Bisbee daily review., 1910-03-13

On the 18th or OclODefs lSVaf thS4S the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes. For this specia, occasion, one of ahe most notable in the history of the new state. the government afford ed it's recognition by the granting Of permission for the vlsit of Geronimo the famous Apaches chief. and others of his band still surviving. to the dance
 To the great gathering the Indians came in autos and fine carriages.some of them in private cars. and there was held an event which signalized the close of the strife of the American In. dian against civilization.
 During the three days feasting and festivity. it was the good fortune Of the writer, through an interpreter. to interview the wrinkled Geronimo, since deceased. and obtain from him an expression of his feelings for the white conquerors of his people
 In substance he said: q am no longer an enemy of the white man.
 My only desire sto return to my mountains and plains and there end my days in the country which we once ruied. My one hope is that the gov ernment at Washington will permit me to pass my last days in the mounp aims and hills Of Arizona" Geronimo died in February. last year.
 How vividly the name of Geronimo recalls the days when Arizona was synonymous with Apache. How little can the pioneer Arizonian think of Geronimo as a bent aid brokeh old man whose plaintiye desire was for the assuaging of his homesickness, a man without gUi,e. without blood thirstiness. simply hungry for home
 Some day a delver into things his toric will write a history Of Apache domination in the territory. which will be more romantic than history of the Crusaders. He will go away back in to a time many centuries ago. wher tho peaceful and pastorol Aztec was the dweller of Arizona. He will tel how ahis Aztec was a cana builder. { home builder. how he tiled the fields until the fruitful and nourished val leys were alive with waving graiI and bands Of the tribesmen rosmed a will over the fields.
 Then, he will tell how mytholog! teaches that some where before Rich ard the Lion Heart had returned iron his crusade against Saladin in Pal estine. and three centuries before Col umbus discovered San Domingo. iron their fastnesses in the north ths Apaches swept down upon the civili zation of the south, murdered or drove out the Aztecs. and possessed them selves of the land.
 He will tell of the disposition and characteristics Of these Apaches What a contrast they were to the vic tins of their despoilingi Tall and athletic in build. fierce and painted o countenance. skilled in the sports o the chase, seekers after contention and strife. cruei cunning. crafty. treacherous. they slew ruthlessly anS with apparent impunity. Their de scent upon the pastoral Aztecs wa the coming of the wolf into the fold
 He will tell how the conquerors di' not even allow the conquered to til the lands as subjects. The Apache scorned the pursuits of peace and th' canals soon became drifts and thel mere depressions, filled in with th white sands of the deserts. The prin tive houses Of the aborigines wer allowed to ruin and decay. Ever videnceof industry and intelligenc slowly but sensibly disappeared forr the landscape except some more sta bIe ruins such as those at Gas Grande. which chancd to survive.