Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-30
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COAST NEWS.
Trouble Reported a. Pima Agency.

that the Salt River Indians have become provoked at the agent upon some pre- text and among themselves are on their way to attack the agency. They say these reports are verified by old settlers on the Salt River arriving at the agency. Rev. Mir. Cook, an old and highly re- spected resident of the agency, expresses himself as much alarmed at the outlook. It seems that the Indians are in the habit or going to Tempe ana svs,:ss. an big drunks. Mir. Wheeler has had them arrested and punished them by compel ling them ts labor. This Is thought to be the cause of the threatened difficulty. They are said to be six hundred strong and will probably appear at the agency to-day. What makes this movement somewhat inexplicable IS the fact that they have always been peaceable to- wards the whites, though the implacable foes of the Apaches, for whom in times past they were more than a match. It is possible that there are some outside instigators. The teachers at the agency, MT. J. $. Armstrong, wife and sister are much beloved by the Indians and Mr and Mrs. Wheeler have worked earnest ly for those under their charge, and Rev Mir. Cook has labOred among them for years. It Is not thought that anything serious will come out of this. The h. dians when they started were doubtless under the influence of liquor, but by the time they reach the agency they will be mlolified and they will not care to carry out their threats. The agency guard con- sists of the officers and teachers and Gf- teen policemen. While no actual blood shed is likely to grow out of this dis affection, still it should be investigated and the real cause discovered. | Camp Thomas Items. Especial to the cITIzES
 CAMP THOMAS, October 23.-George Stevens, Government scout and inter- preter, arrived this morning. He accom- panied Company II, Sixth Cavalry, up the Gila to the point where York and Moore were killed. R. Purdy, Of the firm of Batchelor & Purdy, cattle men at the middle Gila precinct, within eight miles of the New Mexico line, was wounded at the same time these men were killed
 Company H went to San Simon sta tion, thence by rail to Maricopa, en route to Camp Verde.
 Captain T. J. Jeffords arrived from San Carlos this morning reporting all quiei. He and Stevens left this afternoon for | Stafford
 Company G, of the Sixth, leaves to- morrow for Huachuca. Company X, of the Eighth Infantry, Major Worth com manding, will arrive tomorrow from a scout towards Camp Grant.
 The Texas Pacific survey contractor is raising men here to prosecute the survey to California. The party is well armed and expect to be through in three months.
 
 AskI an Escort. Especial to the CITIzENl
 CAMP THOMAS, October 23-Eleven Indian prisoners were brought in yester- day by the cavalry from Fort Apache They were brought in irons, chained to- gether and placed in confinement here. They are charged with complicity in the Indian massacre at Cibicu. Company c, of the Sixth Cavalry, Major TupDeI commanding, left for Huachuea this morning.
 The Texas < Pacific R. R. surveying party have applied tor military escort. which has not yet been granted. The course of the survey leads them through the San Carlos agency to Globe, and it is feared the Indians may be suspicious of their movements and give them trou- ble. Surveying parties have always been choice morsels for Indians and should they suspect that it was an attempt to steal their lands will probably attack the surveyors.
 The feeling up the river among the friends of York and Moore Is intense. and it will be dangerous for any Indians to appear there as the settlers do not in- tend to be slaughtered by pretended friends. The citizens are well organized and well armed, and appear to think they are able to take care of themselves. Rumored Chang. of Department Commander. Especial to the CITTzES.l
 CAMP THOMAS, October 2.-Compa- nies c and E of Twelfth Infantry, Cap tains Stevens and Brown, now at San Carlos, Company, K, Eighth Infantry, Major Worth, now here, and Companies I and B of the Eighth. Colonel Smith and Captain Porter, the former here and the latter at Grant, arc under marching orders to repair the road on Rocky Canyon, between here and Fort Apache. There is a well authenti- cated rumor here that Gen. Kautz will succeed Gen. WillcoI as Department Commander, the order only needing the Presidents signature.
 Military MatterI at Wilcox. Especial to the CIrzEN.l
 WILCOX, October 4.-The 4th Ar tiIlery Companies, Major Smith com ! manding, left here to-day on a special l train for San Francisco. Dan. OLeary, | who came in from Bowie yesterday with | 2i scouts, is detained here with scouts ! awaiting orders.
 Bullion Shipment. Special to the CITIzEs.l
 WILCOX, October 24-Fifty-si1 thou- | sand pounds of copper from the Carrie Copper Mine, Globe District, was brought in by the teams of Tully, Ochoa < O., for shipment to San Francisco.
 The Trouble Peacefully Ended. Especial to the CIuzrsl
 CAsA CYANIDE, October 25.-The h. l dian gathering at the Pima Agency | yestorday resulted in peaceful disper- sal and return to the homes of the irate .borigines. The Pimas and Mari copas assembled about a thousand | rtrong, all arrsyed ID war paint and clad in their best. They seemed not to un- derstand series of new laws laid down for them. Holding up a stick with certain number of notches representing so many laws, they called for a repeal of particular ones. They were denied any repeal. and told that the laws must .a.-l As.a- a ,,.-1av of Fav~ rylinueas