Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-05
Arizona. the Forty-eighth
Member of the Union
First True Exploration Of That
Section of America Was
In 1910.

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which flowed the tide of travel from
the eastern states to the gold fields OF
California.
Treacherous indians of Long Ago
When the white man first went to
Arizona there were approximately 40.
GOO Indians within the borders of the
territory. The principal tribes were
| the Navaios. Hopis. Wallapais. Cheme-
| hucvis. Havasupias. Mohaves, Pimas'
Muricopas, Yumas. Papagos AND
groups or divisions. The Navajos per
petrated several massacres in the ear
ly days. but it was not long before all
the Indians except the Apaches had
been subdued
Tricky and cruel. the Apaches held
out for many years against the in
roads Of the whites upon their ancien'
hunting grounds. Such leaders as Co
chise, Geronimo and NatcheZ led TIN
Apacl S against famous American gen
erals like Nelson A. Miles and George
Crook. A reward of $1,000 was once
offered for Apache Kid. but was nevel
claimed.
Up to 1874 the Indians terrorlzed
large sections of the territory and kept
out immigration and capital. In that
year all the Apaches that could be
rounded rp were placed on the San
Carlos r. ervation. 1t was supposed
| that an e..u lad been put to the Indian
trouble II raids in 1882 and 1SS'
shook the icing of security.
In the y"'r 1888 there were 25.000
Indians l.. y" territory occupying
lands reserv ed for .hem by the gener
al government. The government was
supporting about 5000 of them.
In 1882 the Chiricahua. White Noun
tain and San Carlos Apaches broke out
in open rebellion. On the morning Of
April 10 Loco's band broke out at San
Carlos and after killing the chief Of
police started up the valley of the ella.
killing at least sixty white settlers.
Then for six years Arizona was the
scene of Il merciless Indian war. In
1883 Geronimo became chief Of the
Apaches. He massacred settlers and
burned ranches almost at will. After
each raid he would escape to the noun.
tain Businesses Of Mexico, where the
. United States soldiers could not pursue
him. Finally permission was secured
from Mexico for soldiers to cross the
frontier in pursuit of the Indians. In
1883 Captain Lawton. serving under
General Nelson A. Miles. surrounded
Geronlmo's warriors and made them
prisoners. The whole tribe was taken
to Florida and later transferred to Fort
Sill, Okla. as prisoners of war.
Bad Men Lived There.
There Geronimo remained until his
death, three or four years ago, and the
remainder Of bis band is still there. All
desire to return to Arizona. and it is
possible that some time the government
may see fit to grant them their wish.
Today they are as peaceful and placid
as any Indians, having seen the folly
Of resisting the whites.
OF course there were bad men and
gun men in Arizona in her early days.
Stage and train robberies were by no
means uncommon and excited only
passing comment. Finally train rob-
berries became so frequent that in 1889
the penalty for that crime was fixed
at death. In the same year the legis-
lature passed law providing fine Of
$50 for any one carrying concealed
weapons.
1t was not until after the penalty for
train robbing had been fixed at death
that Arizona became really peaceful
Now there Is no train robbing any
more, and us the day of the stagecoach
is practically passed the stage robber
is extinct
Until 1907 everything was wide open
in Arizona. Gambling was unrestrain-
cd and, except where municipal laws
prevented, women and minors were al.
lowed in saloons. In that year the leg
islature responded to an urgent mes
sage from Governor Kibbey and to
pronounced public sentiment and pass.
ed a rigid anti-gambling law that clos
ed such games