Arizona citizen., 1872-08-03

mules to see something of the roug ghness of this country.
 We passed the houses where two youn 2 men, who had taken out an acequia, had , recently been killed by the Indians since
 General Crooks return from Mcdowell, a
 month before. Sunday we spent the most of the day at Florence, where I met the : people as elsewhere.
 Monday. the 20th, we reached Camp Grant. On this day many people of Tue son, Americans and Mexicans, accompanied by the Governor and other officers, some
 nineteen Papagos, chiefs and principal men, forty Pimas and many Apacb es met at ! the crossing of the San Pedro. That night,
 for the first time, noticed an attempt to distur the kind relations between General
 Crook and myself, bat his frankness and
 Gods help prevented any rupture so desir able to a few bad men, who were bound
 there should be peace concluded between
 the parties present. no restoration of the
 children, and consequently no single step
 taken toward the saving of blOodshed. l
 will not go through the details of this oc
 casion and attempt to describe the perplex- ities and trials to which l was subjected,
 but simply record the results.
 F1rst-More than one thousand ADac hes
 who had been gradually gathered from their nomadic life upon this reservation, Arivipais, Finals, and few TOntOs. made formal peace with those whom they had been long at war, before which, meeting anywhere outside of military post, they would fire upon each other, so that such an affair as that Of the massacre" was possi ble, formal peace with the Papagos, the Pimas, with the Mexican and American citizens.
 They not only feel that they are at peace with all, but pledge themselves to help Gen erai Crook find those " ho are incorrigible. All the others present took the same obliga- ton, and it was universally agreed to sub seouently at the White Mountain reserva- | tion.
 The influence of these Indians is not con- | fined to the reservation. Almost imme- diately after the council, wild trites began to send in to see if they could not e re- ceived, and I believe, if your superintend. ent will follow up the work with assiduity, he may have the great majority of the In. dians permanently on the reservations be- fore six months.
 I do not recommend any cessation of hostilities on the part of General Crook toward those marauding parties who are luleStlDS tuO ou9 tudt, WILL a Sulll- cient escort, the superintendent go to the Indians near Verde and near Reno, and communicate with them. There are plenty at Grant and Apache and Date Creek who will help him look them up and explain to them what the Government wants them to do. It needs his personal communication to undeceive those who may be we'll dis posed If General Crook makes a success c..l of tho bod tt,o time also to be on hand to fix terms of per man ent peace. kind word to Miguel made man of him. Polone was conquered by the kind relief of an officer in his sick ness so that it is not the blows alone that bring men to reason.
 As to the conditions, or their wishes, which the Apaches desire me to comply with, the first, the restoration of the chil- dren. The citizens brought six of them, all we could find in Arizona the rest are declared to be in Mexico. l did decide that these six should be restored to the Apaches, but the District Attorney substantially ap- pealed from this decision, so that l decided | to placo them at the agency, under charge of good nurse and teacher, till the pleas- ure of the President should be made known concerning them. Their relatives aad the | Mexicans can freely visit them. The next day after the council father appeared and claim ed two of them. They acknowledged him, but l had promised to entertain the appeal, and prevailed on him to let them remain, though as father he was entitled to them, according to the admission of the District Attorney himself. indorsed ,also, the promise ot MT. Colyer to do all could to get back the children who have been sold into Mexico. For the details of this sub Ject see appendix. -.t
 The second point, the retention of Lieu tenant Whitman, had explained that no one could take him from the jurisdiction of the Co Tt, and that he belonged to the army, and his regiment was not ther9. Es- kiminzin did not press the point, but con- tented himself with expressing the favor- able opinion tn ey entertained of him.
 he third-A change of reservation. This granted, aboIishing the present at Grant and connecting both sides of the Gila, made an addition to the White Mountain Reservation, called it the San Carlos Division. The ground for the h. dians now at Grant 10 cultivate is along the San Carlos and the Gila, near their confluence. I may have taken in more territory southward than was needed. This you can cut off at any time after the re- moval of the Indians is effected if you deem it wise to do SO. (The order is in appendix.)
 The fourth point operates upon our side, viz: The desire for peace with tho Papa gos have already spoken of. Some doc- uments. which explain themselves, drawn