Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-07-25
BORpER TROuBLEs.

Wulte Ptoplo nHu tuat ~ nhu
been accused Of crimes which
wsre in reality committed BY Nsu.
cans The willy cid chisf hss Loaf asss Of
the cunning which enabled him 70 bailO
his psrsssrs t. long, and be makes these
statements in ths hope that he may yet bs
returnrd to his cid stamping grounds IN
Arizona The writer Of this not only pas
ssd through the sual campaign against
the Apacbss, but WAS present at the sur
render Of Gsronimo, and toek down word
for word what the crafty old chief had to
say.
The facts are that Geronimo made his
first overturss Of surrender Only when he
had been fairly ran down by Captain
Henry Lawtoa's troop Of Fourth CavGlry.
and had failed in all OF his artif;es to
sluds parsuit. he had bssn followsd day
ARd night by the troop through mOuntain
passes and over plain distance Of mere
then 5000 miles, and when overtsksH on
the banks Of the Bavispe river, IL Sonora,
his band was worn out and destitute, and
no alternative before them but to surrsn-
der or Rght On Wednesday. August 25,
1885, the renegade chief came into Cap
tain LawtOn's comp and propose to surrsn-
der, and on the Friday following long
talk took place. in the course Of which he
related all Of his real and imaginary
wrongs. he then said that he left the re-
servAtion because ChattO, another paehe
chief, wasted 10 kill bin, and that Mickey
Fee, hali-brscd, was helping him. He
told in his own poetic ahguage how he re-
GREETED leaving his home, fer he said
when he took his departure 'his Aoeks
we're multiplying, bis herds increasing,
and his fields Of young cora were green.
The greatest grievance which hq had
had refused to let him keep the cattle
which had been stolen IN Mexico on pre-
viouS raid. He dwelt upon this at great
length, sad seemed to think 1t great
hardship that he was not allowed to keep
the cattle after his band had to been to tho
trouble OF killing several hundred MeKi-
cans, and making loug drive from the
interior Of Sonora. The time to which
GerOniins referred WAS vixen he met Gen
eral Crook in the Sierra Aadre Mountains
10 1884, and promised to come iRto SAH
Bernardino ranch and at once surrender
instead Of this he made a raid through
Sonora lasting nearly two months, aud
when hv did come in it WAS with several
hundred head OF Mexican horses and cat
tie. 1t was picturesque sight when this
sav'ge hardo came over the mountain pn''
leading down to San Bsrnardino, riding,
at full speed, and driving the stolen horses
and cattle before them They bad sent IN
runners informing General Crook of their
coming, but their whooplng and yelling
could be heard long before they came in
sight over the summit OF thu divide. The
cattle driven in on this occasion we're con.
6scstsd by General Crook, and this is the
great robbery Of which Geronimo had to
complain.
People in the East have very little idea
how muct people have suffered on account
NJ these Apache raids, aud ho~ upjustly
ihsO have been dealt with by our own gov
rrnment Eowthat there are some $780,.
000O00 Of American capital invested in
Mexico. and great effort is being made
to establish the most friendly relations be-
tween the TIVE republics. these border
troubles should be uAderstood, and the
same Justice accorded Mcxieans which our
government asks for its own citizens. At
the present time tba department of State
1t Washington il beinR urged to press the
claims FOR damages which have been pre-
scrted against the Mexican government
by the family Of the California mining
man Baldwin. who was murdered BY the
noted baadis Bernal, in the mountains Of
DuraRgO some two years agV. If Mexico
admits the justice of this claim, which is
supported by our Minister at the city Of
Mexico. she can upon equally good
grouads present claims against the Ameri-
can governmentfo for indemnity on account
Of the Mexican subjects who have bsen
murded on American soil BY Geronimo and
his band. II is true that Mr.. Baldwin
Was2A highly respected and proniinent
man, while the Mexicans who have been
killed in the mosntainS Of Arizona and
New Mexico we're generally poor, ignvr-
ant. and unknoWni bat the principles Of
justice which would apply in the one case
Would equally bind 10 the others. Net
ouly have many lMsxicaa subjects bSsn
mtrdsrsd b. the APsshss. but mlnV huA-
drsd head Of cattle have bees driysA out
Of SeHerA and ChihsehuR for whick the
sWNsr' sever rsesivsd q cent il rsturn. A
TbsiSR Of the closing scenes Of the last
Apache war will illustrate this fact, ana
what happened at that tims was but the
oft repeated expcrlsueo Of former years.
When Captain Lawton left Fort Hua-
chca in Nay. 1886. 10 takes Gsronimo's
trail he had With hislcommand some thirty
Indian scouts, all Of whom started sut on
foot. The pursuit had not continued lsng