Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
DIPLOMACY
 PROVES VAL LIABLE IN THE EARLY DAYS

A c. Grossman of QuartZite has written the following extremely in teresting set of "reminiscences, which he has entitled Desert Diplomacy and How Valuable It Was in the Early Days"
 In the year 1886, with Geronimo and his band of Chiricahua Indians on the warpath in Cochise and Yuma counties, we came over from Tomb stone to Tucson while following our trade-that of a newspaper printer. Shortly after our arrival new priest for the church came. The Papago Indian tribe was at that time con- sidered one of the strong tribes of the country and was also counted among the peaceful tribes of the state, having always been relied upon by the white settlers. The Papago, in addition, was a great lover of his church and adored his priests.
 Upon his arrival at the Southern Pacific depot this priest was met by at least 1000 mounted Papago war riors, A carriage and white recep tion committee was also at the depot to meet him. As he stepped into tha carriage the Papagos formed a solid bodyguard around the carriage and d procession was formed which wound through the streets of Tucson to the church.
 It struck many of the citizens of Tucson as theys watched the process sion that the bodyguard included a fine, upstanding body of men and we well remember remarking:
 Thank God. the Papago Indian is a peaceable mani"
 Some months later the citizens of Tucson were reminded of the remark fnrnihlv a few of the old desert diplomats" Pima county today would have much larger graveyard than it now has. for the old time desert diplomacy and insistence upon a square deal for the Indian is what saved the day for the white man.
 The Quijotoa section was having a mining boom. It was 90 miles from Tucson. A desert metropolis, known as Logan. was springing up. Water was scarce, the price being g. to $3 for a 40 gallon barrel On the road was a we'll known spring which the Indians had always claimed as their own and had merely divided the Wa 1 ter with the white man who came i his way On the other hand the old | time white man had always respected the rights of the Indians. so that they were on good terms until the Quijo- i lod DOOul. A new SleItlenl lleIl en- tered Arizona and it was the white ! profiteer who was looking for profits regardless of consequences.
 Two white tenderfeet. on their way to the Quijotoa section, stopped al l the Papago water hole, and when they discovered the high prices that water was bringing on the desert l they selfishly decided that their for 1 tunes lay in jumping" the water hole and this they did They built Q 1 road station, put up a home made l windmill and started to sell water l and other necessaries. Even up tc l this time all went well with them but when they tried to make the Pa pagoes buy from the white man what 1 the Indian had known for hundreds | of years as his own tribal property 1 the natives rebelled. Fights an6 | quarrels were numerous, and while l the white settlers knew that the In dians were right, a number of then 1 seemed to think it was no affair O theirs and refused to interfere.
 One day the two alleged white own
 CTS were called away from the water | station by business elsewhere, and 1 two Papago Indians tore down tn
 windmill and threw it into the watel
 hole. When the white owners re
 turned they discovered the damage
 and had warrants sworn out in Tue
 son for the arrest of the Indians.
 The warrants were placed in tn
 hands of Sheriff Paul, brave off
 cer, but gruff and stubborn, wh'
 thought, seemingly. that man in hi
 position had no need of diplomacy
 He rode into the Papago camp am
 grabbing his two Indians, gave gruf
 command to accompany him-an'
 then ran into a snag The two In