20173. The Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory, May 17th, 1873. Our Peace Prospects. (article)

The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory May 17th, 1873 Our Peace Prospects. Then, again, it is a well known fact that Date Creek Indians hoarded up rations and stored them in the mountains to be prep ared for any emergency. Here is the undeniable proof; when the Apache-Mohaves were to be removed from Date Creek to the Verde, they were led to believe until a day or two before they started, that they would have to carry with them in the best way they could, whatever they wished to take, and they made their coll ection of baggage very small, and clamored for transportation, but when Capt. Price hired wagons to carry their stuff, and told them to take all they had, they went out into the mountains and brought in quantities of plunder, such as none but Indians would move a rod; and also hundreds of pounds of flour, jerked beef, and other rations which had been issued to them at the post, and had been safely stored away by the wily wretches, for time of need. Can any one doubt that Jemaspie and his band, who refused to go with the rest to the Verde, were well provided with rations similarly hoarded up? Is it not reasonable to suppose that after a season of rest and time for accumulation of food, the red- skinned devils will be restless and anxious to steal a few head of stock, kill a few settlers and travellers, and have an old- fashioned war dance or two? Knowing that the force that whipped them into peace has been taken away north to fight other Indians, will they not be more likely to make the war-path than if that force were still here and watching them? Let no one who is exposed, flatter himself for an instant, that he is safe. Let no one outside of Arizona, suppose that our Apache troubles are over, until time has demonstrated the fact that the fighting fostered in Apache veins for 300 years, has been whipped out of those now living, by this last campaign, the only one in which the Apache nation was ever whipped. Do not infer that the Miner has suddenly turned from joy over the surrender of 4,000 Apaches, to fear of them while they are at peace, but only that the possibilities and probabilities of the immediate future deserve careful attention.

20167. The Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory, May 3rd, 1873. Indian Items. We learn that since Sunday... (article)

The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory May 3rd, 1873 Indian Items. We learn that since Sunday, the 27th ult., more than 200 Indians have left the Date Creek reservation. The removal of all the Indians from Date Creek to the Verde reservation, had been determined on, and many of them refused to go. Their removal was to commence May 1st, and Jemaspie and his band skedaddled. It is conjectured that they may have gone to the Colorado reservation, where some of them have had a residence before. Some of these high-toned Apache-Mohaves say they will fight before they will go to the Verde. Let them sail in; the quicker they make a fight the sooner we shall get rid of the wretches, and it makes no difference where they start from. Some of them are sure to break out from any reservation they may go to, sooner or later. Just as we go to press, an officer from Fort Whipple informs us that the Indians, to the number of 400 to 450, started quietly on Thursday for the Verde reservation. Lieut. Schuyler, with a detachment of 25 men, is escorting the party. Some of Jemaspie’s band had returned and are with the party. About 100 are supposed to be in the mountains, and as Capt. McGregor is in that section with his company, the Indians will be likely to see trouble unless they keep quiet.

20166. The Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory, April 26th, 1873. In the direction of Camp Date Creek, (article)

The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory April 26th, 1873 In the direction of Camp Date Creek, there is observable a small dark cloud. Some of the Indians of that feeding post have not, as Judge Cartter would say, been ‘educated,’ and they actually refuse to go upon the Verde reservation. Gen. Crook made a rapid horse-back ride to Date Creek and back this week. While there, we learn from Mr. Frank Murray, of Date Creek, that Crook spoke very plainly to the Indians, giving them good advice, which they had better follow. Jemaspie and Ochocama- two principal chiefs- said they would not go to the Verde, but they will have to go there or take to the mountains, in which latter case, they will be very apt to meet bands of Crook’s white and red soldiers, who are, just now, “all fixed” for soothing the breasts of such murderous savages as Ochocama and his followers, whose excuses for not wishing to go to a place where, in a short time, they would be self sustaining and happy in the possession of prope rty, was that they did not like to leave the home of their childhood, and go among strange Indians, who, they alleged, would steal and blame it upon them (the Date Creeks.) Again, if they went to the Verde, their squaws would bewitch the men of the tribe. This reasoning will not serve their purpose. About the first of May is fixed for their departure, and both Indian and military officers have already made the necessary arrangements for their removal.

20021. The Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory, September 21st, 1872. The Date Creek Affair. (article)

The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory September 21st, 1872 The Date Creek Affair. We last week gave an account of the massacre of stage passengers, by Indians, near Wickenburg, several months ago, and of the successful efforts of General Crook to ferret out the murderers and robbers, which efforts, we explained, led the General to CaMp Date Creek, for the purpose of arresting such of the guilty savages as might there be found, and of turning them over to the civil authorities for trial. We also stated how the Indians resisted arrest, by stabbing the first soldier who, according to orders, attempted to make an arrest, which action of theirs was immediately followed by indiscriminate shooting between Whites and Indians. Well Gen. Crook returned to Fort Whipple, but had scarcely arrived when a despatch from Dr. Williams, Indian Agent at Date Creek, was received by him, the tenor of which was that Jemaspie, Chief of the Apache-Yumas, with between 80 and 100 of his people, had returned to the reservation, professing friendship for the Whites and a desire for peace. Away went Crook to Date Creek. Upon arriving there, the Indians were not then prepared to talk, owing to the fact that the wife of one of their principal chiefs was sick. The morning of the third day after his arrival, a council was held, the Indians agreeing to stay upon the reserve; to report the fact to their Agent whenever bad Indians came among them; to help the Whites chastise bad Indians, should they be called upon to do so, and to aid the authorities in bringing those Indians who had murdered the stage passengers to justice. This being all the General desired the Apache-Yumas to do, he promised, on the part of the Government, to do everything necessary for there welfare, so long as they would live up to their agreement, and assured them that their past misdeeds should be forgiven. Having heard that they intended to take the life of the friendly Mohave chief- Irataba- he warned them not to do so, and explained that Irataba was not the first person who had informed upon the murderers, after which Crook started for this place, and is now organizing a force of soldiers and friendly Indians to operate against the Apache-Mohaves and all other bad Indians.