Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-13

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81 70 your intentions. bat y0u cant
fool him. He has no books nor news
papers, and 80 be has 70 draw on ma
tufe for hfs knowledge. This train
ing has made him wonderfully sharp.
lie viii sit looking a. you with the
expression Of one Of these Old fash
ioned crooks. You've seen them
VOC can't tell By their looks whether
tbere's honey or vinegar inside; and
you can tell 40 more By bis face Whist
e behind Il. But all this lime be h
resdlng you Is II yoa were an open
book he eaa almost tell from your
expression what you had for break
fasti have known one Of these
Apaehes to 60 sixty miles out Of his
way 70 aak 4 man the-same question
be had aaked . month before, and see
4 be would get the same answer. IL
be d0esat ind out whether q mans
word is 70 be relied upon or not, it Is
= pity.
Another rule 70 Be followed In
dealing with Indians is, never give
him 3 grievance 70 brood over. Set
tie the thing up on the spot. These
little grievances are TRIES In them
selves, but they're like little worms
boring into : big osk-the last one
brings Il down. And people ~ large
who never see anything but the last
straw, exelaim, Why, what feads 70
break out for such trife'
In warfare With the Indians II
mas been my policy-and the only e.
fective one-to use them against each
other. To polish q diamond there is
nothing like is own dust; and il Il
the same with these fellows Moth
Ing breaks them up like turning their
own people against them. They
don't care for the white soldiers,
whom they easily aarpass In the pc.
euliar style Of warfare which they
force upon as; bat put upon theii
trail az enemy Of their blood--an
enemy as tireless, as foxy, Is stealthy
ADD - familiar with the country a
they themselves-and Il breaks them
all up. It is not merely . question
Of catching them better with Indians,
but broader and more enduring pro,
p0aitlou-their disintegrati0n. BY
this policy, al their tribal organiza.
toss viii be eventually broken up,
Il cannot be done in moment-it
takes tiae to uproot the institutions
OF centurles-but il Is the inevitable
outcome.
Now, Of course, II you have
10000 troops and one Indian tied
down IN the middle Of them, you
don't need any Indian policy. Bat
when you have to catch your Indian.
there's where the policy begins to be
useful. II We could always put our
hands on these fellows the question
OF managing them would be simple
enough. You can build0zs 4 lion
when you have him In q stout cage
and q red-hot iron In your hand, but
when he is on bis native heath then
the proposition Is different. You
cant bulld0ze these fellows either
when they are loose IN a wilderness
as big a. Europe.
"lhe invenlion OF breech. loading
guns aud metallic cartridges has en-.
tirely changed the methods and ne.
sure OF Indian warfare. Il Is not
many years ago that the Indians were
miserably armed. but al that has
changed. They are no longer our
interiors 10 equipment. Instead OF
bows and laaces they now have the
best makes Of bFeech loading guns
aud revolvers. In the only kind Of
warfare TO which they can be forced
they are more than the equals OF the
whites. For white soldiers 70 whip
the Chiricahuas 10 their own haunts
would be impossible. The enormous
country which they range Is the
toughest Ia America and probably 10
the world. Ii Is almost utterly bare
OF anything upon which 9 white man
could exist; but IL supplies every
thing they need 70 prolong life H.
definitely. There Is no end OF the
mescAl plant everywhere in their
territory; and II there was nothing
else whatever, the Apache could live
very comfortably on the varied pro.
aueis OF that woaderfal plant He
has no property which he cannot
carry along on his swiftest marches;
no home % leave at the mercy Of his
enemies. he roves about ike The
coyote. as unlncumbered and more
elusive. He knows every foot OF his
territory. and can live through "a
tigue, lack Of food and OF water,
that would klll the hardest white
moantaineeF. BY the Feueralship
which they have found Necessary.
they oblige as always 10 b. the par.
suers; and unless We caR surprlse
them. the odds are all Ia their favor.
When IL comes 10 . light We
can't see anything Of our foe-noth.
ing but the puts OF their rides.
Nothing Is exposed but here aud there
IA eye. peering from behind some
rock. You can't see that eye, bat
those fellows, with their marvellous
vision, viii see your eve asa hun.
dred yards- No white maa can take
advantage o. the ground - they do.
Our soldiers have 10 expose hem
selves, since they arr the attacking
party. As a sample Of their fighting.
look a. The time when those Mexican
banditti attacked Crawford. When
they arsi bred Into the camp, 10 which
our scouts were sleeping. they wound.
ed two meg 10 bed. Then the scouts
took to the rocks, and after that. in
az hour and half or two hours OF
bard fring by 80 Mexieans, not one
eE those scouts got 80 much az
scratch. When The Mexican shot
down Crawford, = few OF the near.
esl scouts dropped eight cut Of TIE
nlae Mexlcaas who did 4, al q volley
Then they were checked BY Mans.
% they'd have wiped that Mexican
force OF the face Of the earth
ceasrae.. have been lss fer ths son.