Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
FKE NP1CHEs, ruE GOVERNMENT AND
 TnE WHITES.

''The melancholy days haye come, she saddest of the year, and the mo ble red men, ss the Eastern philan. trophists persist in calling themi are realizing it
 A paternal government in its spirit of economy, has reduced 'Lo, tho poor Indian to starvation point, Not only has it economized in belly timber, but has reduced them to adopt the habiliments in fashion in the garden of Eden, where a fig leaf sufiiced, But fashions change and now in the 18th century, the Apaches of the San Carlos reservation are reduced to the necessi- ty, as Flora McChmsy of Madison Square who complained of nothing to wear.
 As is usual in all such cases those who live within stone's throw of them, must supply their wants 'T'was not ever thus. A flush paternal govern ment, charitably inclined, dealt fiber. ally with them, gave the necessities that kept the wolf from their wickiups, clothed them, after fashion, and held them in restraint by moral and military suasiou.
 A full belly conduoes to contented mind. An empty one renders the pos tessor restless, and contributes to the desire to go 'somewhere" mot parti- cular where, bnt somewhere, in order to fill an aching void
 And now that weeks rations have been reduced to three and half days supply, it has rendered the almoners as restless as pop corn in headed skillet. The consequence of which is that they, like the chosen ones of Israel are scat tered far and wide
 Making a virtue of necessity, they must be contented with the offal of the danghterhouse and what may be gath cred from the lap of nature, which has not been too lavish the present season in afording them acorns, mesquite beans or other edibles.
 The yeomarary of the Territory are called upon to supply the deficiency and who as grudgingly respond, as did Hrs. suggs when fowler took the beefsteak tbat she was preparing for breakfast, echoing the same sentiment when she said, ''take it, dang ye,
 The unrest that peryades the Apaches of the reservation has attracted the at- tention of Arizona's citizens, and prompts the suggestion that in order to secure immunity from the bloody instincts of remorseless savages, the government should take heed, lest it be charged with the loss of lives and property on the frontier, where citi- zens are reclaiming the desert and building homes, school houses and churches, that the life of the citizen might retain its lingering hold.
 On the government is tho burden and the duty. When the number of soldiers at San Carlos was reduced to 8 mere handful when the rations made merely nominal, the government dis regarded its duty and shirked its re- sponsibility. The possibility of this derehohon of duty is appalling,
 On a circumsoribed piece of ground the government has located 5000 Iu- dians; for years it has furnished them with food and placed guards over them, the result of which was, the Indians were peaceful, the whites secure.
 Without warming, more than half the guards were removed the food supply reduced one half And why Let the government answer; and may it re- spond ere it is too late, and in such an emphatic way that the Indians will again be contented and quiet, go fed and clothed