The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-03
CAPITAL NOTES.
THE INDIAN AUEsTuON-GEN. POPE's
REPORT 70 THE SECRETARY
OF WAR.
HIS Views Tkegarding the Consolidation
of Agencies and protection to Both
Indians ana whites. -

WASHINGTON JAM 2.-As the IndianMuestion |
lore ths Gloss OF the present session of Con
gress, the following extract from q report maze
by Gen. Pope to The recretary of War IL deemed
Of public importance: Gen. Pope says the
bAnds Of Com anches, Kiowas and Apaehes as
sembed around the agency near Fort Sill. De
ing substantially disarmed and dismounted
have been entirely quiet and peaceul, ami have
made somc progress In the attention to rearing
the cattle bought for them from he proceeds OF
the sales Of their horses. surrendered after the
The first experiment was made with sheep,
interest In them Cattle have been substituted
with considers BILE success. end 1t is hoped that
by appropriating. considerable part OF the
money now used in the vain attempt to make
an agricultural people of those nomalic tribes
to the purchase OF eatt Q. and the ESTABLISHMENT
o. sooa rsg ad ing ssad and may sss
factory progress in bringing them to state OF
OF the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes the same
remarks can be made He urges. IN the interest
of humanity and fair dealing, that q these
Indians bs far better fed than they are, now or
SUFFICIENT on the. return Of the Indians from
selves on buffdlo, to furnish them with half
rations for the remainder Of the ar.
With the increase of frontier settlers of every
buffalo hunters, the buffalo supply of the Indf-
ans has become altogether precarious and un-
These Indians cannot be made self-support-
ing within any caculable time. and the sooner
that fact is recognized the sooner will the man
commonest dictates of humanity. 1t is an in
Justice to. the character Of the government and
wrong to the Indians that they should be COM
PEELED to remain on their reservations and
there slowly starve. and 1t is most panfu and
unhappy duty for the troops that they should
be kept In large numbers. In their presence.
with no power or authority except to force
them to starve In tranquility.
Such state of things cannot last long with
vtpnnt
and to confidence. Larger appropriations for
the Indians and wiser and more practicable
cure the results which are hoped and which the
government ought to exact The exact condi-
ton and quantity Of the subs istence furnished
these Indians during the past year. duly re
ported by the. commanding officer near the
Cheyenne and Arrapahoe agency. and con-
by me June 8, 1877. and furnished a reliable
basis upon which to act in the case Of these spe
The condition of the Kiowas and Conan
shes in that respect Is so nearly the same as to
require no other special mention The Ute
ndsns have nenaed o ga as rusa usual mhe Wh2
Ban Juan country. has been discovered to be
full Of the precious meta s; and surprising
immigration to that region has been going on
for more Than a year past. The Denver and
Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad has passed
the first range Of the Rocky Mountains in the
direction Of theSan Juan country and descended
into. the valley Of the Rio Grande at Fort Gar
land. This road makes the mining. regions
s
machinery for working the mines practically
easv- Mines have been opened and settlements
begun almost everywhere.
brought into contact with the Utes everywhere.
and constant small difficulties and auarrels are
Siderable II as yet Gr
San say. at what moment very serious trouble
may arise. The Indians, accustomed to roam
on their reservation without considerable
military force constantly present, or Ia reach.
which OF course we are not able. with such a
more spectre of an army as ours. to furnish.
The white men are not likely to be deferred,
by the imaginary line Of an Indian reservation,
marked. only here and there by post or pile OF
stones from hunting gold. wherever the signs
incicate 1t, and digging where they find it, II
would not be practical under any circumstances
TO place troops at or near all the Ute agen-
eies in that region, even II our army were
double In size neither would 1t be, advisable.
ought TO be consolidated into one, and that To-
Gated In some convenient agricultural valley
easy OF access from the railroads. and Offering
no temptation to people hunting the precious
metals.
II 50 consolidated and placed a reasonable
and Whites but until sue5 an Sne
made 1t does not seem to me possible to give
the protection needed at so many points. with
any force it is or may be possible to furnish to
The Apaeheas In Southern New, Mexico are
what hy KS have been
bonds. utterly worthless and hopeless. Those
on the reservation at Fort Stanton we manage
TO keep reasonably quiet and that is all that
can, be said, The Canada Alamasa. or Warm
Spring Apaches. whom. at the request of tht
Interior Department, had transported forcibly
70 the San Carlos Agency in Arizona have
learn, lett the agency in a body and are SAID tt
be breaking back towards Canada Aamasa
stealing as usual and probably killing some
exposed people 10 Arizona.
We shall be obliged. if such is the case. agair
70 surround them by troops and capture them
They cannot be trusted in any way, and If the,
are to be kept quiet they ought TO be stripped o
weapons and ponies and kept substantially as
prisoners.
Orders have been sent to the commanding
officer in New Mexico to look out for these In
dans. and il the report be true. and they have
. sufficient force, to surround and capture
them II possible, and then dismount and dis
arm them. and hold hem rs prisoners subjec
to the disposal Of the Interior Departmet t.
OF the Navajoes 1t is hardly necessary t.
speak; They have passed out Of the list of In
dians hostile or likely ever TO be so
The Ell Pase Difficulties.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The following dspatcl
was received at the War Office this afternoon