Arizona citizen., 1871-09-23
Arizona Citizen.
P1MACoUNTY, ARIZONA
Saturday. Sept. ga. 1871.

THE Colorado Chleftaln edltOrlaIly
 says that the Ute Indians from the Camarone and Coochatope reserva- tions, under the leadership of Canache and other chiefs, have assembled to the number of about three hundred on the upper Cuchara in Huerfano county, on and near the premises of Colonel J. M. Francisco. They pronounce themselves dissatisfied with their agents, and say they will not return to their reservations. The agents, the Utes say, have been doling out to them bran, or bran and shorts mixed, and that they have never received a pound of flour. These Indians have pitched their tents in the vicinity of settlers houses without regard to their interests, have turned their horses into grain fields, and complain if the old settlers permit their stock to be herded near them. Frequently in the night time they return to their camp "drunk and disorderly," and make the welkin ring with thelr war whoops, threaten ing vengeance upon all the whites. Insolent and defiant, they demand of the settlers whatever they want in the way of vegetables, meat, etc. If the settlers refuse them they threaten their destruction. How long will this continue? If something is not speedily done by the proper au- thorities, we may well be apprehensive that the scalping knife and rifle will soon commence their bloody work.
 It will be remembered that a few years ago before the transfer of the Indian agencies to the military, an universal cry went up that the agents were consistently and systematically swindling the Indians and therefore the outbreaks. President Grant, then General, recommended the change, and every honest expression encour- aged it, believing that it were better that the hand which was able and willing to punish offenders, should at the same time protect and assist the well behaved. The above news from Colorado is indicative that history will soon repeat itself on this subject, and it is probably best that it should do so. Instead of flour, the agents give "bran and shorts,' and this substitution of inferior for the intend ed and good articles purchased, extends to nearly the whole catalogue. The Indians not being fools, however great criminals, they will not remain quiet nor on reserves which they recognize as places where their professed friends deceive them and grow rich at their and governments expense. Not hav- ing the power to successfully retaliate on their agents, they do what they can and rob and murder the citizen. The citizen seeing his property destroyed and stolen and his friends killed, his native right of self-defense asserts itself, and then he is charged with bringing on tn Indian war. Verify the man who comes to the frontier where land is uncccupied only because he Is poor and desirous of honestly bettering his situation in life, has a rough time of it. The toiling citizen on the frontier seems to have few re- spected rights. He is urged to go to the frontier because he is poor, and when there he is accounted a barba- rian because he now and then asserts his natural right of self-defense. The Indian has the upper hand in Arizona to-day, and appearances indicate that he will have for many years to come.
 ARIZONA TRADE.-Messrs. Smith & Craigue, since the visit of MT. Craigue of that firm, to Arizona, have been doing a steadily increasing busi- ness in that Territory. Yesterday they shipped @ lot of wines and liquors weighing over 12,000 pounds to diff ferent firms doing business along the Yuma and Tucson road in Arizona. Messrs. Smith & Craigue deserve great credit for the enterprise displayed by II