Year: 1871

over to the knife and tOmahaWk With this state of facts, will any American heart wonder that 8 vail of woe and disappointment goes forth from this suffering people!

 CoLYER DODGIfG THE WHITES.

 MT. Colyer passed mostly through the uninhabited portions of the Terri tory, and did not seek, and evidently did not desire to, gather information, except upon the Indian side of the question. He seemed to ignore the fact that the people of this Territory were citizens of the United States and had struggled in poverty many long years ohold possession of the country :; and he probably does not know and perhaps does not care that nearly every house ln the Territory is a house of mourning for some loved one whom these savages have murdered, and in some cases tortured, and that large majority of those who survive are in rags and poverty in consequence of robbGies that have Deen inflicted on them. I should have been glad to have met him and pleaded with him, in the light of all Aormer experiences, to not again place the poor, suffering settlers of this Territory under the heel of the savage Apache, which General Crook had just commenced to raise; but he treated with silent contempt every overture of friendly cooperation extended by both officials and citizens, and, in nasty trip through Arizona, arrogated to himself more knowledge on the Apache ques- tion than all those who have made it 8 study during the past twenty years by practical observation and ex- perience. He now reports that he has made a peace, and that everything is lovely, with this record staring us in the face. If he were compelled to drink a portion of the hemlock he is pressing to our lips, and then did not complain, would at least give him credit for sincerity.

 THE CHARACTER OF GOLFERS PEACE.

 The truth Is he has made no peace He has briDed a few hundred un- repentent Indians to come once in five days to certain posts and draw rations and clothes, and then go away unrestrained. During the following five days they can depredate as much as they please, and If they succeed in encircling their belts with white scalps during the time, the great fathers food and raiment Is given them just the same. If 1t has been impossible for them to complete their raid upon the settlements between the ration days, then all the incon- venience they will suffer will be to wait until the next ration day.

 It may be thought that this is over drawn, but if any are incredulous, all they will have to do to be assured, will be to write to Captain Frank Stan wood, now in command of Camp Grant. No one is deserving any good credit for making this kind of peace The wickedest ma1 in New York, armed and supplied as MT. Colyer was, could have done as we'll as he. There Is not citizen of Arlzona who cannot bribe his way through the country, if the Government will pro- vide him with the slme facilities MT. Colyer was provided with; but unfor- tunately, we neither have money nor goods, nor can We be provided with ample escorts, and when we travel we are compelled to do so at the peril of our lives. It Is evident to the people of Arizona from sad, practical, every day experience, that there is no peace, and 1t must be apparent to every thinking mind that the Colyer policy will never lead to peace.

 And now let us examine for a moment the policy adopted by Gen eral Crook. He proposed to arm In dians against Indians, not for the purpose of torture or brutality, but simply to receive the assistance of those who professed friendship to compel those at war to lay down their arms.

 IMPORTANCE OF INDIAN ALLIES.

 It may be said that the United States Government IS strong enough to conquer Indians without receiving aid. That may all be 50, but it has tried for many years to conquer the Apaches, and are apparently as far from 1t to-day as ever. It Is not in the numbers or fighting forces that make their cooperation so valuable, but 1t Is in the fact that they are familiar with every foot of the country, the hahitS hauntS Sinns and SiOnalS of |