Arizona republican., 1897-10-15
Whatever grief MT. Ell -nwood felt

Whatever grief MT. Ell 'nwood felt in consequence of paying telegraph tolls on the messages of Messrs. Car penter and Wright was more than eff set by the enjoyment he derived from the contents of the dispatches.
 His reply to MT. Carpenters appeal was light and irreve,ent if regarded as an official document. If it should find it's way to the department of justice it might call down censure upon the writer. It began: Wright must be a new man at the agency. If I were in your place I would suggest to him the propriety of first telling his trou> bles to the department of Indian af- fairs. This department, if necessary, would communicate with the depart ment of war and United States troops would be sent to induce the Indians to return to the reservation. If the United States military forces should prove inadequate to the task, then your opportunity of lifetime would be on deck. I would first suggest the employment of strategy and di- plomacy. You should arm yourself with a bottle of whisky of a strong variety which, think, you can easily obtain at Yuma. It will not be reces- sary for you to make a reQuisition upon the department of justice. Hav ing provided yourself with this ann munition you should next endeavor to locate the hiding place of these errant Indians. You should then aD- preach them cautiously, however. holding the bottle of whisky as con spicuously displayed as possible. When you are discovered there will of course, be a stampede. If they should see the whisky the stampede would be in your direction; if not, it would be in the other, aud those wards of the government would be forever lost. In the first event you should start at once for the reserva- tion, endeavoring to lead the stam- pede, but always holding the bottle of whisky in plain view. Thus, with out blcodshed, you would succeed in delivering them into the arms of the grief-belabored Mr. Wright On no account, though, should you permit yourself to be overtahen and despoiled of the bottle, for in that event you would be brought under the ban of Sec. -, Chapter -, U. s. R S., whi h prohibits under penalty the giving or selling of liqucr to Indians under the care of an Indian agent. How ever, as l am advised by you. these Indians are not at present under the agents fostering care
 But strategy is sometimes unavail- ing and the plan of campaign I have outlined might result in failure. ID that case force would have to be en- ployed. I have been informed that you are a captain of the National Guard of Arizona. You should co., lect all your available military strength and by forced ma ches come upon the rendezvous of the outlaws. You should surround them and at whatever cost of treasure Or blood, drive them back to the reservation You would thus Tot on!y accomplish a great public service, but would win for yourself imperishab-e military re- nown.''
 Mir Ellinwcod wrote a great deal more, all of which he forwarded by mail last night instead of by tele- graph at day rates, as he at first in tended to do.
 From the foregoing t arpaars that MT. Wright is a conscientious official
 He is, so far as the records show, the first Arizona Indian agent that ever entertained any worrying about a fiesta or tis-win dance, or who ever cared a continental whether it was celebrated on or off a rese vaion.