Arizona citizen., 1877-06-23

 eral KautZ had made no movement against them. The camp of reneeades reported northwest from Camp Verde by me on March 16, 1876, and which Major Brayton had known of for some time, as he says in his letter of March 26, 1876, was left undisturbed up to Au- gust 1, 1876, and its not strange that a few restless spirits should attempt to join them since the troops made no attempt to punish renegades. On De- cember 19, 1876, Acting Agent Swee- ney reported to Assistant Ajjutant General Martin that SIX more Indians had left the reservation west. The final showing then is S6 and 60 and 26 and 6; total 178.
 Hence, during the year 1876, l re. ported to the military authorities the whereabouts of ITS renegades and asked that these be properly punished, and yet the records only show that one effective scout was made during 1876. This scout was made by Capt Porter from Camp Verde, and on August 15 this officer reports having killed seven Indians and captured seven women and children We then have the fol. lowing figures: Total number killed and captured by the troops during the year 1876, If Indians; total number re- ported out by me, IFS Indians, leaving 164 renegades still out on January 1, 1877.
 Now comes the last scout by Major Brayton, made sometime between Jan- uary and February I2, 1871, during which scout Major Brayton killed and captured thirty-eight renegades. Gen. eral Kautz says 1 only reported out six Indians, and he does not seem to un. derstand how Major Brayton found B. It is true that my last report of rene gades to the General only included six but had the General forgotten that had reported 1j9 relegades in my pre- viOus letters tO him since January 1 : 1876? Does he appreciate the fact thai after we deduct the B found by Major Brayton from 1G4, the total number out, there are yet ore hundred and twenty-siX renegades reported out Sy me since January 1, 1876, that he and his aids have not found? And in the ! face of these facts, WAS not his sla,e ment false, and could it have been false except by intention? Would not Gen eral Kautz be better employed in di recting his forces against these rene gades than m writing false statement, and insinuations to the AdjutantGen eral of the Army7 When will Inc utilize his forces so as to give pr0tec tion to the lives and property of oul citizens? How soon will he account for these 126 renegades7
 | 1 have shown that the Indians cap tured by scouts under General Kautl are not "absentees from my reserva tion, and bence the Generals inSinua tions and inferences ail vanish. There is no possible saving of ralions," nc inefIiciency and reputed criminality of the agent to keep the Indians from I leaving the reservation"
 I will now be generous enough tC aid the General a little, and account for some of the 126 renegades reported out by me since January 1, 1876, anC whom he has as yet failed to find: IT September, 1876, a small squad of my Police killed four bucks and took twenty-eIght prisoners, making tOta of thIrty-two. Some of these prison CTS were men. In January, 1877, my ! Police brought in four of tn; six mer reported out by Acting Agent Sweeney on December 19, 1876; two of thes' men are yet in the guard house at Sar Carlos. These victories were gaineC west from the reservation. Since ml Police took four of the last SIX report ed out, General Kautz might have saiC that instead of two Capt. BraytoI found thirty-eight In April 1877 captured seventeen renegades in New Mexico with my Police; these wer, all men. And since January l, 1877 i fourteen renegades Gall mem have sur rendered at my agency, ten of whom are now Tn tue guard house. The tota
 is 32 and i and - anl II, making e am thus able 70 account for sixty seven of the one hundred and twenty six renegadeS, thus leaving ifty-nint rencgades for General Kautz to looi up. Even allowing that the Genera
 has done all he claims for himself, an, ! thai his scouts have killed and captul
 ed lS6 Indians, this is only sixty-sI. more than I credit him with. Thes
 sixiy-six will cover the fifly-nine ur
 accounted tor and leave the Genera
 seven ahead. Yet the Generals rt ports to me only account for 120 h
 dians killed and captured; but al
 lowing him the lS6 which he claim even then the sum of his captures an mine only amount to seven Indian more than have reported out. If tn sum of his captures is only l20, the there are fifty nine renegades for hir
 to look up.
 |. Having shown what General Kaut has not done. I desire to recapi.uiat