The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-06
CORRUPT INDIAN AGENTS.
nov THE GOyERNMEvT fND THE ~
DAMS ARE DEERIUDED
The Contractor. Controlling the Agencies
inise Returns of the Number "f Indians
Ncthnd- of tutrea.IuR Contractors Fees.

The Contractor. Controlling the Agencies
4 iise Returns of the Number "f Indians
Method of increa,inE Contractors Fees
WASHINGTON. Jan Gen. kountz, COM
muniug the Department of Arizona. in his re-
IoD to the Secretary ~ War presents some
ID ;r,kiug facts relative To- the management of the
Iulsn ae ,ncics. H. says that in many cases
u,naeont hua very little TO do with the manage
r,nt lit q large agency, su'h ms san Car
I-. and there are large disbursements the per
30. WHO furnish the supplies control very
uInk. II the agent is not already Of their own
,cl .t.un and cannot be captured directly. he is
soon 'oil promised by the a'rcrtanceo Of presents
~ led into some discretion. and il nothing else
can bo done he is informed that he will be re-
moved il he does not submit to dctation. Usual
ly however. it is fixed beforehand by the con-
Tractors having thcirown man appointed. Under
td ID management Gen. kountz says. there can
BE- httl" hope Of progress for the Indians. He
thinks that close investigation will demon
s,rHe that the Indians at san Carlos are going
backward. They are less capable Of sustaining
themselves now than before; they cultivate less
ground and raise less produce. This is true
particularly of the White Mountain Apaches.
rnn pruteN for moving these Indians was that
ut san Carlos they would raise two crops year.
TIL" Commissioners report shows that thoy fur
nsh'd only twelve per cont. ~ their own SUBJ
Eisi'nce last year eighty eight per cent being
furnished 10y the Government Podro's band.
who refused to move from their homes IN the
White Mountains. and who receive NJ support
IN consequence not only take care Of them
selves hut have large surplus OF grain and
hay 10 sell TO the Quartermast"r ut Camp Apache.
The reason of this is apparent The coutrac
tors manage the agency. and when the Indians
he'ume sct-sustaining there is nothing Tor the
contractors to SUNNY.
cen Kountz regards the agency system, as II
has boon conducted one Of the most fatal and
destru tive 10 the Indian race. in humantn-
rian view. His subsistence being furnished
him. hr has no occasion 20 work. H. has am,
the white man. to which he has such a natural
tendency. and i he does not fall avictim 10 dys-
Icpsia and indigestion. he becomes a drunken
vagahond Of the worst type. going from had to
worse. few years of support by the Govern
Tatcns are finally Withdrawn from hin. he has
lost that Independence that would make a war
rior Of him. and he becomes yagran'. living
iy begging. and prostltuting lis women and
children. This 10 the last scene, and pr.ccdcs
lis extinction. Whatever bands have survived.
have only done so because they have not boon
tuhpect"d to tho reservation system. The
Apache" he says. Is savage " the lowest
type. have no doubt that he i, the des ,endaui
81 those who almost exterminated the scni-
civilized people that once populated this couu-
! lryi whose remains can BE- traced eyerywlere.
mr. the Survivors,. lie hsii SissG carr oarniSai IN
tbs land until my predecessor awaited himself
4, lie used Apache against Apa .lr II" can ue
Thought for a small lgur- To- Kill b j. father lr
mother. or any Of his relations and there is uo
dinirulty 4 'n.i-tlng all n on" lnni 90 ,ignt
Il another. This H. the principal mN ans hN which
rea,e Is preserved in the Territory 1t the pres
Con, kounil says he j. in constant apprchcu.
kiou OF al outbreak from tho concentration nf
30 many Indians on san Carlos reservation. lie
charges this To- ia" corrupt mHua.eul nj u the
fl tlnn who used thor |nnnon. to'fsri SD %
con'eniraton and viii u WIS brought about
tiH ilSH IN WIS no. SeiIfF L. l4II luilill.-
a together TO make II pay To- Turn en supplies g.
~ ~. A. long a. the true humber oi INDIANS
n v-Hs unknown. the agent stNIf.l -l huuIli.r
4, H. suited his purpose. Under hI, prod 'r,--nr.
y liz. Indians ", r., "a tun 4, d.. uf.,G .ld I'D, u'i-
n Il ana strict complain with o." tV Tor f.lN.r
IN sisten'c was enforced. Their" W|,- - lItile
4 ~. III ia supplying Ind ans H. tlcr' sos 100 ~Hp-
turned over 10 the agent. the system of con enc
n ira' on WIS begun and has lu,u carried Duf.
N nniil ever. Apa IA. from the Rio Grad" to the
II A. ovid.n o the false returns. Is only n..s-
'Yhafy 70 compare the ngurv- given in "a"
report Of ne indian Comm ssloucr fnr
= the year lo74-75. with tlr year 1873 ~
viii be cn III the first report tnat the NUM-
represented 9t5 Whom tn r.sorvai 90 Wis
lroS"n ~ Asst year only 32j ~. r,n eyed GO
Fan Carlos; The troops could i.ui .Aiion e. 60.
hat small party that escaped I'll" atiuF
!. A. NJ 81 the Warm Spring res rvation report. %
az 25D had come to that reservation from thc
Chorloaiua reservation, The number thcre
IrL.r g. THIS increase il stated Ia toe report for
Il is75 at 21oo. In spite OF this increase how
n ever. the number stated in tn" report for 1876 is
gwen AT GOO and when the Warm Spring
reservation WAS broken up the number re-
moved was only 474. A small number was
claimed 20 be on a IA d.
When The number OF Indians is kn WI. Tho
Il methods N in reasing the pcrqusites ~ the
K cnntraeiur or sub contra tors cons Il ia i--un g
/ Tree Indians inferior articles. giving irauiu-
L lcn' weights and measures. ana returning for
! t." WHOM number of Indians and making in
4 correct allowance. or none Ht an. for ''rea~"
u - death or aiscn'c. The concentration of ,il
4 IN" Indians upon one reservation greatly In
\ creased IN" opportunity t'r that irAui. Gen.
I kounZ believes this 20 hay" been the motive
\ uNi led tn ation In Tn son 10 Use their infu-
tn'" o. eject II and bring It about. The lat.
Governor ana present Surveyor-Genoral. an /
I "a EDITOR and proprietor Of the Arizona 't'.e1
wcrr the prlneipal instruments used, aud the
Indian Bureau was induced to favor tl.e proI,o-
/ ktlOn by the arguments OF economy Of The Adj
minisiration, greater control Of the Indians.
4 and consequent safety Of this Territory.