Year: 1866



 On the night of the 30th of March cabin at the Willows, on the Mohaye road, in which Edward Glover, formerly of Prescott, was sleeping, was totally destroyed by fire, and Glover lost his life; his body being burnt to crisp. The story goes that Glover had lost his horses aud been engaged for day or two in hunting them, assisted by fiualapai h. dian. On the night in question, the night of the eclipse of the moon, when Glover retired to sleep in the cabin, the Indian was permitted Co sleep there also, and it is supposed that he first murdered Glover and then started the fire. This suspicion is strengthened by the evidence that all the arms and provisions had been moved from the cabin, and no traces of the Indian being found Two men en. camped near the cabin, thinking the Indians had gathered in numbers, were afraid to ven- ture there until daylight, and they started next day for Hardyylle. After day or two they, with Mir. Milton lIadlcy. O. Prescott, whom they met at the Cottonwoods and who had been living with Mr. Glover and was re- turning from hunting excursion, met tue trains of Messrs Miller and Bowers and re- turned with them. Hualapais lowered around their camp at night, but none came near until Tuesday following the fire, when Wauba- Yuma, the chief of the IIualapais, presented himself, bearing paper certifying to the treaty some time since made with him by NIT. Hardy. After consultation, it being the judgment of the party that the Huaapais meant to make war, and that the killing of Glover and the burning of his cabin was the commencement of hostiIlities, they deternin- ed to xiii Waui,a- Yama and hc was at once shot.

 While it is doubtless the fact that tue ac- tons ot the lualapais, or some of them, have of late been strange, and the fate of Glover is greatly to be deplored, and must be avenged, we think the conclusion that the tribe wish to wage war with the whites is premature, and that the killing of Wauba- Yuma will prove an unproftable step. If, after an appeal to him for the delivery of the supposed murderer and incendiary. he had not been given up, it might have been we'll to make aa example and to have taken Wan

 

 ba-Yuma as an hostage, and, perhaps, to have executed him, but te kill him in cold blood. before he had time to make an explanation. or to prove his innocence and readiness to aid in bringing the culprit to justice, was harsh, and, we fear, most imprudent measure It will exasPerate the Hualapais, and probably lead to an interruption of travel upon our  only practicable road Gin the absence of water on the La Paz road) to the Colorado

 While we have no love for Indians of any kind, and favor the most severe pnnisbment ol all who prove unfriendly, we cannot think 1t justifiable to unnecessarily provoke the hostility oi any. It would have been suffi- cient to have killed Wauba- Yuma if after due opportunity, he failed to clear his skirts and those ofhis people of the Glover tragedy. and it will be time enough to wage general war upon the Hualapais when they show disposition to wage such war upon us. To this writing we confess that we see no such disposition on their part, and we sincerely hope that trouble with them may be averted. We have our hands full with the Apacbe and until we make better beadway in sup 1 pressing him, we desire to be upon good terms with the other tribes, and especially with those between here and the Colorado. The beginning of war with the Hnalapais would doubtless excite the Yavapais and Mohayes, and while we might in the end ex- terminate them all, we should lose the imme- diate prospect of developing our mines and securing immigration, which is now our en- couragement. To add to our Indian difficult ties at this time would be the height of folly, and every thinking man and true friend of the Territory will do all that he can to prevent such a calamity.