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Show i VINCENT rOLYKR'S PEACE WIT II THE APACHES Wo hud a Ion;; telegram yesterday uiorninRirom hps Anclcs announcing j the arrival of Vincent Uo!yer, and giv-i giv-i ing his account of his doings in Arizo-1 Arizo-1 na. lie tells us that he met with suo-I suo-I cess in Arizona. At Camp Apache he J invited upon the reservations "all tlio 1 Indians who wished to bo at peace," I and nearly 400, including the principal i chiefs, camo in. They took presents of food and clothing, doolarcd that old ; feuds were at an end, and Eont out j messoDgera to prevent their brethren j from attacking (Jolyer's party in their J travels. Onhi.swayto Camp Grant j the Apaches came in scores to meet j Colyor, "many very bick," accepted 1 presents and medicine, and guvo no I trouble. Nearly 200 followed him to I Camp Grant, lie sent a messenger to tho Ton to Apaches to let them know that they could havo peace if they wished, and if their answer isf'avorablo they are to receive presents of food and clothing. JIc visited some of the Apacho Mohaves, established a reser-1 reser-1 vation for them, and gavo orders that they should be fed, clothed and otherwise other-wise eared for. Wo havo thus given the substance of Mr. Colyer's statement, state-ment, and these arc tho facts on which he announces that "ho has mot with success in Arizona," and conveys tho impression that pcaco is established. estab-lished. Wo attacli no importance to his success and have no faith in his peaco. If his flying trip should result re-sult in the pacification of the Apaches, he would deserve tho reputation of haviffg attained a success without parallel par-allel in the Indian affairs of the United Uni-ted States. He could truly say that ho came, saw and conquered. IIo made a Hying trip from east to west, through a territory -100 miles long, on tho meridian, and infested over the greater part of its aroa by savages who have for more than a hundred years been engaged in active nnd aggressive hostilities with the Spaniards, Mexicans Mexi-cans and Americans. Arizona is a mountainous region, and many of its vallcyp, so far as wc know, have never been visited by whito men. In their undisturbed fastnesses the Apache women, children and old men have remained unmolested, while the braves were out plundering the ranches and villages. They extended their incursions for hundreds of miles from their homes away to Ilermosillo and Alamo and misery and death ac- ' companied their raids. Mr. Colycr, ; as the telegram informs us, speaks highly of the general character of tho Apaches. That thoy are brave and crafty we do not doubt, but as to tho admirable qualities of their general character wc prefer lo remain in doubt a little longer. iS'tirt Francisco Alta. |