Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03

ficers, followed the woman through deep gorges and over high noun tains until finally she brought them into the presence of the great war rior. A meeting was arranged be- tween the chief and Gen. Miles. a heliograph message being sent to the General at Bowie. Promptly at the time named Geronimo appeared and surrendered to the General.
 During the conference he sat with his Winchester on his knees. Lack of ammunition was no doubt the cause of his surrender
 The white settlers now had no fur ther cause for fear. as the Apache tribe was removed from the Territory by .. s. government, since which time it has been been subduedl It is to be greatly regretted, however, that so many lives were lost before he was finally conquered, but owing to the inaccessible state of the coun- try the Indians had advantage over the troops, the soldiers having many difficulties to overcome. while the h. dian had practically none. It is thus easily seen how these disadvantages delayed action on the part of our gov ernment.
 The day of the wild Indian has pass ed and gone, and it would be well to state that not all the Indians were wild Many caused little or no trou- ble. The Apache tribe, headed by ! their several blood-thirsty chiefs, were the cause of much fear among the eaI- ly white settlers.
 Never in the history of our country cid man have to contend with so formidable a foe as did the pioneer of Arizona. Harrassed on all sides by the relentless Apache, cut off from civilization by the desert plains of New Mexico and California. his was life of constant fear and privation; :; few men of determination against hordes of sayages. Ones thoughts reflectively turn back to the early rorizing was the Indian, so awful his days and nights when the pioneer scarcely knew what rest was, SO ter roriZing was the Indian, so awful the | depreciation. The graves of friends and relatives without number mean much to the Pioneer.
 They only who have shared their 1 hardships can ever understand it all. Each name no doubt recalls a scene of horror. Such were the Pioneers and their deeds shall not perish, but will live in spirit and speak to the | hearts of future generation.
 They are a fair example of what man will do for man if necessity demand it. The Pioneer schooled in the passive as well as the active rrs,-f ,l; a | self-control; learned the greatest les son that this life can teach-the cheerful readiness to "try again" Not alone, however, was the Indian | in his fearful work-the lawlessness and depradations of white men form ! a part of the early history of our territory. Some of our towns were | the scenes of most horrible crimes and unthinkable recklessness. The | story is told by an old resident of Arizona, that he once saw a group of | men standing on the street corner of ! one of our towns emptying the con- tents of their revolvers in practice upon the stovepipe of a woman's s | house., they knocked off shingles and occasionally made the stovepipe ring utterly indifferent to the feelings of | the terrorized woman inside.
 l These men were not molested by the officers, as such acts as this was not considered particularly lawless
 at that time. Hundreds of like in
 stances could be recalled of similar
 acts as this which happened in ou
 territory in years gone by.
 Only recently gentleman relatet the story of how he went into TOuh
 stone one morning in the early day
 and saw three dead men lying in tn street waiting for a cornOrer to viey
 the remains. Such were the cOndl
 tion of affairs in the Pioneer day.
 and such acts where formerly commit ted no such state of affairs exist 1T
 communities today. Throughout sr
 entire change has been brought abou l-where the crimes Of the Indian anC
 the white man were committed, tOdal
 we have our thriving cities-ghIcl
 have their churches and their school
 ard all other things which belonp
 to civilization.
 Where the staze-coach and thl
 burrOtrali crossed mountain and ray
 inc today the great iron hOrge wind; llH Whg NltH sNUhfSb EDts1s NNGft
 once could b6 seen naught but thS
 vigwam and thS adobe. today we
 have our massive brick nnd stone
 structures and our beautiful homes
 These mark the wonderful changes
 since ibs pioneer days. Many arc
 with us Etill. who have iabofsd haff
 And long t1 bring about thsss changes
 others have passed to the Great I;e
 yOnd ilttla knowing that ,bsir dfeafBi
 0f the future of our country were synf
 realized.
 I Today iB tbs towns may sliii b'
 noted tbs quaint eOlOring iafi bt tb' Oucs predominant Indian and Mexican
 element. ai the street corner. in th'
 shadow Of massive bBiIding. ofgHai, ss Inc squnw, spread before her [ wealth Of pottery Of Of baskets hhi own manufacture. which she dlspDssi of iO fbs Daiefacs. Down tba sifee comes the tramp N a military baHd
 marching tO ths strain Gf a gOusa'l march, every man aB Indian,
 II The pretty safke1ed seHDfiih viii
 her Mexican accent ls in evidence ii [ sa..