Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-15

uSal III Iuture 10 reside AZ tne Agency,
hat you shall inform the Department Of
itn
Notwithstanding these specific instruc-
ion from the Commissions, |, at that
lime, forebore to report Nc. Archuleta
although he continued to neglect his duty
and disobey his institutions as absolutely
as he had formerly done. " supply the
deficiency in the service occasioued by
the conduct Of Mr.. Archulcta I was com
PEELED to appoint asub-Agent to transact
the business Of the Agency. From this
| had no escape. The Indians were to
be attended to and Mr.. ArchuletA would not
give them any attention. After the ap-
pointment of Sub Agent Pfeitfer notified
the Department of the appointment and in
the same letter, which bore date July 26,
1858, | made the following statement in
reference to Mr.. Archuleta's case.
81 will not now comment uponthe eff.
cheney of Agent Archuleta, He is the
only Mexican in the Territory holding of.
fee under the Federal Government and
our motives would doubtless be misun-
derstood by the natives here were W. to
criticse him too closely. When he has
had more experience in the service he
will doubtless be able to make himself
mora useful"
From this it wi Il be seen that Iexercis-
ed every possible indulgence tow4rds Mr.
Archuleta and even became his apologst,
before the Department for his official
delinquences My hopes, however, that
h would be able to make himself more
useful after having had more experience
were not realized. In no one important
case from that day until the time of his
suspension last summer has he complied
with the regulations of the Department OF
rendered the country any services for the
salary he has regularly drawn from tho
Treasury. ---- -7--s'--'@s-=--. = s=ss--'l
In order that my duties in regard to
this subject of Agents residing with then
tribes may be fully understood | will make
the following quotation from instructions
received by me from the Commissioner ol
Indians Affairs;
"SIR. lam instructed by the Secretary
of the Interior to require that the variou'
Indian Agents and sub-Agents should re
side with their respective tribes, anC
make, monthly, through their Snperinten
DENTS full reports Of their opera aticns anc
of the condition of their agencies, **'
The several Superintendent. of Indian
Affairs will make quarterly reports Of thu
conduct of the Agents and sub'Agents II
every respect within their respective Su
perintendencies" +"
1t will be seen that the conduct of MI
ArchuIeta was Of such nature that h
should have been reported to the Depart
ment more than two years ago, and ha'
/ it moi been that he was the only Mexical
in the Territory, holding office under the
United States Government he certainl,
would have been removed long since. N
Am erican, conducting himself as did Nj
A rchuleta, would have been permitted t
retain his position one moment after
had been ascertained that he was detel
mined not to comply with the regulation
Of the Department.
Without further notice Of the man
other neglects of duty of which Mr.. Al
chuleta W as guilty, | will now notice tn
circumstances connected with his suspeI
sion last July.
In consequence Of the inability of Dl
Steck to give proper attention to the Mes
calero Apaches in the neighborhood o
Fort Stantoni it became necessary for m
to send another Agent there last spring +
assist those Indians in planting and I
furnish them with supplies. His chic
duty was, however, to Superintend tn
planting, for DR., Steck had already er
tered into a contract with Mr., Beckweth fC
furnishing a sufficient quantity Of cor
meal to subsist them until the crops {
the season would mature. Hence on tn
goth of March 1860 detailed Mr.. Archl
leta for that duty and furnished him wit
the necessary instructions; at the sam
time requesting him to repair to Fol
Stanton with as little delay as possible
He, however, didnot start from Santa 7
until about the first Of April and did nc
arrive at the Fort Stanton until sboS
three weeks after that date : ltshoul