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Excerpt from Resume of Operations Against Apache Indians: 1882 to 1886 Sir: As the Chiricahua Apache campaign has ended with the surrender of Geronimo, Mangus, Natchez and Chihuahua, with their followers, and as the official reports connected therewith have been submitted and published, in view of my long service in connection with the troubles of which these Indians were the cause, I deem it proper to submit the following resume of operations in Arizona, for the information of the War Department, to be published and then placed on file, as a part of the history of our Indian troubles in that Territory. An experience obtained in eight years of sendee in Arizona enable- me to speak with a certain authority on this question, and justifies the forwarding of this paper on a subject which, during the past year, has attracted no small degree of public attention and interest. Upon assuming command of the Department of Arizona, in 1882, a careful and thorough investigation revealed the existence of anything but a satisfactory state of affairs. The Indians generally were sullen, and distrustful of all white men; many were on the verge of war, and some were in open hostilities. There was a general feeling of uneasiness among the whites, and the business interests of the Territory were paralyzed by the uncertainties of the situation. Since my departure from the Territory in 1875, its property interests had largely increased in value, and these interests and the lives of citizens engaged in peaceful pursuits, demanded protection. Such being the condition of affairs, it was therefore required of any line of policy adopted, that it be directed to the attainment of three main objects: - the maintenance of control over the Indians remaining on the reservations, the protection of life and property of citizens, and the subjugation of the hostiles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."