Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-05

ReServattOn-Che Ditch a Failure
SeriOu, Charges of Malfeasanee -
Death of the Noted Old Chief, Del
Che-The suRord.Irushes Cores.
pOndence - Gov. Stafford Recalls
Hughes appointment as Attorney.
General.
PREseoTT, July 31.-The Miner pub
fishes letter from a correspondent at
Cerbat who has been visiting the Col
orado reservation, and who makes
some damaging revelations concern
ing its management. False musters
are charged upon Agent Tonner, who,
1t is alleged, induced large body of
Mojaves, who for ten years have been
supporting themselves, to visit his
reservation, where they were counted
with the other Indians so as to swell
the aggregate present to over eight
hundred
The ditch on the reserve is dead
failure; not one drop of water can
reach it from the Colorado, and the
head gate has never been opened,
Nearly one hundred thousand dollars
have already been used in digging 1t,
and twenty thousand more have been
asked for. Agent Tonner's statement
that the ditch is now almost ready for
use is denounced as falsehood.
A school-master, head-farmer and
other employees are borne on the rolls
and paid for doing nothing. No school
exists; the farm, so-called, consists of
an alfalfa grass-glot fifty feet square
In front of the Agents residence, which
is watered daily by the Indian chill
dren under the direction of the school
master.
Tonner is also charged with owning
ranch near the reserve to which the
finest cattle belonging to the Indians
are sent and marked with his brand;
all the best farming implements like
wise find their way there.
Indians are not half fed. Feeble old
squaws are compelled to earn living
by carrying bundles of hay often-times
weighing a hundred pounds many
miles to the reserve, where Tonner pays
them nominally fifty cents per diem
in two cups of flour. This hay is then
charged to the Government as having
cost $50 per ton gold.
The communication gives graphic
description of the way in which affairs
are carried on at the Colorado Reser-
vation, and is attracting much atten-
ton.
PRESCOTT, August !. - The Miner
says courier from the Verde Reser-
walton has brought news of the death
of old Del-che, the noted Apache
chief, whose name for many years has
been by-word and terror in north
ern and central Arizona. Ten or
twelve days ago he ventured to visit a
village of ronto Apaches on the Verde
Reservation, where he tried his ut
most to induce an outbreak; saying to
the Indians that they had better go
on the war path with him, than re-
main the Americans, who were soon
going to break up that Reservation
and move them of to barren desert
where the heat would speedily eXter-
ler being apprised of his presence
sent three trusty Apache scouts to fol-
low him back to the mountains and
ascertain the exact location of his
rancheria. 1t appears that these In
dians must have been discovered by
Del-che, whom they killed sooner
than let him escape. His scalp was
brought to the Verde on the 29th of
July, and was recognized by the In
dians there.
Late dispatches from Tucson give In
full the correspondence between Gov
ernor Stafford and Lewis &. Hughes,
notary public and Acknowledgement
for the Territory of Arizona. Mr..
Hughes has refused to deny or other
wise vindicate himself of the charges
made against him in connection with
Indian Agent Roberts. Governor
Stafford, having appointed Mr.. Hughes
notary public and Attorney-General
has recalled both appointments, con.
siderng himself in duty bound to re-
lieve from the public service any man
who would mix himself up with the
Indian ring in the manner charged,
The Governor letter is quite lengthy,
and he expresses his sentiments very
freely. This action is also backed up
by the prominent members of the bar
in Tucson, who have likewise taken
Mr.. Hughes to task, and have for
mally called upon him for an expla-
nation of the charges made against
him.
Wednesday morning Humphreys s