Arizona silver belt., 1890-05-10
WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT APAcmEs

 unpleasant experience in Arizona through fear that he would be under the painful necessity of taking Apache life. perhaps several of them, in order to preserve his own. The Doctors report te the Indian Bureau concern. ing the Apaches stamps him as man of words having retentive memory, and he has not failed to impart to the Department. what his susceptible na- ture imbibed while on his way from Western Arizona to the San Carlos Agency where Apaches are hived.
 The narrative of the trip conveys the impression that the Doctor is a cautious man, unwilling to tempt fate without being armed to repel an at- tack, and, therefore, we class him with the Irish woman in Salt Lake who earned a bowie knife under her apron when going to borrow washtub of a Mormon. The saints respected the knife, and doubtless owing to the fact that it became known that the Doctor carried an Allen revolver the Apaches spared his life,
 Upon his arrival in Tucson he was informed 1t was a well ascertained fact that just betore raid the Indians exclusively fed upon raw liver, in order to whet an appetite for blood, and that information from San Carlos, of latest date, was that liver there was in active demand, and that war paint, (vermilion and ochre) was no longer attainable at San Carlos; dealers Tn Tucson had daily enquiries, by run ners from the Agency, for the wierd eolors. Under these circumstances, the Doctor pushed on to Bowie and there had his fears partially allaysd by being told that Indians were dead shots and that he was not likely to suffer much unless taken alive.
 In order to show the vivid impress sion left upon the Superintendent's mind by his visit to San Carlos we ap- pend few extracts trom bis report to the Indian Bureau There IS more truth than fiction in his statements, yet there IS a good deal of the ludi- crous about them too, which the West ern reader will be quick to appreciate: ::
 From the time 1 entered Arizona" :" he says, "I was entertained with thrilling accounts of the savage atroc- ities perpetrated by the terrible Apa- ches. had known something of the fearful experiences of miners and set tiers with the Chiricahna band of Apaches, the most fendlike of all, but l, learnsd much more. 1 will not at. tempt to describe the atrociouS tor lures to which their victims were sub ,jscted. My heart revots frsm the attempt. When it was learned l intended to go to San Carlos l was warned against it, some military men even joining m expres- sions of caution. Freightor Herbert had been killed only the Sunday be, fore, directly on the road to San Car los, and the killing was wholly un- provoked, done purely for blood and plunder, like other Apache atrocities l could not bear the thought of pass ing by this important post, located at such distance from the routes of railroad travel that 1t receives less at tention from the officers of the Gov ernment than many other places. l felt, too, that the more wild and say. age the tribe the more important it is to promote the civihzlng influence of education and religion among them. must, therefore, golf possible. :"
 ''I telegraphed 10 the Agent to know whether travel to the agency was safe Capt. Bulls replied Travel on the road is probably safe at present. The peculiar character of the reply excited grave doubts in some minds. A mill tary officer whom 1 met said, While Capt. Bullis IS dashing officer, hs is careful how he involves other persons. There may be no danger, but the treacherousness of the ApacheS leaves little ground for confidence at any time.
 While on my way from Bowiel the first day l met Capt. Bulls, who had started for Texas on business, Sitting on the front seat with the driver, he held powerful repeating rife in his hand l learned that so many ugly threats had been made against hlm that be never went un- armed. Starting from Fort Thomas the second morning l found the stage driver also carrying firearms. At about ten miles we passed the spot where Herbert was killed, shot from his wagon while eating lunch. Yak ing hls team and burning his wagon, the assassins hastened away.
 'On my way from Fort Thomas to San Carlos passed the deserted homes