Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-09-30
NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA.
An Abundant Harvest - Indian
TrOubIes-POIiticaI EcOnOmy--The
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SPRIYGERvI1.LE, August q.


SPRINGERvILLE, August "a.
EDITOR CITIZEN The rains cOntin
ne to pour down necessarily upon tn,
lust and the unjust" in this valley
We have been blessed with heavl
shower nearly every day since the 6tl
lulumO, and the ranchers all along tn,
: river anticipate heavy yields of grair
this season. The farmers of St. John.
have about finished, or will have err
this reaches Tucson, cutting anC
threshing their wheat and barley; they
tell me their expectations have been
fully realized so far as the grain ques
ton is involved. From parties just in
from Prescott and other parts of the
county, also from the Rio Grande,
learn that the crop prospects are slim
they report the country over which
they Travelled, to be completely dried
up from lack of rains. Not more than
half a crop will be harvested on the
Rio Grande this year, and unless the
rains fall very soon, very little in the
Prescott country.
The following named persons have
sent on their applications for pre-emp-
ton claim: w. r. Milligan, James
Murray, Alex. Jardon, William Hum
phrey, Francisco Baca and Francisco
Cordova of Round valley, and of the
St. Johns settlement; William Morris
on, Marco Baca V Padilla and Teodoro
Chavez. Joseph B. Holding having
had the right of presumption, will
leave for Prescott in a few days for the
purpose of filing his claim under the
Homestead Act.
a few days ago an Apache called
Pitone, with four others, visited the
| COncho settlement and after remaining
a few days at the house of a Mexican
named Salazar, they went away. On
their way towards Camp Apache,
where they belong, they passed sheep
herd and demanded of the herders some
sheep. Their demand was complied
with and the herders gave the In
dians each a sheep apiece. But this
did not satisfy the heightened Apache,
he wanted more, and to crafty his de
sire proceeded to "cut out" a bunch
of the sheep. BY this time the corpO-
raj of the sheep herd got his dander
up and fired On the Indians; the shot
took effect and one more poor Indian
was sent the way all good Indians go
After the shot was fired the Apaches
had business elsewhere. and strange to
say, did not want any sheep meat just
then. These Apaches returned to the
post Camp Apache,) and if they say
anything at all about the affair, will
make a pitIful eX parte complaint to
the military that they have been
wrongfully treated by the sheep men
of this section. Now, the stock men
should not be allowed to maltrcat the
friendly Apaches in this manner, espe-
cially PitOne, as he has committed
only a few murders since he has be
come domiciled at Camp Apache. On
the other hand when these poor In
dams come around travelling for their
health or pleasure, and take it into
their innocent hearts to have a few
sheep, they should De allowed TO do so
and the " dog ola White man or Mex
lean should not object but gently sub
nit. Just such Outrages as the one
metioned above are the cause of a ma
iority of our Indian massacres upon
the frontier | will now ask a simple
question: Why are these Indians re-
tanned at Camp Apache and not sent TO
the San Carlos, where they properly
belong? If they are kept at Apache
for mere company's sake, then they had
better be at the San Carlos. On the
other hand, if they are kept there for
service, which they perform perhaps
one day in thirty, they could just as
well stop at the San Carlos. As to the
first, if for company there are plenty
of white men that ought to be more
acceptable as boon companions. But,
rs some one says, there is no account
ing for taste" As to the second, if for
service they could be sent for at the
San Carlos and be ready for duty just
as soon as if they were roaming around
the country to the north of the reser-
walton.
The Hon. Hiram 5. Stevens is to be-
our next Delegate IN Congress the
people willing - and everything is.
beautifully TO this end. Mr..
Stevens has done very good service for
the Territory, and were it not that Con
grcss was more interested in making
a president than comforting favors upon
Territories. he would have done much
more. No doubt there are some who.
may think Mr.. Stevens failed to per
form, IN some respects, the multiia-
rious duties of a Congressional Dele
gate. But, If these same people will
take into consideration the difficulties