Arizona republican., 1896-08-29
Courry Up in Arms.
The Allotted Indians Must Be
 Exterminated.
Cattlemen, Judges, Retired Army Officers, Editors and Others
 are Organized.

men of Pima county yesterday began organized opposition to the encroach- ments of the Papagoes against the herds in the country south of Tucson The herds have been almost the sole support of those Indians for years, and cattlemen have suffered losses run ming up into the thousands. Maish and DriscoM alone are losers by not less than $50,000 and their ranch to establish which cost them not less than $25,000, has been abandoned.
 Sabino Otero, whose range is next nearest the Papago country, will prob ably move his herds away.
 The Indians have not, however, con- fined their depredations to the region in which they live, but have killed thousands of cattle in districts quite remote from their villages. The h. dians are technically renegades, as they do not live on any reservation nor have the lands over which they roam been in any way assigned to them. The only recognition of their right to live there is the appointment of three or four Indian policemen to ride among the villages
 l butchers A gentleman who came into Tucson from that country a few days ago said that he passed three carcasses of which only choice parts had been carried away. .
 The cattlemen have sought relief for years, first from the interior depart ment and then from the county author ities. The government refused to move in the matter and the county is powerless. Even in cases of arrests of Indians they have been discharged in the local courts for alleged want of jurisdiction
 Several weeks ago the cattlemen met here and there was talk of summary punishment of the thieves The h. dians are. however. formidable in num- bers and are we'll armed Another meeting was called for yesterday. About thirty cattle owners met in the district court room yesterday morning. Judge C. w. Wright was made tenn porary chairman and Captain w. J. Ross secretary.
 A plan had been arranged by which to patrol the Indian country to dis cover the thefts of cattle and bring the thieves in. This was afterward changed so that one man should be employed at a salary of $100 a month, with authority to call in assistance whenever it should be required. Let ters were read from Indian Agent J. Roe Young, at Sacaton, and from Chairman Cameron of the livestock sanitary commission. MT Young vol unteered his assistance in arresting the thieves. A discussion of the means to be employed followed. The plan already described was generally fav- ored, but Charles Proctor pointed out its weak spot. No system of patrol could prevent the slaughter of cattle The country was too extensive and the Indians too shrewd He believed that the only remedy lay in the government and if the government had hitherto been deaf, MT. Proctor believed it's at tention might be awakened by hang ing or shooting some of its wards.
 Ramon Soto opposed extreme meas ures, which, he said, would make life insecure for miners in that country and other persons not interested in the cattle trouble. The patrol system was finally agreed upon, the expense to be paid by the cattlemen, by each in proportion to the valuation of his herd as shown by the county assessment roll
 George Pusch moved a permanent organization of an association which was formed as follows: President, c W. Wright; secretary, w. J. Ross treasurer, George Pusch; executive committee N. w. Bernard, James Fin ley Sabino Otero and ex-officio mem bers, the president and secretary Al . agreement as to the plan of the cam paign against the Papagoes was drawr up and signed by all the cattlemer present and will be offered for sigma ture to all others interested in tha Indian infested region.