The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-16

young and old, sea1ei on The bare ground
gambling. TAe stake wns usually -, WHICH
NJ With he cards They are snch invet.
crate 8ambaafs they stake thetr beams and
cj0<hes EolyGAay xbocnds amcng me
Aparhes % larger dexree than among
any osher tribe have Waited. Three and
four wires are cOmmon. In some instances
6ve or six. aud In one csse ten. the old 81.
low saying that the purchase OF wives nao
kep< him poor Girls are barE1ined away
for ponies when 8 20 10 years Old. and
taken for wives ~ II and II This. Il VIII
readily Be seen. il . serious impesiiment 70
the way Of education and elevation OF the
Apaches. No rsrls have ever been in the
San Carlos school I'LL within two months
The thirteen now in the school are from
those portions of the Yuma and Mojave
tribes comprised within this agency. among
whom poiygamy does not exist
While At the San Carlos school ten
large boys Of their own prompting came
and asked to 90 to Carlisle or some other
large Eastern school. By the time | had
wired the department. there was great ex-
element Amcng the Indians around the
agency. The recent deportation OF so many
from here TO Fort Union had aroused their
suspicious and animosities. Hearing that
ten boys were 10 BE- taken away. they were
full of threats Of vengeance. The very
worthy and capable clerk. in whose care
agent, was alarmed. had no thought OF
taking the boys, had no power TO trans
port them; 1 could only report 10 the de-
partment When the Indians found that
out the excitement subsidized. | walked
freely around the agency and talked with
the Indians. But the story OF the removal
Of pupils was widely circulated outside.
and early the next morning three Old
squaws came TO the agency bowling:
Man going take girls! Man going take
girls!'
They were soon quieted, but Colonel
Johnson. commander Of the military here,
hearing / expected to leave at noon, OF his
own suggestion sent five cavalrymen 70 pa
troll the road for fifteen miles. His reason
was: 1t is the unexpected which always
happens among these sly Apaches. We
seldom know OF danger till We are in it.
The patrol found an Indian lying in am
bush armed With = carbine and waiting to
shoot me as the mail wagon passed. He
said, He going take children way The
poor wretch, am told, is in the guard
house, waiting for Captain Bulls to return
and take action.
Before left had two long taks with
chiefs-one the leading chief of the San
Carlos Apaches. IN whom / am told Cap
them closely. and am inclined 70 think the
mass of Apaches. while not very reliable.
are better than they appear from the ex-
ceptonaI cases cited herein. l cannot for
get that anarchists and desperadoes dog
and disgrace our white civilization.
= As whole the Apaches are fifty years
behind the better Indians of The other
tribes--s strange compound of acuteness.
physical proves, hostile daring. blood
thirstiness and treachery. Their methods
of assault are sly and cowardly. The
ab0minable tiswin stirs up these terrible
sediments. Its suppression would be q
long step toward their civilization.
They are strongiv and ultra-conserva-
tive. but let as rejoice that within ten
days the FIRST sewing machine has been or
dered by an Indian in the San Carlos
agency. and thirteen girls are now in the
school learning the arts of civilization.
The inquisitiye mothers gather around.
look into the windows OF the workroom
and beg the privilege Of coming in to learn
how the work Is done. One girl is plan
ming to make her mother dress.