Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-01-09
MURDEROUs SaYAGES.
The InenieIency of tho Troops III
 Arizona Explained.
A Blood Stained Souvenir or a heceh' -'e" Mexico Tragedy Se""'
 and Harrassed RancheIs.

A Riood-stained Souvenir of s Recent Ne"
 Mexico Tragedy edy-Treaeherous scouts
 and Harrassed RaneheTs.
 (San Francisco Call.)
 At the Palace Hotel yesterday Call ,sDorter was shown a blOOd-staIned sou venir of the Apache war, which sttested Inc insatia,ls thirst Ot those iendIsh Indians for buman life. The souvenir WAS A coIored print of the patron saint san Antonio de PaduR. It was erum- nleJ torn and discoiofed with blood, and wsa found tightly clenched m the hand of a murdered Mexican woman, vbo had been killed by the Apaches ln one. of their recent raids in New Mex ,eo- The gentleman who possesses thls sonvauir. and who allowed the reporter to iusuect is, Is Colonel ;. Fl. Lucas, who b.Useif took it from the hand of the dead woman but few hours after death. Messrs. Lucas, F. W. Graham and I. ,. Cummmg-, vino are at the Palace, are ueaItby and representative men of New Nsxco. also possessing valuable proper tias m Amador County in this state. They have been spectators of most of tbe recent troubles, they have been IL tEe midst of them, and are painfully Ia niIiar with al the details of the Apache raIls.
 Nr. Graham himself has suffered heavily ID stock stolen, and has had ten friends anu employees killed by hostile during the past few months. Colcnei I,ncas was for three or four years prominent militia officer of New Mexico, and has rendered the Territory valuable service m the field.
 To see this bloody picture, and to hear these gentlemen talk of the sltuatlon' one realizes something Ot the accom- uanying horrors of the Indian outbreak
 THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
 Themselves representative men of the Territory, thoroughly familiar with all r,des of this perplexlpg aituatlon, the operations os the Indians, the efforts or the troops, the damaging effects or the raids on the industries Ot the country, they voice the sentiments of the mass of the residents of New Mexico and Arizo- ma, they state, in saying that inc regu- lar troops are En utter failure ID thIs In dian warfare. In large measure, MT. Graham states, the government, un- knowingly Of course, through the Indian scouts employed, furnishes the hostiles with the means for carrying on the warfare. The government supplies them with arms, ammunition, aDd pro visions. IL IS the soldiers who are pro l longing the trouble, instead of ending l.. The supplies the Indians get from | the scouts, and the amount they capture from the pgcktrEins, keep them well provided. The presence of the troops | also shuts cut the cit.zens, who, It they were gwen the chance, would terminate tre trouble speedily.
 General Crooks lack of success, these gentlemen state, Is, m the minds Ot the people, attributed, first, to the tOpogra- pLy of the country fOTbiddIng the use | uf cSmpanle8 and battaiionH CD the trail, and, secondly, Go the employment of Indian scou;I III the government service A company of cavalry cannot success fully follow an Indian trail A company of cavalry cannot travel without pack train of camp equipments and forage, ard having such a train and never know | !u- where tue eneny is, they must travel with the pack train as a guard, and ex- sept 65 in a cGse now and then, when they take a spurt-O1, they regulate their gait by that of their pack mules. For his ultlmale success in suOduln2 the hostiies. General Crook is slid to rely more on his scouts led by Chatto than on hls soldiers.
 DANGEROUS ALLIES.
 Chatto is the identical leader of the party Of hostiies who in 1885 90 cruelty murdered Judge MCCOnas and family near Silver City. All of these scouts are by blood, marriage aud tribal relation shlp connected with tho hostiles, while they frequently boast openly ot their ha- ig-. l s-,-,.=-i 4f a .rcIarrsEan-r V he EsHtls- men in CSVieWtd d said, ,Of their own knOwl- | edge, these scouts steal ammunition and supply the hOstiles-that they give the wvrlIke Indigus constant nOtIti1 atIOn Of the movements of tue troops and warn them of tine soldiers presence when a surprise k about to be made on some Indian camp.
 Mr. Graham's large cattle ranch is in the MOgoilOus, and for three months past not a calf or colt has been branded on his range, owing tO the presence Oi the Indians. His ranch house has been connected with a stocksde, and he keeps an armed force of six men there all the time to prevent the building from beiEg burned by the Indians. IL IS only ten miles from 4Ir. Grsham's ranch to Lilies ranch, which was re- gently raided and tue owners and one man killed. The conduct of the Indian sconts on that occasion illustrated their plan in preventing the hOstIies from be- ing surprised.
 AZ INDIAN ATTACK