Arizona citizen., 1872-05-25
THE TALK" AT GRANT.
Treaty of General O. o. Howard and Representative from the Pima and PapagO Indians with the Apache Indians at Grant.

Papago Indians with the Apache
 Indians at Grant.
 Soon after coming into Arizona, after he had travelled to some extent through the Territory and had gained some knowledge of the situation, Gen. Howard said he wanted to have 8 grand conference with Indians and citizens and then would decide upon definite plan to be adopted and policy to be pursued in settling the grievous Indian difficulties of Ari- zona, and maintain permanent peace. He sent word to the Apaches, as many as could be reached, in the neighbor- hood of Camp Grant, to meet him, in company with General Crook, Gov ernor Stafford, Superintendent Bendell and others, at Grant on the 21st inst. And he invited citizens and deputations from the Pima, Maricopa and Papago Indians-tribes at peace with the whites be present at and take part in, the conference. In response to this invitation, large number of American and Mexican citizens of the Territory, and representatives from the Pima and Papago Indians, commenced assem mbling at Camp Grant on the afternoon of the 20th and continued arriving all that afternoon and next morning. Generals Howard and Crook, the latter accompanied by his Aide, Lieutenant BOurke, arrived about noon of the same day. Her. man Bendell, Superintendent of h. dian Affairs in Arizona, and J. H. Stout, Agent of the Pima and Mari copa Indians, arrived soon after with a deputation of forty-two Pimas; among whom were twelve Chiefs, led by Antonio Azol, their head Chief. Dr. R. A. Wilbur, Agent of the Pa pago Indians, come in about the same time with fifteen members of this tribe; among these were two capitans; Francisco, one of them, being the head Chief of his tribe. Some few Apaches were coming and going during the afternoon.
 Among the citizens that came to be present at the conference were A. P. K. Stafford, Governor of Arizona; J.. E. McCaffry, U. s. District Attorney and Attorney General of the Terri tory; l. 0. Dickason, U. $. Marshal :; Samuel Hughes, Adjutant General of the Territory; H. Ott, Sheriff of Pima county; and many other prominent citizens-American and Mexican.
 All camped near together, citizens and Indians, on the banks of the San Pedro, a short distance below the military quarters, under some cotton wood trees. The first night in camp as we'll as that succeeding was remark ably quiet, considering the numbers and varied character of those assem- ! bled.
 Shortly after arriving General Howard sent for Es-ke-van-zin tor Es-cim-en-zeen) who is reputed to be the most influential Chief of the Apa- ches in Central Arizona-himself a Pinal, but exercising more or less con- trol over other tribes as well. Es-ke/ van-zin appeared, and the General told him that he had come as hs had promised, to have talk with him and his people, to learn their wants, and to tell them what the gov ernment proposed to do for them, etc. The General expected him and all the other Chiefs in this neighbor- hood, with their people, to meet him on the morrow, under some large wide spreading cottonwoods, that he point ed out, and there have the conference. The General told him that representa- tives from the Pimas and Papagos as we'll as Americans and Mexicans had come to make peace with them and bury old feuds, etc.
 Eskevanzin immediately objected to \ the place that the General pointed out flor holding the conference. He said lthat when the General was here be- fore he talked to them at the Agency house (about three miles above the camp); that the house was still there, and he wanted to talk where they had talked before. This he insisted upon. General Howard was inclined to con- sider it of little importance where the conference was held, so they were got together; but General Crook was of the opinion that the point should not be yielded to him that to make such a concession in the very beginning of the negotiations, though seemingly trihing in itself, would give them an