New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-05

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were all Of them well clad ia both wooens and buck
skins They pofessed desire 70 be At peace and 90
left TO cultivate their grounds ami tend sner scocA
Some of them were anxious 70 rave an ace7h.5 ValA
for rrirstion and were looking about to find Mexican
who would 90 cut with them and d ect the work Ihsy
received presepte-among which were farming impie-
uepfs Each one Of them rode On with a spade over
bis shoulder and lots Of hoe irons hung rom t1eir SAD
die bows The whole number at lodges at Chusca v
lsiving from FIVE TO seven hundred souls as tne toI
Of this band
As none of this band unders.and any language but
their own they commaDcst ted with the superintendent
thrnuoh N.vsio of another band, who spoke Spanish
This red Interpreter man OF considerable shrewd
ness and information H. lives about five days journey
from Jemez, and spoke OF having ionnd gold not lar
from where he lives of which he had made some
bullets.
An interview between the indian Agent and the Tca
ra has been agreed upon for the @h at Pecoz little
settlement on the river OF that name, twenty hve miles
from this.
some difficulty has been apprehended in consequence
of determination expressed by number OF Nexcans
in Taos County to take possession OF come lands on
the Coueios tributary OF the Del Norse, which are
claimed by the Utahs settlement was attempted
there Ia 1888 which broken up by the Utshs; and
last wear a crop was made there By some Mexcans
who were allowed by the Indians gather their crops
but told that they could not be suffered to plant
again there.
The Mexicaps claim title to the lands under grant
come twenty years old | not precisely informed
what is the nature of this grant Such occurrences as
this suggest the importance Of settling such questions
without delay The Pueblo Indians complain of en-
croachments on their rights, and the Indebtedness of
the wild Indians boundary threatens 10 be a source OF
new mischief for New-Mexco There ought to be
commission to examine and report upon the land titles
of this country; Indian country should be deter
mined and the Pueblos should have special agent to
look sfer their All this should be done with
as little delay possible.
TIRE District Court for Santa re County, held by
Judge Mower in the absence of Judge Baker, Is
sitting here This county gives rise to much bush
ness in the Courts a. the balance Of the Territory
There old antterritorial docket to be disposed
Of The suits mostly contracts and commercial
paper have heard of of ejectrnent or any In
relation TO lands The criminal docket Is rather light
As the result OF Of the trials two Mexcans had each
tbiry.nine stripes administered the plaza In Rio
Arriba county with 10 900 inhabitants adjoining Santa
re County at the last Of the Court there were
only two civil suits docketed, and not an Indictment
found nor any matter for investigation by the Grand
jury As yet there il only one Mexican attorney who
has offered hisel for practice in the Courts OF the
Territory.
In the Zanda mountains, some forty miles southwest.
erly from this, Mr. Serafins Ramirez Is at work with
some twenty lead mine, which he believes to
be rich In silver So confident he OF its value,
that he made journey to Cihuahus, carrying speci
mems for analysis there. His trip to have been
satisfactory one, he engaged and brought III him
several miners from that State
Some eight miles out Of Santa Fe at the Arrayo stan
do several persons have been digging in abandoned
shaf which the ruins OF what appears to have
been Pueblo village. This Is doubtless an old mining
locality but in the of hundreds like it, scattered
its age arriving at any knowledge of its value
We have had some recent arrivals from Chihu ahua
with Mexican dry goods which have been quite
here They add to the deporebe of Northern
Mexico. The Apaches OF the Gila have ruined Sonora.
The Camanches have done the work in Chihuahua;
and having nearly succeeded in finishing Durango
spreading their ravages into Zacatecas where they have
appeared within two leagues of the Capital With the
exception of few among the Camanches who have of
late wears made their home in the Boson de Malpni,
the moet Of this tribe who carrying terror and de-
VISITATION countries large enough for empires, be-
long to the United States. The plea of starvation-of
pressure from another side &c which IL up for the
Indians may avail of the tribcs-but cannot with
any propriey be stretched to such depredatons
as these.
While upon this subject, may as well remark that
claims for ndemnities TO an immense amount, viii
be coming in upon Congress, from chihuahua, Du-
rsngo and New-Mexco as also, probably from Goa
hula Nueva-Leon and Tsmsulipas have seen papers
setting forth claims for damages in Eew.Mexco which
are laid at S30O000 The regulate trade and in
tercourse with the Indian tribes declares that if any In
United States pass from the Indian country into any
State Terro ry and there steal destroy any prop
erty belonging any inhsbant Of the United States
the United States guarantee 10 the party so injured
eventual ndemnifcatiop." Our treaty with the Navs-
joes made in September l649 and recently its
stipuations carried out on part showing upon
Me record that the Navaoes, who have committed the
depradations have been in amity" with since that
time The provision guaranteeing indemnity was by
the 18th article Of the Treaty OF Guadalupe Hdago
extended Mexcans against damages suffered from
tribes living in the United States Whether Congress
can or will attempt TO escape from reciamaions from
that quarter upon the plea that the Camanches have not
been in amity with the United States, remains to be
seen