Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-04-03
GERONIMO.
The TreacherOus Apache
 Leader Stampeded.
An Interview with General Crook on
 tine Situation.
The Plea oT the Hostile Chiefs for the Protection and Friendship of
 General Crook

The publlc attention has been directe,
 for the pGst few weeks 10 the probabl
 concluding episode Tn the campaign
 against the hostile Apaches. and so Ger
 tain has 1t appeared iha: they would al
 surrender internationally that the fna
 disposition If the outlaws has been tn,
 subject of grave consideration.
 tis now little more than ten month
 since the hostiles left the reservation or
 their murderous raid through the ricl
 valleys of Arizona. killing everythin.
 human Tn their path and commIttiDl
 such fiendish barbarities and outrage,
 upon helpless women and unprotected
 children that recital of their detail.
 would appall the stoutest heart. They
 swept through like bosom of destruc.
 tion, striking here and there, never rest
 Ing and always going, watching by day
 from commanding peaks the movements of the military and flying by night ;o far distant points and surprising every one.
 The raid struck terror to the heart of every resident of Arizona, and IL paral- yzed all stock and mInIng industries, throughout large portion of the cOpn- ties of Graham and COchIse, and the news exaggerated by the telegrEphic re ports gave Arizona such bad reputa- ton throughout the eastern states that lt will be many years before iJ fully re-
 covers from It.
 It was but the history of yesterday, their escape into Mexico. where they have stronghOlds in the mountains and
 a country as broad as q small conti- Dent over which to roam un- molested; where the people who in habit It are compelled to pay tithes when demanded, and barter their products for the stolen gold of the Indians. The occasional reports from the boundary line have given accounts of their con- tilct with the late Capt. CrawfOfd's com. mand, and their desire tO surrender; also their final encampment near the American camp where negotiations look 1T z to their equalization could be car ried on easily. The journey of General Crook to theIr camp to make peace has also been published, and tbe welcome
 
 across the continent but A day or two ago. The fuli account O the clrcum- stances preceding the escape of Geroni- mo as detailed by General Crook to a CITIZEN representative, is given below. lt also recltes some very important facis which the pubi.c have never heard, and 1t shows jhe many obstacles in ;he way of fhe pursuit of the IndIaJs.
 His remarks are prefaced by the statement that h-weyer severe the CIrl- zEN may have criticized the policy and actions of General Crook heretofore it has done SO honestly, and from its con- victiOus oi FIFh, ss inc facts before it seemed to justify. There has been no word set down In mallce and therefore no wOTi that 1t would wish to recall. It has opposed Hnd does now oppose the policy of allowing the reservation h. digns tO C4rry a-ms and Gyumun;s.sl and tO be permitted Co carry them beyond the reservation limits. IL does not be- heve n the justice or the wisdom Ot the policy that condoned the crimes of the Indians oncs before captured in the Sierra Madre- and sent on the reser- yatioD unpunished, from which their es- cape fully armed and equipped. to begin anew a bloody rad, was an easy tGsk. These were errors of the past which the present contingency has nothing to do with. They do not affect the difficulties of the pursuit and the capture of the hostiles in the least, and 1t IS the sole desIre of the CITIZEN To deal fairly with the facts in the events now transpiring and to do sn injustice to DO one, Indian or white man.
 GENERAL CROOKS CONFIRMATION.
 This whole Apache business is full of that deiy tue best directed efforts to surmount. l have had secret ser vice men in Mexico who made special reports of the fact that the Mexicans traded with the Apaches at Casas Gran des and Nscori They traded watch l and some iewelry at one place. and Uni- | ted States and Mexican money. They | took two kegs of Mexican silver dollars, | to Sl0JO. from pack mule in | ira about three months | ago. Ibey steal stock from this side and | sell l. in Mexico; tbry tO tho same n | and cell II in Chihuahua. and | vice versa. This is the trade thst has | built up SscOri. The two years that tine | Indians wee un tbe reservation this town | was nearly deserted, while now It is boom- | Ing. When the Mexicans were remOn- strated with they said it was their own | country and that they would do as they | pleased.
 Tell us how they surrendered, Gen. aral.
 They notified Lieutenant Maus that they wanted to surrender, and desig- hated the place of meeting with me for he talk q, Funnel canon Fl canon ds los EmbuJosh twenty-five miles over the line. They were campel on a well fortified riige commanding Elias creek. and the point of meeting designated. After my ar. rival, on ny way to that point l drop ped behind the others; the scouts were ahead, and behind were other Indians whom took to be my own scouts, but I 'ouud some We're scouts and ! also rec lCuiZed Nstchez and further on found Geronimo. Ihey weu: to their camp and l c,ati1uei Uu tO the wSter. They | 'ent word that they wanted to talk and .hsn came down to where I was. 1 me. Geronimo and Natches with one or two ,traggle,s around. Geronimo vas the fret to talk. met him cooily and be went on with long TigImarcle Hs to Wby he lef: the reservation. He said he was forced oif; job had been put on llm; three nlen-AiickCy Free, Lieut.. Davis and Chsttn-be sand. were put ling up R job on him and they told him be vas to be arrested and sent off. W nIle he talked tine drops of perspIrs- .iOn stood Cyi ull over bis face. During .is is.k never ssid word and would lrt look at biu. lie finally asked me If would not look at h.m. l replied no, .hst when he C,t through talking l would taiE. kWieu1, frf n Alsltraz. sat ln one side. with ;he Indians beyond; and the whites were ou the other. Ge- -onimo laid much stress on thc'remOval f k9tens from Ariz1uB. hWtens was successor tO Victoria, and was a pad man whom We had to send to AlcatraZ. Geronimo had Q bad case md wanted to catch at straws. He thought he would never see kRtena lgaIn and was glad to see him back and dilated much on his case. He talked about an hour and then said he was through. then spoke to him aud ssid 1t was all lie about him leaving he reservation for such cause. as l hsd had the matter investigated and knew all about ii. and even Fupposlng It