Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-22
IMPORTANT LOCATION
TIRE NAVAJO TROUBLE BRINGS FORT wHIPPLE AGAIN INTO
 PROMINENCE.
lntimation Given Out that the Pos is to be Garrisoned at Once to
 Meet any Emergency.

The war department has been of- fciaily notified of the late trouble with the Navsios, and provision made to protect the country Co be affected in ease an outbreak occurs, or block any demonstration that may be mace on scattered settle ments. The present force of soldiers at Wingate Is said to be limited to but one troop of cavalry. force inadequate t. protect the garrison in trouble, while at Fort Apache but one company of in- fautTy is available.
 The above comprises all the mili- tary strength al hand of the gov ernment, and before any additional troops could be concentrated or be placed in position To strike effect iviely week would at least elspse.
 The psrilous question to face the war department today is the strength of the Navsjos on one hand and our inability on the other 10 check or resist any uprising which time or conditions may in a mo- ment throw unexpectedly on us, Tor instance such a clash as took place but 8 week SEQ. The supposition seems to exist that as the Navajos have been for years peaceable and productive, growing. as each year passes. more and more wealthy and stable, the danger Is lessened se- cordingly of an outbreak, unless the traditions of the tribe are shattered or Asssiled. The fallacy of tbis be- lief is dispelled, and DO better cri- terion against 1t can be advanced than the case of the Neg Perces, Tn north Washington.
 Another argument for the war department to consider,is the rest lessness at all times of the younger element of the Navajos, and their pacihcation under present condi- tions by the older heads. There are said to be at least 2,5O0 young bucks who are only too eager to as sail the whites, and If what the prospector, who has ventuTed on their domain, says is true they are a dangerous and determined element under any circumstance, and under present pesceable conditions there is no doubt but what the lives oi many who have ventured ou their reservation have been sacrificed.
 In round numbers the NavajOs are about 20,000 strong, and had they advanced on the whites to avenge the death last week oi their tribesmen the blackest page 10 American history would have been written, in the hundreds of human beings slain, and that, too, without the resistance of a hundred men Of the military.
 Such are, absolutely, the condi- tions 10 face the government, and if, as it IS intimated today, the re- mobilization of Fort Whipple, is b,- ing earnestly and Jealousy con sidered, this time, the tidings will surely be greeted with the prayer of comfort by many an isolated familS of the northern portion of Arizona. The war department IS said to ba fully informed on these matters, and now that the first black cloud IS hanging over the scene, immediate action will be taken to avert any dis aster likely to occur. There IS DO doubt, even today, but what the Nayajos are stinging under the pain of the deaths last week Of their fsl- low men, and even if general out break is not imminent, renegades will pick od from time to time any who venture on or near their reser- vation. Laying aside any motive of a sectional nature to beneLt Pres colt, the cold -blooded fact is before us that Vhipple should be regsr- risoned at once and those who are so unmercifully at the power of the treacherous Indian should be shelt- cred aud supported to the last man.
 We trust that Whlpple IS again to be the scene of an active military center. and that the sooner it is ac- complished the better will it be.