Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-03-01

Governor Wolfey reads the following
extracts from the Secretary of War, of
1886:
l. THAT they should be sent east for
not exceeding two years, taking with
them such Of their families as they de-
sired.
=. That they should all RETURN to the
reservation on the old status.
;. TO the warpath with ali its attend
ing horrors.
lie wqs obligel to decide quickly,
and accepted their surrender on the
first proposal, and the who,e party start
ed, escorted by the Apache scouts under
Lieutenant Maus, for Fort Bowie.
The terms of the surrender were re
ceived here March 80. The response CT
the president was, that their imprisOn-
ment in the east for two years and their
return 10 the reservation could not be
approved. Certain instructions were
given, but before General Crook received
the dispatch, Geronimo and Matches
with twenty men and thirteen women
left Lieutenant Maus's camp on the
night OF the Doth, and escaped to the
| mountains. The remainder Of the band,
numbering sixty. under Chihuahua,
were sent 10 Fort Marion, Florida, where
they are now held as prisoners. The
children have been sent to the Indian
! school at Carlisle. Lieutenant hiaus
| followed GerOnimo's trail until he was
| satisfied that further pursuit at that
time was useless. This unfortunate es-
cape was attended by the usual sad re
suits. The route of the Indians to the
Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico was
marked by atrocities similar to those
| that had usually attended their course.
After these events the Lieutenant
| General became satisfied that the
| Apache scouts could not be absolutely
! depended upon TO fight and Kill their
people, and could be trusted only to the
extent Of capturing or inducing them TO
surrender. General Crook had organ
lied them and not lost confidence in
their fidelity. To avoid the embarass-
ment OF the situation he aske to be re
lieved: and in the change OF commands
following the death Of General Hancock,
and the retirement Of General Pope,
General Crook was assigned to the de-
partment OF the Platte, and General
Miles took his place IN the Department
of Arizona on the 9th Of April.
The people OF Southeastern Arizona
l-cowboys-are almost as good traiera
as the Indians, and / have been told by
many Of them at separate times, and in
dependent Of one another, that they had
been along with these scouts following
the trails of the Indians, and when
signs of the Indians became fresh, the
scout: lost the trail, or said they lost
the trail and would stop the soldiers
This occurred so often that it became q
by-word. .F-egh signs Of Indians, and
the soldiers went into camp"
There is no question bat what there
was an understanding between the
scouts and those IN the field. / like
General CROOK, but the entire people q
Arizona condemned the use of the
scouts he had. AS soqn as the scouts
we're relieved by General Miles with his
command of soldiers, and scouts who
were not in sympathy with these In
dams were employed, the hostiies were
very soon run down and forced te sur
render under terms which they had new
or surrendered before -unconditiOna
The following are the terms as giver
by the report Of the Secretary of war o.
1886:
AT the request of Captain Lawton,
Joined his command. Geronimo came
to me and recounted his grievances.
informed him that Captain Lawton anC
Lieutenant Gatewood were honorable
and that was there to confirm what
they had said to them, and that if they
threw down their arms, and placed
themselves entirely at our mercy, they
would not be killed; but that they mus
surrender absolutely as prisoners of war
and rely upon the justice of the govern
ment, or trust their future to the Presl