Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-15

ef&a &Ac&aS0s NaSy game bp bACtt tCdth from gunshot wounds at the hands of hostile Indians.
 Again the people of Cochise County have been called upon to render through their representatives the yer dict of coroner's jury upon their murdered citizens, and again through its recommendations to appeal for that relief for which they have cried so long and in vain. From almost the same spot where but little time since the invalid Hardie met his death, come the bodies of the lates; victims of the San Carlos renegedes. The evidence in this inquest proves the assertions made by the coroners' jury in the Hardie case
 l. was claimed then, notwiehSIanii- ing the denial of the military author ities, bands of Indians were cons.anily rowing back and forth from the reser- yation to Mexico. This 1t proved by the fact that their camping pla.., was found, showing indisputable evidence of long and constant use.
 It was claimed that the Indian scouts employed by the army are constantly treacherous, deceiving their officers, supplying information, pro visions and ammunition to their hos tile brethern and n.time joining them in their raids. This is proven by the fact that an officer near the spot. when shown foot tracks by the set tiers was made to believe and asset that they were those of the scouts themselves.
 The murder of Hardie, the finding of the trail. the long-used camp, the failure of the scouts to find the hos tiles when in their vicinity and the killing of Robinson and Bridger prove undoubtedly that Indians are oil the reservation and hundreds of miles from it, and the ignorance of the au- thorities of the fact as well as proof Of their inability to remedy it.
 It is in evidence that both men are shot in the head, one in the exact middle of the forehead. Hardie was shot in the heart, evidence of skilled craftsmanship as well as possession of improved weapons.
 The last is the supreme mistake of the government in its dealings with the Indians. the first almost a crime. It is sought as the prime reason for the maintenance of the reservation system, to make of the Indian q tilier of the soil, to supply him with the implements and to teach him their use. In this vocation he has no use for the repeating rife, and yet it is permitted. He is mustered with the company Of scouts, drilled and taught the use of his weapons and all or the habits and methods of his guards, then mustered out to take to the war path and practice upon the settler the arts and skill the government has taught him, while his brother takes his place in the ranks drawing rations for both by presenting his tag, until he in turn takes to the warpa;h.
 Did ever civilization know such folly, such mistakes. such injustice? With a full knowledge of the sub ject, gained through years of contact with the Apache Indian question. and with the belief that it is our right to demand and the duty of the govern ment to accord a full and complete protection,
 We earnestly recommend that the Indians of Arizona be at once de- priyed of the possession and other means of obtaining fire arms and fixed ammunition. and that the system of enlisting the Indians as scouts be abolished.
 E. B. GAGE, foreman.
 G. ". CHENEY,
 MIKE GRAY,
 r. HARE,
 VIM. PLASTER,
 MAX MARKS,
 F. J. ROBERTS,
 J. W. BARTHOLOMEW,
 D. A MACNIEL.