Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-01-27
Au.xuora raxvARaCAros.

The mammoth truth teller (f of the vest has sppeared at Wichita Kan sas and has given to the Beacon, of that place, wha, he terms . true h's'oty l" Aruoua's Indian troubles. The follow ing is the story as told in the Beacon; sy"Mr. James Lucas, of Butler. Mo- was in the ci.y yesterday, having recently returned from a ramble in Arizona He saw a .ecen; notice in the Eagle con- cerning Indian troubles in Arizens' ana made a short statemen: of facts a they really exist Big Chino valley. iying south of Asi, Fcrk on the Union Pacific ard wes, of Prescott. is occupied by hercerx A cowboy complained to ranchman that an Indian had bothered him. ''why cidnt you shoot himf replied the ranchman- The next day the too-willing young rufian took the ranchman at his word and shot a Nalapsi Indian because he bothered" him. "A ,s-vrs ..uae after this six foot hnlly, for no better reason, murdered Navajo indian. and started around looking like a walking arsenal and cursing the damned Navsjo Iudianx Mr Lucas thinks they are pertinent questions to ask, tt Indians are thus unceIemoniously shot down because he is not white man, and civilized white man should not accord as much liberty of action to an unciviiized Indian as he would ask fer him At any rate he says the unprovoked murders were the cause ci the trouble ID Arizona. This IS the same old story whose begin ming was away back yonder m Pious New England; bm perhaps this last hitle episode will no; do any harm.
 Now We would be willing to wager our interest in the richest placer mine m Arizona that MT. Lucas never rambled m n Arizona at all, and that he does not even know the geographical location of the territory. When he locates Ash Fork on the Union Pacific, he comes within . thousand miles Q! being correct. When he speaks of .he ''Nalapsi' Indians, he speaks of a uibe that was never heard of m the United States, and it IS also safe to say no, in the world. When he tells of any Indian being killed m the Big Chino Valley by a oowboy he tells a deliberate lie, as no such killing could have been made without the authorities ln Prescott; being notified ofit, Big Chino valley being in Yavapai county. of which Prescott is the county seat, and no such wan,on murder has ever been heard of here, and no Indian troubles of any kind experienced ior thirteen of fourteen years.
 The people Of Arizona are beginning eo think |; pertinent question to ask if i: Is no; abou. time that such ooloss al s:..-. e. A.. Lue,. sriienilY IS. should not be suppressed. A man who can deliberately weave as plausible and as unm.i;gated falsehood as the above ~ithou; having even the shadow of truth for the superstIuctu,e, is entitled b the championship of the worlds hars. Another amusing feature Tn connection with the above IS aeemment of the Phenix Gazette which says:
 "Perhaps under these circumstances the people may be able to understand and appreciate the proclamation recently issued by Governor Zulick ln regard to 30 the matter. and that less braggadocio and ro,e sense may mark the conduct 0: the territorial press"
 Perhaps under these circumstances we can appreciate the proclamation still less It seems enough for Arizona to stand such falsehoods as the above, from eastern people without the official zeal of the territory being attached to docu- men, from the governor, conveying the impression to eastern people Of then iru,hfulness. As Can readily be seen, Arizona is being consistently lied about and misrepresented enough, by people who know nothing of her, without any otnciai documents which 70 the eastern mind wolld seem a cCGroboration of these statements