The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-01-18

 owie at DragOon Sptings, in council with A achisc and ten of his captains, set apart { Ii 'hat have tlcnouinatcd tho "Chuicshua s situatcd in the southeast cor. ( CT of the Territory of Arizona. serd y"n sketch, with this report, showing the il ounlnrics proposed. lbc headquarters oi h" agency were established temporarily at ( 'ulyhur Sprjngs; Mr. Thoma, J. Jcilerd- laic the special agent, su'icct 10 approval, | ud provision made for necessary supplies for ix,y days. With view of reducing the { iniuc pto,orii n of land occupied after thl, Jy the Iudians, 1 issued an order to abolish ,il that portion of the White Mountain res- rryation lying suIth of a iInc parallel io the Rio Gila and fifteen mile. below it. This opens up a, tl.c land available for cul,iva. ton on the san Pedro and Arriyipai rivers, and riJ> n. of the pest'eutal region ot Camp Grant. 1 gave ill January ], l0'", to carry th, order into effect.
 \ similar order was ,>,,icd abol>Cng Me | Dowpll. Date Creek. and Bral Sprng- D, In dian reservations or India. feeding posts. deemed it vastly better fpE the Indians [" have fewer resctvatipifs..
 The MOhavc Apaches ran elect between ,hc Colorado and fine Verde reservation whenever they ,hali make peace with Gen crai Crook. The Tonto Apaches can elect between the White Mountain and the Verde reservations.
 These changes contemplated in the order are >ct forth in accompanying sketches. NIT Mccormick, the Delegate in Congress from hriz3na, with whom had an interview, rC- commend, further reduction of the Verde reservation before the metcs and bounds are finally fixed. This recommendation Is in the inteycs, of several ranchers m Chino valley.
 III lao fp fhp interest, of the Indians in any particular, l heartily concur in the proposed reduction. Mr. Mccormick proposed to scnd d sketch showing the boundaries, the present and the proposed. as soon as possible.
 The Pima chiefs have postponed their visit to the Indian Territory until tbc early spring; l thi, was owing to the unforeseen delays in getting ready this fall They wish Mir. Stout. their agent. To gO with them, and recom- mend it.
 1 1 concurred in the recommendation of MT Stout. indOrsed by the superintendent and Nr. Mccormick, tu General Crook asking | him to place a small force at Florence. The presence of force would prevent the ire qucut dcprcdations SD bitterly complained of | l call your special attention again tu the | papngocs in the vicinity of San Xavier del ! Bac. The sqatters begin to narrow their l limits, and To take ground which the Indians i bong have planted. There are but three rem cJies that can think of-a reservation, re- mp,al, or citizenship
 l The agent urges a reservation, specifying ! the limits, and | certainly concur in this rec ommendat0n as things now are. ! Now, permit me 10 give my convictions a, to the best method oi speedily settling the difficulties in Arizona and New Mexico: ! l. That the society which nominates the agents for Arizona be permitted to nominate also the Superintendent. They need man | in tull sympathy with themselves, one who | believes in the possibility of ci,iizng the ! Indian, and a man of decided ability. l rec ommend that Dr. Bendell, whom l have ! fluHd to be- so far as my observation goes, honest. active. and systematic in the eXecu- | tion of tue trusts imposed upon him, be trans ! terrel to T field cOnsOaant with his special ! fitness.
 l ? recommend that the President change the eastern boundary of the department ot 1 Arizona as to embrace Camp Apache and l Camp Bowie in the district of Now Mexico, relieving the troops at these two posts by two or three companies from New Mexico {; and that the Indian reservations, viz, the
 White Mountain and ChiTcahul be attached
 to the New Mexico superintendency.
 Great care should be taken in selecting the officers for Camp Apache and Camp Bowie. As general rule the Indian, do not wish
 any force Ipon their reservations, and they
 Obtancl promise from me tO submit thcir request for the removal of the troops. Or course 1 cannot recommend i, certainly not
 ill peace shall b. sure, yet l do deprccate
 the multtudinous complaints and difficulties
 that grow out of contact with the soIdiery.
 Ny recommendation of q reduction of the
 department of Arizona will enable General Crook to place four or five companies in the
 vicinity uf finrcuce or tucson to cnabc him
 10 bring the different wild tnbcs 10 submis-
 sion.
 At last account. he was operating in the
 north against the Hohavc Apaches and If the f prevailing Arizona theory Is 2 truc one these
 Indian, will nsbc thoroughly conrucrgd and ready for the tivilizing influences otyour Department on reservations set apart for
 them He will probably next pass into the
 TOnto Basin and conquer the TOn,o Apachcs. Then he will be prepared to proceed against the depredating Indians south and east of Tucson.
 From what Cachise told me l do not be
 ljeye that all the wild Indians in that vicinity will come under his control. There are some fifty men, without families, who are complete outlaws. who have run away from friendly and reservation Indians. I, is evident that these Indians are the most desperate and diff.
 iicult to control. did not fad single Mo have pr TOnto Apache in Cachise's camp.
 Their intermasfiage seems 10 be mostly wsth
 the CoyOtero'- or Miemb;e's Apacbcs. Tn dealing with matters in Arizona wc
 have been nuder error in regarding Inc
 Apaches one people, as those that hare spoken of speak substantially d;ileren, Ian.
 guages, and iive hundreds of mics apart. The , comman ing General and Superintendent oi
 indian Affairs will be obliged to deal with , them separately.
 recommend that Sir. Thomas j. Jef'trd. be couiirmed as speciAi agent, Icing required .o furnish the usual bond for faithful execu ton of bis trust and that he be allowed the usual employees. Should stranger bc seoi , there fear the consequences would be disss trous, as tachisc and his people have long ! known Mr. Jeilerfs, and have full cnnfiIencC in him. This is the only eSceptioD would