Arizona citizen., 1876-02-12

o' "4A" ''A 'He oAHN'iC HOpC llldI lLc l. may exert some influence in the rigI |. way.
 l. Next but only secondary in impor [ ance, is the necessity for some prov sion to pay and maintain the Agent l Indian police force, to which the goy 5 ernment and public are indebted in very large degree, for the remarkabl ? discipline and good behavior of tn, b Indians. They number but twenty 1 three although twenty-five are author ], ized. They are taken from the severa tribes or bands, and while vigilant il hunting out offenders and never letting any escape, they have never abused then power or caused an innocent Indian tc
 be punished. These facts exert the most pleasing and beneficial as we'll as ] powerful influence upon the whole
 body of the Indians. These police men are as essential at San Carlos as
 are those in our cities and towns of any
 considerable size-as for instance in
 Washinglon-and they really are not
 only safeguards against violence but
 exert a wonderful influence in the cul
 tivation of upright conduct generally
 among all the Indians.
 The Apaches on the reserve are em
 braced ill three general divisions-thC
 San Carlos, composed of the Tontos,
 ArabaipaS and Finals; the Verdes
 made up of TontOs, MOhaves and Yu
 mas; the White Mountain, composed
 of Coyoteros.
 There are ten bands of the San Carlos
 three of whom are located from six to
 eight miles up the San Carlos on ex
 cellent lands, where they have a ditch
 of one mIle and can extend it several
 more, have plenty of water for one crop
 and most years for two, and wood is
 very plentiful; three bands are on the
 mesa by the agency; two are south of
 the mesa in the Gila valley; and two
 are about two miles down and in the
 Gila valley. They number 1050, and
 are cultivating about 400 acres, and like other divisions, would cultivate more 1 If they had more tools and seed. Els "
 kiminzin is their chief, with whom we had two long talks, going over much of the bloody past in which he figured so conspicuously. We could write a volume on what he said but must now write little. He misunderstood the citizens and thinks they misunderstood him or his desires; he thought war was wanted and he did not shrink from making it; he then never felt safe and ! lived hard, but now feels that neither citizen or government wants to fight him nor does h. them; he likes much better their present method of life and never wants to change it save to i'm prove it as they have commenced; he wants his young people educated as he understands our people are, so they can have their own interpreters and can read and know what is going on among Us and how we make the many things in the list of our useful manu- factures; he is especially pleased at the difference between their civil and mil itary tTeatment-the latter as a rule punishing promiscuOusly and the for mer only guilty ones; he labOrs with his own hands, running a blow as Amer jeans do; in short, his whole talk was one of satisfaction with the present rule, with great hopes of the future in the matters of acquiring an indepen- dence and having their children taught as are ours.
 The Verdes number 1400 and are located, viz: Mohaves and Tontos OnI north side of the Gila and west off the agency; the Yumas on south of theI Gila and about southwest of agency all of this division being some twoI miles from the agency. These Indians are now seeding 250 acres. "CharlieI Pan" is principal chief of the TOntos, Mohave Charlie" of the Mohaves, and Captain Snooks of the Yumas. They are all industrious and have dOneI an immense amount of labor. The Yu- mas and Mohaves have dug q ditch four and one-half miles in length, about four feet wide on the bottom and double on top, with an average depth of probably six feet. We doubt if citl- zens of Arizona can show like ditch cut as quickly and well, and it can bel extended at least four miles farther through rich lands. We had talk with Joe" of the Yumas, who speaks very good English, and he assured Us that there was no dissatisfaction at their management or location, but that 3 band of some twenty-seven, manifested little anxiety to return to the Cobra do, after thelr crops were harvested, but he feels sure that if the crops grow we'll, the disposition of these few toI leave will be less, ifnot wholly removed ;I that few did go to Maricopa on pass but returned and are quite content toI remain. He says all express entireI confidence in the impartiality and jus tice of the agent in all his dealings with them.
 The White Mountain Indians nun