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Early from San Diego... Apaches to be moved to a reservation...
Early from San Diego... Apaches to be moved to a reservation...
Item # 699252
November 10, 1871
SAN DIEGO DAILY UNION, California, Nov. 10, 1871
* Apache Indians of Arizona
* Early Southern California
Very early from San Diego--a volume 2 issue--when the population was just 2300, with a nice engraving of the harbor in the masthead.
The front page has: "The Apache Indians" with subheads: "Gen, Schofield to Have Control of the Indians in Arizona--The Apaches to be Placed on Reservations".
This is a brief report noting in part: "Gen. Schofield will be placed in control of the Indians of Arizona & will be instructed to bring them in upon Reservations...If they leave to go on the war path they will be punished."
Four pages, 12 by 18 inches, printed on high-quality newsprint, very nice condition.
AI notes: In November 1871, the aftermath of the Camp Grant Massacre earlier that year continued to deeply affect Apache relations with the U.S. government and settlers in the Arizona Territory. The massacre had intensified violence and mistrust, prompting the U.S. military and Indian agents to push more strongly for the relocation of Apache groups onto reservations to control and pacify them. During this period, Apache leaders faced increasing pressure to surrender and accept life on reservations, while some bands continued resistance and raids in retaliation for the massacre and ongoing encroachment on their lands. The government’s policy was shifting decisively toward forced concentration of the Apaches, which would soon lead to the establishment of the San Carlos Reservation in early 1872. Military campaigns against hostile Apache groups increased in this tense environment, as the U.S. aimed to quell uprisings and enforce reservation boundaries, signaling a hardening stance that would define much of the Apache Wars in the years ahead.
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