Tombstone epitaph., 1890-05-31

of making Arizona too hot to hold hos tile Indian. The temperature really seems to be about as 1t always has been pleasantly comfortable.
 The policy of deportation of the Indi- ans, which General Miles advocated and carried out so successfully in the case of Geronimo and his band, has always been plead for by Arizona, but no one ever be- fore "stood in" with her to accomplish the good work until General Miles took it in hand and fought the measure through. For that and his opposition to Geronimo'S return we are indebted to General Miles. But with that one effort he has ceased; he has adopted course of administrative nihilism and the result is likely to make stir.
 AS long as only Arizonans are killed and thelr property destroyed and stolen the country and the army rest in peace, the sacrifice of a stranger is required 10 open eyes which should have unclosed before. Perhaps if we could succeed in inducing one UT two of the Puritanical philanthropists of the east 10 come here to investigate the Apache nature, we would put no obstacles iR the way of their sudden demise, and Arizona might be freed from the one drawback 10 her rapid advancement.
 Now for the facts upon which thz ad- verse criticisms of General Miles are based: When the surrender of Geronimo was assured 10 General Miles four Indi- ans left his camp, near Fort Bowie, and did not return. That band was aug mented in q short time until 1t numbered seven. Not one of the seven has ever surrendered; they are still out. True, they have been to and from the resefva- ton often, but merely for social and bus iness purposes; to pay visits of condo lence 10 their so rigidly imprisoned friends and 10 renew their supplies of ammunition. No effort has ever been made to capture that band, either at lhe time of their escape, or since, by United States troops. They have killed on an average of one person month ever since they first left the camp of Geronimo. They have stolen nearly two hundred head of horses and killed many horned  cattle. The Mexicans have succeeded in killing three of the band and gallant English officer four more; yet to-day they number nearly thirty, by actual count. Whence their origin? Certainly not the reservation, for we have the as surances of General Miles and his sub- ordinates that only twelve Indians are absent and that even they are "nesr the reservation" In the absence of revela- tion we are compelled to believe their home is in heaven. In the past six months, little more or less, this band of hesven-descended Indians has killed, on the American side of the line, three persons, and on the other as many more. A month or two ago they became so an moving to the Mexlcans that Colonel Juan Fenochio, the Commandant of the Border Police of Sonora, started on a tour of investigation and 10 ascertain the the exact nature of the situation and 10 try to arrange for the troops of e4ch na-  ton to cross the line in pursuit of Indi- ans. He Came, in the course of his trip, 10 Tombstone, and telegra phed to San Carlos to inquire how many Indians were out. He remained two days and left without receiving the courtesy of de6- nite reply. After his departure an an swer came stating that twelve Indians were out but were "near the reservation" A short time after that reply was re- ceived in Tombstone and forwarded to Colonel Fenochio twenty Indians were robbing, burning and killing few miles south of the line in Sonora Whence came they? Colonel Fenochio reported dS 1lAC ACob4t Oa nA9 ihFG9kiS 1tiOAS AtldL nineteen Indians were depredating l, from evidence which consider reliable, put the number at twentY-four or five. This. with the seven known to have been killed, makes very fair sized body, able to hold its way unmolested in almost any part of this sParsely settled country. If General Miles is ignorant of all this il is inexcusable, for the facts and rum DTS have been published time and again in various Territorial papers. A short time ago Mir. Colin Cameron published a warning to all travellers that number of Indian: had attacked his herders, near the line, and within week after they 'clesned out" ranch short distance above the San Bernardino ranch, on this side of the line. A month ago General Miles was notified through the War De- partment that band of savsges, afjer having committed some outrages in So-