20172. The Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory, May 10th, 1873. A Word of Caution. Today we are congradulating (article)

The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory May 10th, 1873 A Word of Caution. Today we are congradulating ourselves and the outside world, that the peace commission, headed by Gen. Crook, has resulted in getting the Indians, generally, upon reservations, and that so few acts of hostility have been committed this spring. It is well to rejoice over so great a change, but it is also well to relax no portion of the vigilance exercised in times past. There are Indians yet in the mountains, and those on the reservations are there, not because they like the situation, but because they are afraid of being killed, because they have been driven by the troops from one point to another, losing many of their warriors by the wayside, hurried along so that they had but little time to collect food, and no time to plant their usual crops. Hunger and fear drove them in. On the Verde reservation, last Monday, there were 1,187 Indians, and by this time the Apache-Mohaves from Date Creek have reachec there, and 1,600 redskins are now being fed at that reservation. But the redskins did not all leave Date Creek; as the last count at that post showed 592, and Lieut. Schuyler took only 360 of them to the Verde. The remainder, and they are the young braves of the tribe, are yet at large and refuse to go upon the Verde reservation, and will not until they get another lesson or two from Gen. Crook’s peace—makers. The Indians who are now eating government rations, may, at any time, make up a fighting party, and slip out to ravage the country. Their natural disposition is not changed, they are burning with hate and a desire for revenge for the death of their friends and relatives slain during the campaign. As the remnants of all the tribes in northern California and Nevada, in Oregon and Washington Territory, are reported to be showing symptoms of malice toward the whites, sympathy towards the Modocs, and a readiness to take the war path should Capt. Jack and his followers escape; so should any fight between the Apaches and the soldiers result in the success of the Indians, a circumstance not impossible or improbable, those now on rese rvations may take the field again, without a moments warning. Let all be prepared to meet them.