Arizona silver belt., 1890-03-08

depended upon to fight and kill theii people, and could be trusted only tc the extent of capturing or inducing them to surrender. General Creok had organized them and not lost con- fidence Tn theIc fidelity. To avoid the embarrassment of the 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 the Department ofthe 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 trali- CTS as the Indians, and 1 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 of the 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 that it 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. I like General Crock, but the entire people of Arizona condemned the use of the scouts he had. As soon as the scouts were relieved by General Miles with his command of soldiers, and scouts who were not in sympathy with these Indians were employed, the hostile3 were very soon run down and forced to surrender under terms which they had never surrendered before -uncon- dltional.
 The following are the terms as given by the report of the Secretary or War of 1866:
 "At the request of Captain Lawton, I joined his command. Geronimo came to me and recounted his griev- ances. 1 informed him that Captain Lawton 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 upon the justice of the Govern ment, or trust thelr future to the President of the United States. 1 in formed them that l was removing all the Chirlcahua and Warm Spring [n- dians froI Arizona, and that they would all be removed from this coun- try at once and for all tune, and this they understood. Geronimo replied that he would obey any order I might give, and go to any place, and that he would bring in bis camp, which he did. Matches subsequently, surrendered his camp in the same way. Thelr status is the same as that of Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, and hundreds of others.
 They are strictly prisoners of war, the result of the skill and fortitude of eur 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 9 surrender just as abso- lute, as that of any prisoner ever was I do not know quite the position that these ladies occupy. (Referring to ladies presently
 tknow that they are in sympathy with the cause of the Indians. 1.-the ladies will look at that picture on the wall, they will see that their feeling  goes with the redhandei Indian mur derer and against the victim ia dead settler) at his feet, nor does It step there, it follows and expresses the friends and relations of the victim and makes possible many of the Indian murders that follow.
 The Chairman-Miss R0berson says the ladies do not come here to speak on this matter, but simply as srocta- tors.
 Gov. WolAey-I know what their sympathy is. It is agalnst our people, and ID favor of the red-handed Indian murderer, and against his victims,
 Here are number of newspaper | articles winch speak the feelings of our people. There 15 but one senti- ment on the subject, and that IS that you should not return these Indians I where they can go to their old haunts. These extracts are from newspapers all over tue West