THE APACHES OF PARIS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 234, 26 September 1908, Page 4

THE APACHES OF PARIS

There lias been a. good deal lately in tlio papers about the Apaches, the armed .bandits of the Parisian suburbs, and many people have doubtless wondered as to tire derivation of the name.

The original Apaches were Indians, whose home was what is now Arizona and Sew Mexico. They were the fiercest and most untameable of all the red ■men, and the last to come under the domination of the United States Government. Their stubborn bravery excited the admiration of J'.lie Rectus, the popular French author, who wrote a book about them, it had a. tremendous vogue, and soon afterwards the term Apache began to be applied by the conservative classes of France to "those holding socialistic or communistic ideals. It was used at first as u term of reproach, but was -presently seized upon greedily by the militant Anarchists, who professed to ■'lory in it. Lastly, it came to mean much the same as the English word ■• hooligan." Other writers, it may be noted, are not in aceord with lleclus regarding the original Apaches of America. thai they were nomad hunters and brigands, cruel, savauc, and crafty, all are agreed. But, as regards their courage, opinions dill'er. .. , It cannot be denied, however, that they were never properly conquered by the' United -States troops sent against them. Either wore they exterminated. The usual plan adopted was tojiiirrouud them by cordons of troops, and pen them within ''reservations." But they continually broke bounds to go upon the warpath, with {rightful results to the whites, and eventually to themselves.

The last, of these concerted uprisings occurred in ISBU-7 in Southern An/.ona. General Miles was sent against them. They lied across the border into Souora, Mexico. Miles followed them with his troopers, thereby, of course, violating the territory of a friendly State. Blithe wiped out the Indians. Not one escaped. .Hen, women, and children alike were indiscriminately butchered.