Arizona citizen., 1875-09-18
LETTER FROM AGENT CLUM.
Some Statements for the OppO. nents and Friends of Agent Cum to Consideration Declarations by a Straightforward Officer.
OFFICE U. $. INDIAN AGENT,

SAN CARLOS, ARIZONA, Sept. 1, 1875
 My DEAR FRIEND: The able anC
 constant defense you have made in my
 behalf during my short residence il Arizona, certainly evinces hearty
 friendship on your part and determin
 atiOn to sustain what you believe to bC
 right. need not say that 1 appreciate
 well all that you have done. l do anC the more deeply, since 1 know yoI would willingly expose me-as yOl r1Sss1zHiustly done others-shOuld l bC
 guilty of incompetency, neglect Tor fraud I will not deny that 1 an ambitious; and had 1 not believed could gratify that ambition in a meas ure here, never should have accepted the San Carlos Agency. Fraud, hos tility, and murder mingled in the clOuC that hung over San Carlos. The Ind ians then here were looked upon as treacherous and incorrigible-a tribe to be watched and feared-but not to be controlled except by the bullet I And when men like Gov. Mccormick and Commissioner Smith said "yOu can't" then determined at once to do or die" And 1 now pledge you my honor that It was this purpose and no other that led me to San Carlos-a de termination to bring order, peace and safety where before were derangement, disunion and uncertainty; and to do this against all OppositiOn-nOt for pay but for the name. Now for evidence as to whether have labored for money or for success, you and the public are invited to examine my records and my actions.
 1 After the military opposition was disposed of at San Carlos, my conquest over these Indians was an easy one. Any honest and fearless man, (and only "honest " men are fearless,) could have done as much An Indian is human, and all he asks or expects is justice. I have not controlled the Ind ians so much as 1 have compelled them to control themselves, and this has been done by organizing the same offices and officers as are instituted 10 govern civilized communities.
 The removal of the Rio Verde Ind ians was an affair in which 1 had no part. After they were left under my care, it became my duty at once to con- trol them. To obtain such control was somewhat difficult and dangerous, yet it proved but short task-a week of uncertainty and hostile demonstra- tions, and then our Verde friends were as willing to be controlled as the old San Carlos Apaches.
 The Camp Apache Agency was a charge I had never sought nor desired had had trouble enough, had said and done enough desperate things, had detied and conquered to my hearts con- tent, and the order from the Hon. Commissioner was both unlocked for and unwelcOme. Should I refuse to comply with these instructions of the Department, I could assign no other reason than that 1 had not the heart to undertake what I knew would be so full of trouble and danger. This l could not acknC wledge, and so l un- dertook the new task and performed my duties with a firmness that Capt. Ogilhy with his four companies could not move. When the emergencies of the service required it, 1 undertook the long and tedious journey to Wash ington. There l made plain statements, and as they are not secrets you can judge of their truthfulness.
 The removal of the Camp Apache Indians to some portion of this reser- vation, have always advocated, and Commissioner Smith was of the same opinion, viz: That it was the interest of the Territory, the Indians and the Department that the removal should be made. I returned with orders to re- move them; and as all my movements have been open, there was nothing secret in this. I explained my orders and intentions to both Indians and military, and notwithstanding the strong Oppo- sition, in four days after my arrival at camp Apache, left for the Gila with five-sixths of the people (ffteen out of eighteen chiefs)
 Thus hastily we have passed over the work of year-a year in which l have fought with might for the Ind ians and for peace; and l leave San Carlos as it now is, to the merchants, contractors, the military, and the De partment with which my business has been, to produce the evidence as to whether or not I have ever for money, from fear, or any other cause,) ceded one point when the interests of the Indians or the service were at stake.
 Now we come to the issues of the livingRresent. It is claimed that the Indians were forced to leave their old home at Camp Apache, but no one will attempt to prove that 1 used force or threats of any kind. The chiefs all consented to cOme-came of their own free will; and had not Patone and Dia- bio been Indian scouts, 1 have no doubt they would have come at the same time. Capt. Ogilby claims that