Arizona weekly miner., 1877-06-01

'
 The one prominent and simple fact that
 results from comparison of the foregoing
 figures is that they are very loosely gotten
 up, and we do not find that the discrepancies
 are explained. IL is an old proverb that
 figures wont lie. But the authors of the
 foregoing figures have certainly not made
 them tell the truth
 IL is very remarkable that at the MeSca-
 lcro and Southern Apache Agencies the num-
 bcrs end in two ciphers. They bear evidence of being very rough estimates. With regard to the Southern Apache Agency, the recent
 removal by MT. Cum and his report of the
 number he found there )454l, and the num- Der estimated to be out about 40, shows just how rough the estimates were.
 With regard to the Me>calcroS. We know that the number collected on the Fort sum ner Reservation in 1864 Was 460. This was supposed 10 be the whole tribe. which ran away in that year and remained out until 1871. We have every reason to believe that fhe true number of Indians belonging to the Mescalero Agency does not exceed 500. The management of the Indians under General Crook demonstrated the fact that Indians can be definitely counted and their identity and numbers fixed IL Is probably because tho Indians at San Carlos have all passed through military hands that there is some degree of consistency in the aggregate num- bers belonging 10 this Agency. There is no explanation. however, why the Finals and hriyaipais arc numbered respectively in iS15, and together amount To S24. and are aggregated in 1876 and amount to l.051. MT. Cum in his report claims to have moved 325 Chiricahua>. but there are only 291 re- ported in the tabular statement. There is a all an 4IS nm tfftt F~h perhaps may account for this increase in others, in part, although not altogether. The number of births are 36. and the number ot deaths 20. and vet the whole number in 1S7j, ! when no deaths arc reported, Is increased by ! :'26 in 1876. which is within one of the num- 1 Der Gum reports Co have brought from the Chricahua, whilst no account iS given of the number killed by the troops which we have ! heretofore showl was not an insignificant | figure. Nor are any ah>entees admitted.
 In 1875 there are 2.l00 reported on the l Southern Apache Agency, loo of which are Mescalcros. whilst the MeScalero Agency has ! 1000. In 1876 the figures are l.400 at the . Mcscaero Agency and only l,600 al the Southern Apache. from which the loo Mes caleros have disappeared and the Chiricahuas have been added, but no figures for the lat ter aIe given.
 IL is noticeable fact that Agent JeffordS reported 965 on the Chiricahua Reservation in 1895. whilst Agent Cum reports that he removed only S25, and only about 60 escaped. What has become of the remaining 5S0 !! Where did the 400 increase to the Mesca- lero Agency come from. and where did the zoo decrease al the Southern Apache Agency 20 to. This last it will be remembered was increased by 250 from the Chiricahua Angeucy, during the year, according to pr. Whitney, making an actual decrease of 150 at this Agency. As Agent Cum found only A. at this Agency and estimates the num- her that were absent at 4O. what has become of the balance of the l,600: This Agency has really lost, since the report of lS15, i,646 Indians. What has become of thcmi
 Under the head of subsistence obtained by civilized pursuits and by hunting and fish ing, root digging, &c for 1875. by the San Carlos Indians, the amount Is not given, but fhe amount supplied by Government rations is given at 100. For 1876 the amount ob- taincd by civilized pursuits is given at 6 per cent, the amount obtained by hunting, fish ing. root gathering, &c., is 6 per cent, and the amount supplied by Government rations is SS n
 old Pedro, who declined to go to the San l Carlos Reservation. and has taken care of { himself for The wears lc'0 ana letO' makes q much better showing than this. The in- .imcement held out was that he could raise two crops q year ai San Carlos, and he was | told he would gef no rations and must take l care Uf himself He preferred the last, and as NC showed sometime ago not only has he taken care of himself but had a surplus to l sell 10 the QuartCrmaster at Camp Apache of c zoo. .00a pounrs of corn and 300 tons of hay T each year. and the whole band does not eN cecd leo men. women anal children. NIT. Cum must look to his laurals.
 We learn also that the contracts 10 supply q the San Carlos Agency for fine present fiscal | year 500, 900 pounds "t flour and 3.500,000 | of beef were awarded to Levi Spiegclberg Flour. Ss.3e, and beef $5.l4 per hundred pounds. a
 TheFc arc some other features that arc in- W toresting in these rcpor's that VIC may refer C to hereafter Il