Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-02


is really deplorable. That territory
is not only being devastated by
Geronimo and his original band oil
renegade Apaches, but the bucks
who were left behind on the reserva-
ton are out ON the war path by the
hundred. They are scattered all
around. and are killing good men
right and left. Their depreda tons
have worked practical cessation oil
mining in extensive sections OF the
sun-kissed land. The miners are
abandoning their claims and throng-
inp pell nell into the towns Mean
while the War Department looks on
with stoical Indifference, and It's
latest exhibition Of interest IN the
MANAGED miners, stock men ana
nrospectors is to condemn zen.
Miles's order offering a reward LOT
the renegades dead or alive. Inc
Department adheres to its fatal policy
of employing Apache scouts ine
probability is extreme that nopouy
ever heard of one OF these scouts
killing an Apache, or oil one oil them
beinq killed by renegade. The
Washington authorities irown GOWN
any proposition TO allow the use
of volunteer frontiersmen, who wouiu
he ant to make short work oil tle
Apaches when caught. There Is a
very easy solution to the Apache az
fculty if the War Department would
only adopt it. The Paragoes are at
mortal enmity with the Apache,
although they have steadily nam
tanned peaceable relations with the
people and government OF the United
States. They get nothing Tor pre-
serving this amicable footing, While
the murderous Apache is fed and
pampered by the government faft
of the national premium paid 10
these red handed wretches consists in
four thousand head OF beef cattle
yearly, to say nothing OF blankets
and other luxuries. The hrst
thing to be done in an intelll-
gent plan of campaign against the
renegades is to replace the Apache
scouts by Papagoes, who know how to
follow up and STAY the hostlles. Whlle
the Papago is good farmer ana
raises excellent crops, he is good
fighter as we'll. II he were guaran-
teed a reward OF $50 scalp the last
member of Geronimo's band would
soon disappear. The implacable Pa
pago would follow his enemy like his
shadow, and ambuscades would be
very infrequent indeed. He can
crawl on his belly for miles through
tho cactus and chapparal, and the
average warrior OF this tribe is said
to be worth two Apaches. Why is he
not employed in this work 30 congo
NAL to his traditions and instincts
Instead of so employing him the war
Department has preferred to travel
in an interminable circle in which the
troops of the United States have been
made a laughing stock, and in which
hundreds OF settlers, prospectors and
good men have been made the vic
Tins. The whole people of the Pa
cific Coast demand a change. 1t Is
all very well for few sickly HUMANE
tarians at the East, who run news
papers, and who are influential IN
Congress, to avow an ELUSIVE sympa-
thy with the red-handed Apache, but
enough valuable lives have already
been sacrificed to their vagaries.
The mysterious eounsels which have
guided the War Department are the
subject OF much invidious comment
amongst all people who have studied
the question. The average Arizonan
and New Mexican does not hesitate
to say that there is really no desire
to curb the Apaches, and that a game
of cross purposes is designedly EN-
couraged which checks development
and makes residence in the most at
tractive portions OF those territories
too perilous for the ordinary citizen.
1t is certainly somewhat peculiar
that, within period OF two days,
four Americans We're murdered last
week within eighteen hours journey
by rail from Los Angeles