Arizona weekly miner., 1877-05-25
LETTER or GENERAL KAUTZ.
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UEADQRs DEPT, or ARIZONA,
 PREsoorT, X. T.. Feb. 18th, 1877.
 .il,utani Geaeral C. S f., Wa@Atagton, D. C.,
 ThrouqA Headguaricrs Military Dirisioa q tts Paei6c aad Department Qr Ca'Vor7''d:
 SlR:-I have the honor to transmit here with. report of a scout recently made by Captain Brayton, sth |. S. Infantry. This scout was ordered upon an application of the acting agent at the San Carlos reservation. a CODY herewith enclosed. IL will be seen that instead of six Indians, Capt. Brayton found thirty-eight
 Scouts are only ordered at the request Of the agent or when dopredations are commit ted.
 The scouts from Camp Verde and Camp Apache have almost invariably been success ful in overtaking and punishing the rene gades. An investigation of the number oI scouts that have been made In the Territory since | have been in command, or rather since June ist. 1875, reveals the fact that one hundred and seven Indians have been Killed and seventv-uiue have been captured.
 The fact that they arc invariably killed or captured cxctcs the inquiry, why do they leave the reservation in the face oi such dangers. where they are supposed to oe pro ,sioncd with plenty to cut, security to hii and property. and the opportunity for eiNiil- zation aud Improvement The popular eN- plantation s that they are badly treated on the reservation, do not get enough to eat and flv to escape the pangs of hunger. Another is. that there are so many different tribe, that have been hostile to each other, concen trated on the san Carlos reservation, that old feuds revive. aud some of them are driven away by their enemies. Another eXplana- ton is found in the innate savage nature and aversion to restraint
 This last ti lds strong plausibility in the fact that the scouts employed to hunt them up are their own people, frequently their own tribe and kin. enlisted in the service, who pursue them with the unerring instinct of bloodhounds, and ki'l them as remorsely as they ever did the whites; and it is only through the presence of officers that women and children are spared.
 Is there not ample room for doubt whcth- CT such Savageness has yet reached that de gree of development which will admit Tn another generation. of a material approach i to the civilization of the white race, and IS there any hope that the present generation can be controlled by any other influence than oyerpowering force, such as the military ser vice alone can iurnishf
 l Since the agent occasionally reports the absence of Indians n the militaay authority and requests pursuit and punishment it IS ! supposed that he does SD whenever he know, of their absence, yet, when the scouts % out | they find great many more. The nicrenCe ' is that the ahscntecs are much more numer- ous than there is any knowledge of. Ih, conclusion follows that there k a cause, and : that cause i, found iu the fact that there i' a possible saving in rltions which may C to the benefit of those who draw tue rgtlon,, or those who issue them, as the case may be
 Tine consequences mos: seriously affecting l the military service, are the dCprcd&uou' perpetraicd by the absentcc,. The troop are expected to pursue and punish the per petrators if they cannot prevent the acts but having no control of the Indians. nO means of knowing when they leave the res ervatior. oi their number, or where they will strike. the troops are at a great uistu- vantage. and whilst the greatest possible success has attended their efforts from th' posts of Camps Verde and Apache, the rc- verse is the case from the posts of Grant Lowell and Bowie.
 From some cause the Indians arc constant lv leaving the reservations and at times com hitting deprcdatons and in certain quarter the troops are held responsible. We must bear the abuse of failure to prevent or pen ish the deprcdaJors, besides having very ar- duous amt thankless labor provided by the inability or ineilcicncv. to say nothing oi the reputed criminality ol the agents to kcel the Indians from leaving their reservations
 Recent dcprodations in the southern DOT ton of the Territory, illustrative of th, point, herein referred to- will be made the subject of a special communication.
 The highest commcndation k due Captain Bravton for the success of this. his last scout
 Very respectfully,
 Your obedieut servant.
 AUGU,r Y. kAUTz. Colonel Sth Infantry. Brevct Major Genera