Arizona silver belt., 1896-04-30
A MEMORABLE OCCASION RE-
 CALLED,

The arrival in Tucson of Capt. John
 G. Bourke, "a distinguished soldier, !" is announced by the Tucson papers of April 20. This was not his first appear ance in Tucson. In 1883 he visited
 the ancient pueblo on his return from
 the Sierra Madre, with cheeks flushed
 with the roseate hue of victory over the Chiricahuas, and upon which occa- sion he and his companions in arms were given an ovation, banquet and ball The journals of that day vied to do him and his illustrious commander, General Crook, the utmost honor for having conquered Juh, Geronimo, and kindred cut-throats of the Chiricahua band. Our old friend, Charles D.
 Poston, was the poet laureate of the occasion. He threw aside all reserve of the pen and painted the sun-burned heroes in middle-aged pantaloons, and might properly have referred to their having cut their wisdom teeth during the expedition to the Indians strong hold in Sonora, but did not, doubtless, owing to the virtuoso having resined his bow, screwed his catgut and an nounced "all set for Q quadrille.
 There was a prevailing anxiety on the part of Tucson newspapers to lay before their readers the account of the reception. The historian, notwith- standing the frequent cry for ''copy," apparently was not disturbed, and, as silent as the king of clubs, worked with a will, and the thousand extra copies of the papers next morning went off like hot cakes. Electricity was called in play by dailies of other cities, in order not to be behind in informing their readers that the war was over and that the coDquering heroes had ASsuib HUI "thout oSiatSu.
 Barnum never uttered greater tru ism than that the American people delight to be humbugged, and in this instance alcohol no doubt added greatly to the enjoyment. Bill Nye expressed himself as thankful that the fool killer had missed good many on account of the great rush of business in his line, which may account for his overlooking the dupes of the occasion referred to.
 Time, the arbiter of all things, re- yealed the fact that the Indians were not whipped; that treaty was more agreeable to the white warriors than to the redskins, but not at all to Ari- zonans, who were exposed to the incur sions of the Chiricahuas as they were before the invading army, with noisy trumpet and kettledrum, took up the hne of march into the Sierra Madre.
 The war department, realizing the fact, deposed Crook and sent General Miles to Arizona with instructions to subiugate the recalcitrant Indians. This he did, and not only that, he deported them to Florida, beyond the power of doing further harm to those whom they had held the mastery over since the acquisition of the Territory by the United States. This, perhaps, proved an easier job than when Crook com manded, as Juh, the war chief, was dead. When raiding the state of Chihuahua, while drunk, Juh fell of his horse over cliff into the Janos river, striking his head upon A rock, thus extinguishing the vital spark Victoria, another chief AS dangerous as Juh, was killed in an encounter with Mexican troops in Chihuahua. Geron- imo, who succeeded Juh in command, ! is now at Fort Sill, with the residue of the tribe