Show 91 iNATOlt FAIUS AVAClir HN hcnator loirs plan to corral the inur cJcrous Apaclics on Santa Cntnlann Iilnnd can onl > bo regarded at nn experiment ex-periment tho result of which must bo decided b > limo If adopted There hoVe been nmnj reasons urged of moro or less ogenc for und ngalnst the vropo sition but lIono of which maj ho regarded re-garded as decisive or irrefutable If lunnnnitj to Its whiles is the only question to bo considered all ot the argument Is In faor of tho island plan Snnti Citnlnna is of milllcicjiil area to furnish plcntj of clbon room for a band of BIU ages ot tlio number comprising the Apirlio tribe who are not do > cndont upon tho cliiso for thclr livoliliood It is of con enlent distance from tile inninhnd for tlio cconomie furnishing of supplies and for tIle maintenance of IllICit tocrn I incntil supervision as it would bo necessa rj to continue ocr them nnd jet distant enough 10 Insure ngalnst escape antI In ciir < ie miil fiiicli ns tho noble red men nio liable tn make penodlcallj from or dlniu loscrvations Tlio island can bo purchimd for a roisomblo sum and the trilio could bo Kept titers nt less cxi > enio to the Gmornmcnt nnd with greater safety to the whiles thannii whciii nn iso mauihud licther tins would not nnoHo liowoci severer punIshment l pun-Ishment to tho Apuclios J than even their murderous ndM would justih n Christian gocriimcnt in inlhcting Is a question upon which political economists and phil null II opistq will hardly bo able lo agree Cctlmnlj greater punishment could ho inflicted upon a race which for centuries has hcd almost oxclusi el > by thc ChIlS than to place them hero they would bu deb irrcd from allot their nccus tomod pursuits and pistimcs anil where thcr would 1o com cllcd to adopt customs cus-toms anti habits HO utterh nt Nan alice with those of their nccus tomed nomadic life The Apaches have 110 1 now lodge of 8M llslnng nnd it would require n generation at least to adapt them to that method as nu ncccs Son to their means of lichliood while ito island is adapted to grazing them is but little cultivatable land and tho inhabitants in-habitants could never to any extent turn their attention to agricultural pursuits pur-suits The might bo furnished with cattle but left to thcmscUcs without restraint but little headway would likely bo in ido in stock raising tIle number being more liable to diminish tItan in ircaso under their management The pioposition while evidently nn excellent Hchomo for tlio whites would in our opinion proNo exceeding hard for tile wards of f tho Nation |