Arizona citizen., 1871-04-08

the suryev to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by the within named George l.. Andrews.
 MT. H,rlan. I move to strike out all that part of the amendment which makes an appropriation. 1 do not re- memb Der where the phraseology begins; the Clerk will See.
 i The Presiding Officer. The Sena- tor from Iowa moves to amend the proposed amendment by striking out the appropriation.
 1 Mir. Hal Ian. 1 think we ought to authorize the extension of the bounda- Iies of this reservation; the lands will ! be needcd.
 Mir. Nye. Will not that give rise to an appropriation next year?
 Mir. Harlan. If it 50 should turn out that there ought to De an appro- priation made, we can have time to examine 1t and make it then. There Is no doubt about the propriety of the extension of the reservation.
 Mr. Buckingham. The amend ment of the Senator from Iowa Is to strike out all after the word Arizona Ill the fourteenth line.
 MT. Stewart. Let 1t be reported. l do not understand 1t.
 The Chief Clerk read the words proposed to be stricken out, as follows:
 And that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, from any money in the Treasury not other wise appropriated, the sum of S30, GOO, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to settle and pay for improvements made by twenty-five settlers now on lands included in the within described survey, a detailed report of which was made by Capt. F. E. Grossman, of the United States Army and special Indian agent, which report was transmitted with the survey to he Com missioner of Indian Affairs by the within named George l.. Andrews.
 MT. Cole. think I must move to lay that on the table.
 Mir. Buckingham. hope the Sen- ator will hear an explanation of it first.
 MT. Cole. Certainly.
 MT. Stewart. l hope he will hear an explanation on the other slde 1 happen to know something about that.
 The Presiding Officer. Does the Senator from California withdraw the motion?
 Mir. Cole. I will, for the mover to make an explanation of his amend ment.
 Mir. Buckingham. I will simply state that there has been set apart in Arizona for these tribes of Indians reservation of sixty-four thousand acres. The Interior Department and the Indian Bureau are perfectly satis- fled on inquiry and investigation, from reports which have been made, that this tract is not large enough for agri- cultural purposes, or for pasturage connected with these tribes of indians Therefore, the Secretary of the Inte- rior ordered a survey of lands adjoin- ing this reservation. That survey w.s made by an officer of the engineer corps. A report of that survey has been made, with a map and that re- port covers eighty-one thousand one hundred and forty acres, in addition to the sixty-four thousand which are already set aoart there. The Secre- tary of the Interior and all ia the De- partment are of opinion that this is essential, that i- Is necessary.
 Then, in regard to the rest of the amendment, 1 will say simply that there are twenty-five Mexicans and Americans on the territory which has been surveyed. There is particular account given of each man and of the improvements of each man; and in the estimation of the Secretary of the Interior 1t will require that amount to extinguish the title or pay for the inn provements on these lands.
 MT. Stewart. I happen to know something about this, and do not think there was ever a greater out rage committed by the Department, after men had settled on this land in good faith, and the Indians had plenty of land besides, to enlarge the reserva- tion and take in the settlements.
 The people of Arizona are punished more severely by this Government | than any other people. They are not allowed to fight the Indians on their own account, and the soldiers will net fight them for them. One half the have already been murder ed. Here are a few who have got on farms, and on account of some caprice the Indian reservation has been en-