Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-02-08
THE WILDAPACHE.
An Opinion That ChattO should Not Be
 Placed Too Near Arizona.
lsan Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle
 The proposition having been made to Congress to remove the Apache Indian prisoners from Alabama, upon the suggestion of General Crook, who favors the location of | part of those Indians at q place in the Indian Terri tory and the remainder to be set at liberty, the Chronicle has sought in formation from military officials here on the subject
 It seems that General Crooks idea is 10 separate Geronimo and the In dians that were with him at the time of his surrender to General Miles in 1885, from the others who were not on the war-path at that time, and some of whom it is alleged rendered valuable service to the military while General Crook was in command of the forces in Arizona. Asgleaned by the Chronicle reporter yesterday, the impression among military people here is that while General Crook may have had confidence in those Indians who acted as scouts under him, there were a great many officers who had no con lidence in them whatever. That dis trust seemed also to have extended tC the authorities at Washington, inas much as when General Crook was re lieved of command in Arizona by Gen. eral Miles, the latter was directed tC rely upon the soldiers instead of In dlan scouts, which, however, was also his DrppOncpiVp1 OOlicv
 The opinion is positively expressed by competent military officials that those very Indians whom it is now proposed to set at liberty to roam wherever they please, were ever willing and ready to aid and abet the hostiles, and constantly supplied them at every opportunity with ammunition, etc, Indeed it is stated as a fact that at the very time they were removed from the Apache reservation in Ari- zona they were plotting an outbreak which would have been more serious than that of Geronimo's band
 Chatto, the Indian, who was one of the principal scouts under General Crook, and who wears to-day the medal presented to him in Washing ton, was one of the most dangerous Indians in the country, rivaling even Geronimo in his blood-thirstiness It was Chatto who led his gang of murder ous Apaches like tornado through Arizona and New Mexico, and in one raid of 300 miles killed over ninety persons, among them Judge Me Comas.
 Speaking on this subject an officer said with spirit, "and yet that infamous Indian, Chatto, is the one that seems principally to appeal to the sympathies of the people in the East. It was Chatto who matched the conspiracy to kill Geronimo-the conspiracy that made Geronimo abandon his farm and and flee to the war path. It was Chat to who, by his double dealing and and treachery, once permitted a bant of hostiles to escape by giving then the alarm, when he was leader o scouts under command of an officer ir pursuit. Like ChattO, most of the so called innocent Indians have at diff ferent times been on the warpath and would go again if they had excuse and chance"
 The opinion was also expressed that If those Indians were now sent to tho Indian Territory, they would not bt long in getting 10 New Mexico, if no into Arizona.
 The said gentleman said; "The vi cinity of Fort Sill, Indian Territory seems to be the place where they pro pose to remove them. There was time, perhaps, when portion of thes' Indians could have been placed in thr northern part of the Indian Territory but, if they are sent now Co Fort Sill which by the way, is one of the sickli est posts in the United States, wher the Indians, who are now there, ar dying off rapidly, they can go bacl again in the mountains of New Mexi co and Arizona, inside of ten days Besides the Indians now there, tn Kiowas and Comanches visit back an, forth with the Mescalero Apaches il New Mexico, and they know the coun try perfectly, and can guide those In dians back to the mOuntains wit which they are SC familiar. Ther would be nothing to hinder them-n troops whatever being stationed be tween those points. There woul seem to be no reason why the peac of two territories would be jeopardize by the mere wishes of one white ma | and a band of sayages. If these Ind ans are turned loose again on the pee pie of Arizona, life will be unsafe, an property, which in the past throe year of undisturbed peace and tranquilit, has grown in value. If the India prisoners are unheal ny where the now are, at Carlisle and Mount Vernol it is chiefly on account of the disease condition in which tEey have leen fC years past"