Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-06-17
The End of Chirieahua.

icling this week, the accomplishment
of the removal of the majority Of tn,
Chiricahua Indians to the San Carlo.
reservation and the practical abolition
of what has been the most disgracefu
and criminal Indian management thai
has ever cursed Arizona Chiricahua
is no more, and it only remains for the
proper authorities to bring T. J JEFF
fords, and all who can be shown TO be
in any way connected with him to
speedy trial and certain condemnation
As anticipated, in our account last
week Of the grand council held by
General Kautz with the principal
chief of the Chiricahua Indians. Taxa
and the other chiefs according to prom
Use brought their followers into Camp
Bowie on Sunday, and on Monday
Agent Cium took charge of and started
on the road to San Carlos 500 Chirica-
hua Indians, men, women and children.
These were followed at a convenient
distance by a military force, under
General Cakes, consisting of three
companies of cavalry, TO act in case Of
emergency. As Agent Clnrr, oonai7cIs
that there is no danger of any Difficult
ty with the moving Indians other than
his San Carlos police can fully cope
with, orders were given to General
Oakes' force TO continue on their course
but upon their arrival at Point Of
Mountain, to leave the Indians and
themselves return TO their quarters
at Lowell The other United States
forces under Majors Compton and
BraYton have been called in from their
several locations surrounding the res
ervatiOn, and ordered to their proper
stations at Camps Apache and Grant
There will be two companies of Cav
airy left at Bowie, as before the trou-
bic, and scouting parties from these
companies will be sent at frequent in
tervals over the reservation, to punish
any struggling renegades who may
put in an appearance.
Thus without the shedding of drop
OF blood, except by the Indians them
selves in an impromptu side fight, and
with none of those narrowing and dis F.
astrous consequences so freely predict
ed by interested parties, the removal of.
the Chiricahua Indians to San Carlos
has been accomplished. This bencf-
cent result may be attributed, to an ex-i
tent, to the good disposition shown by
the Cachise boys and some other chiefs .
and also to the effects of the little free
fight among the Indians, but the large
display of military force by General
Kautz and his iudicious placing of the
same, were the prime influences in
this peaceable removal.
As but 800 Indians have gone to San
Carlos and as Agent Jefiords in his /,
last report to the Indian commissioner. .
rates the number of his Indians At g65.
men, women and children, and as upon .
close questioning this same man JEFF
fords cannot intelligently place over
800 Chiricahua Indians, more or less.
it will become an interesting question {
TO find out whether there ever were q,
over 800, and if so what has become of !
them. Careful searching and inquiry h
on the reservation at the time of the !
removal Of the Indians, developed the n
following facts: There were 800 in the :
party going TO San Carlos; there was a r.
body Of 20 or 30 Indians under Gordo. ~
who separated from the other Indians ..
It the time of the late disturbance and
vent over into New Mexico, where -,
hey have since remained; the ONLY =,
'thers of whom any definite informa- ;
ion can be obtained are three Indians
belonging to the southern Chiricahuas. =
Inder the chief " Who" these three
re HeronOmo, Cacariza and the great -,
Who" himself These three fled 10
sonora upon the attempt at removal ,,
nd are probably there yet With the !,
reception of the above mentioned Ind :,
ans and the few who were killed IN h,
he late fight, it Is difficult to distinctly II
lace any Chiricahua Indians. JEFF n,
'rds tells loosely and wildly Of the d
reat b. nd of some 200 more or less
lulhern Chiricahua Apaches. Ii is =,
oubtful if such exist. But allow that -
icy do exist; that 200 more or less. -
the only additional body that even >.
he imaginative Jeifords can place. =,
nd added TO our figures of live Ind -,
ms, make the total number Of Chiri- -,
ahua Apaches fall very far short Of 965. n.
las ex-Agent T. J. Jeffords. of the =,
hiricahua Indian agency been feed !,
lg some 500 Indians on paper, !,
As to cleaning up Of the remnants .
n the disgraceful Chiricahua reserva- n
on, and the initiation of the Ind ;.
ms upon their San Carlos life, we can -,
My watch with interest the gradual -
rogress of events and hope for the .,
est The worst is now over. If -.
here are any struggling Indians =,
round the Chiricahua reservation. we !.
ave no doubt the military officers at -
bowie will avail themselves of any -.
nance which may offer of doing -
themselves credit and the public great
ervice.