Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-06-06
Arizona Items.
[From the Citizen May 7th.]

The fields of the valley are white
with the the harvest and some of the
reapers have already put in their
sickles. And now shall the gentle
Papago Ruths go whittier their lords
go and gather much harvest and get
heap fat on their ribs.
At the opening of bids for the con-
struction of Government buildings at
Camp Grant last week, we are In
formed that the contract was awarded
to Mr.. P. B. Brannen, whose bid was
very little short of SIS 900, and the
contractor TO have the aid of q certain
number of enlisted men.
Yesterday the clouds drifted up
from all sides and IN the mountains
around there were considerable thun.
der showers, but no rain reached the
town. The rumbl, ng and rolling of
the thunder was very pleasant to hear
as being prophetic of the approach
ing Summer rainy season. That the
heavens may open in due time and
the rains descend abundantly, Is the
prayer of all.
On the 24th,. Tully, Ochoa & Co.
shipped l6. .024 pounds of wool by Ap-
pePs train and Is, $50 pounds by Sam
aniego's train, to go East via Santa
Fo to railroad connection. This nice
total of 1854 pounds of wool in one
shipment gives little idea Of what
the sheep interest is now and is likely
to become in this vicinity.
The appointment of Mr.. Sweeney as
agent of the San Carlos Indian reser-
walton is believed to be a good one.
Mr.. Sweeney has been for some time
connected with Agent J. P. Clum In
the management of the reservation,
possesses the confidence of the latter,
understands and is in full accord and
sympathy with the policy which has
made the San Carlos reservation what
it is, and it is believed and hoped that
he will continue the good work In the
good old way.
Agent J. P. Clum arrived from Grant
on Monday. He preceded by couple
of days the arrival of detachment Of
San Carlos Apache soldiers who arriv-
ed here on Wednesday under the
charge of Merejildo Grijalba, guide
and scout. This party came here to
be armed and equipped and will leave
Immediately for the extreme front, to
be Joined and followed by other part
les. They marched through town
yesterday and the sight of them was
good for the eyes and heart. M
The war dance last by the detach-
ment of San Carlos Apaches at pres
ent in Tucson was sight long to be
remembered. The lateness of the
hour and pressure of matter compel
us to pass it at present with mere
reference. Previous announcement
that the dance would take place drew
several thousand spectators to the
military plaza early last evening and
at the stated hour, about o'clock p.
NJ, the Indians, dressed In breech-
cloths and adorned with feathers and
war paint opened the ball. The audi
ence was composed of the ladies and
gentlemen of Tucson. while the small
boy was there in all his force and glo-
ry. The Indians seemed particularly
delighted with the occasion and just
spread themselves. They were armed
with bright needle-guns and danced
their DEVILS quicksteps and Virginia
reels, around large fire burning In
the center with as much gusto and
fierce delight as was ever delineated
by the widest Indian fiction. The
dance continued for several hours and
consisted of sorties by small squads Of
Indians at a time, then larger parties
then all hands around together, the
whole interspersed by the frequent
discharge of blank cartridges from
the arms in their hands,. Ifthe inter-
est manifested by the people In these
orgies of the Indians pleased the lat
ter and showed them that we are sat-
isfied with and feel friendly to them
as long as they behave themselves the
main object Of the dance was accom-
plished. l.la - nLH