon the Apache question and less
heap sentiment, there would be change
Il public opinion which might influence
he Government to adopt measures diff
ering from those which have made the |
indian affairs Of our country laughing ,
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