Arizona silver belt., 1890-03-08


 people, and could be trusted only to the extent of capturing or inducing them to surrender. General Crook 1 had organized them and not lost con idence m thelr fidelity. To avoid the embarrassment of tue situation he asked to be relieved and in the change of commands following the death of General Hancock, and the retirement of General Pope, General Crook was assigned to fine Department of the Platte, and General Miles took his place in the Department of Arizona on the 27th of April
 | The people of Southeastern Arizona
 cowboys are almost as good trail- CTS as the Indians, and l have been told by many of them at separate times, and independent of one an- other, that they had been along with these scouts following the trails of the Indians, and when signs sf ihe h. dians became fresh, the scouts lost the trail, or said they lost the trail, and would stop the soldiers This oc- cured so often thai t became a by word; Fresh signs of Indians, and the soldiers went into camp.
 There Is no question but what there was an understanding between the scouts and those in the field 1 like i General Crook, but the entire people of Arizona condemned the use of tine scouts be had As soan as the scouts were relieved by General Mics wlth i his command of soldiers, and scouts who were not in sympathy with these Indians were employed, the hostiles were very soon run down and forced | |o surrender under terms which they 1 had never surrendered before uncon- i ditionaI.
 The following are tbe terms as given i by the report of the Secretary Of War of 1866:
 Al the request of Captain Lawton, joined his command, Geronimo came to me and reeounled his griey. anres. informed bim that Captain Lawteu and Lieut Gatewood were honorable, and that 1 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 must surrender absolutely as prisoners of war, and rely apon the justice of the Govern meut, or trust theH future to the President of the United States. in formed them that i vas removing ali the Chiricahua and Warm Spring In- dians from Arizona, and that they would ali be removed from this conn i try at once and for all tune, and this they understood. Geronimo replied
 that he would obey any order 1 might give, and 20 ta any place, and that he
 would bring in his camp, which he did.
 Matches subsequently, surrendered his camp iu the same way. lheu status ;s the same ss that of Chief Joseph,
 Sitting Bull, and hundreds of others.
 They are strictly prisoners of war,
 tue result of the skill and fortitude of our troops. As prisoners of war, they are now entirely under control of the , President
 The account of the surrender in the report of General Miles, subsequently, received, does not materially differ from the account given in the dispatch above referred to.
 This was a surrender just as abso- lute, as that of any prisoner ever was , do not know quite the position that
 these ladies occupy. (Roferring to ladies present.l
 I know that they are in sympathy with the canse of the Indians. If the
 ladies will look at that picture on the , wall, they will see that their feeling
 goes with the ed.banded Indian mur- derer and against the victim Ia dead
 settler) at his feet, nor does It stop there, it follows and expresses the ) friends and relations of the victim and ! makes possible many of the Indian 5 murders that follow.
 The Chairmap-M Miss Roberson says the ladies dc not come here to speak } on this matter, but simply as specta- . tors.
 $ Gov. Wolaeg I know what theil l sympathy is. It is agalnst our people and in favor of the red-handed Indian : murderer, and against his victims. Here are q number of newspaper , articles wh,ch speak the feelings o ]. our people. There IS but one senti i. ment on the subject, and thatis that g you should not return these lndlant 7 where they can go to their old haunts Q These extracts are flem newspapers 2 all over the West.
 n There is one other point about Chi { matter: there was a statement tha