Arizona citizen., 1877-03-24

| the former, peculatiOn and speculation
 ran riot, and the Indians from the res
 ervation ravaged the country, killed
 men and women, and returned tp thcI
 reserve for rest and security. And be cause opposed this policy, Whitman
 said, ,s Ksu.z sgys now, that wanted
 to proiract the war: and the accusation
 was as malicious and false then, as ItI is novI Under the administration of Brown, the prices paid, and inc expen- ] lses incurred were so extrayasant, that
 believe a large number of the ac-' counts have not yet been and probably never will be paId. But Brown did
 not loose any money, for he lived most extrayagantiy and in the course of twoI
 years carried away wifk him about
 $30000, on captains pay l hayei sustained and do sustain Agent Cum. for the reason that he has successfully controlled over four thousand of th-,
 worst Indians in Arizona. Ihave been
 frequently among-t those Indians, and
 have freely conversed with them. I !
 find them generally contcntcd and !
 happy. and they have great confidence !.
 in and affection for their agent l find
 that many of them faye commenced l
 farming, and large saving, have been
 made from their ra,ions, which have
 been turned into live s;oc5, now owned .
 and highly prized by members of the several bands. I find that over two
 hundred able-bOdied Indians from this
 reservation are now bearing arms in
 defense of the white people ot lhis Territory. l find thata police of In-
 dians on the reserve maintain peace
 and most excellent order, without the
 assistance ofa soldier. I find that the
 friendly Indians of the San Carlos arc
 of ten fold more assistance 70 General !
 KautZ and his troops than his assist
 ance is or ever has been tO agent Cum. !
 I find that Agent Cum bears the uni
 versal reputation, with every man who | has ever dealt with him or is familiar . with his management Of the rcserya- ] ton, of being an honest man. in less
 than a week after 1 called for yOlun-
 .eers from his reservation, he brought !. them here in person; a strange contrast
 between hIs movements and the de. : partment commanders. l could only . accept forty-five, but one hundred
 clamOred to go and fight for Us. And
 there Is another very striking contrast
 between his action and the department
 commanders :-General KautZ men lions ironically my zeal n sending for
 PIansiny, (one of the murderers,) after he was made prisoner, and states that he escaped from two deputy sheritIs who had him in charge, and says: Tn the recapture ofthis Indian I confess 1 took but lIltie interest and the re- quest for scouts to hunt him was easi- ly evaded by the fact that they were 1. we'll on their way 10 the station" The facts of this case are as follows: I re- ceived letter from Agent Cum, stat ing that he held Piansiny a prisoner. :, ready 10 turn over tD the civil authori- ties, and upon this information I acted promptly and sent two deputy sherifs for him. Unfortunately he escaped, and now comes the contrast; Agent Cum learned of his escape when he arrived at the San Pedro, and after having ridden on buck board all night ', without a moments delay he hired a horse and rode with all haste dis , tance of thIrty-five miles to the Point of Mountain, on horseback, and at once put Indians on PIansiny's trail:l but for want of any support, as the de partment commander admits, he es- capped, and thus was turned loose to', prey upon the settlers one of the worst saFages in the Territory, and the de partment commander very flippantly. tells Us how easily and successfully he evaded assisting his recapture. And therefore, according to his own comics sion he las indirectly aided this saw ] age to carry on his work of death. |
 The foregoing arc few of the req sons why l have supported Agent Cum, and the same reasons have been undoubtedly, equally potent to cause. General KauIz to oppose him with re- ( entless hostility. He seems disposed 10 go to any extremity to bring the h. lian department into disrepute. Ihaye | noticed this disposition in him ever since my first acquaintance. \. first l [ was at a loss to determine the cause. ' but from his recent letter I think l have discovered the secret. He inn lgines he sees stealing and peculation q in everything connected with the In , lian business, and as I have never. known an honest man who believes | every one else dishonest, l cannot i'm lgine other cause than that he too. 'igLs for a share in the imaginary flesh pots. Else why should he bend every sxertion to bring an honest. successful sgcnt into dIsrepute, and why should ] he be the last Co desire the removal of. | bad and corrupt agent: Surely a SOL Tier should not covet the tame voca
 ion of teaching Indians tue aris otI luSbandry, vocation they know no.h-
 ing about. And from my eypcrieuce !