Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-02
SAN CARLOS.
Agent Tiffany Exonerated from the Responsioil- ity Of the Recent Outbreak.
SAN CARLOS. Sent. 27. 1881.

SAN CARLOS, Sept. 27, 1881.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: Having been at this Agency for the past ten days, and hay ing had an opportunity of examining the workings of this Indian village, my judgment should be worth something. I came here a total stranger to the Agent, on my first visit to San Carlos, imbued with all the prejudices imbibed from newspaper denunciatiOn, and ready to bounce on any unfavorable item at once, but after thorough investigation I am able to pronounce the current ale gations against Colonel Tiffany false. Many of your contemporaries charge Colonel Tiffany with being responsible for the Indian war, but there IS doca- mentary evidence on file here showing that Colonel Tiffany foreshadowed events and notified the military authoIi- ties of impending danger on June lIth, and had his suggestions been followed there would have been no war. The pa- pers are correct i'll charging the war on the maehinations of tue medicine man who was killed. Colonel Tiffany tele- graphed warning to General Carr on June l1th, and subsequently suggested the medicine mans immediate arresI, before he sOwed the seeds of dissensiOn broadcast among the Apaches, but hs warning was treated as an Indian scare, and all his subsequent information ol Indian deviltry received the same mat tention.
 These statements are not mere de fence of Col. Tiffany, for 1 have seen the documents proving what l say. His official record Is complete and credit able to him as an officer, and when pub lished will convince his bitterest de- famers that he is not responsible for the present outbreak. Though his warnings to the military authorities were dlsre- garded, yet when the outbreak occurred he was active in his cooperation with the War Department and aided them with all the means at his command. All the arrests of hostiles made so far have been made by him, and they were un- conditional, no immunity being prom ised, but the Indians were impressed with the idea that they must be tried and if guilty punished. After turning these hostiles over to the military au thorities all of them have been paroled but the Indian agent cannot be blamed for that as the officers acted indepen- dently of him.
 But enough of the Indian troubles. Let us turn to the agency business proper Last Friday rations were distributed to 4602 Indians. On Thurs day the count was made carefully and ration tickets issued. The ratlons were of the best quality. The beef would have graced the butcher shops of Tue son; the sugar, coffee, flour, soap, etc, were first-class. Full weights and measure were given and the Indians were well satisfied. The business of the office is conducted on mercantile princi- ples, and Messrs. Willard and Mann al- ways have their books open to inspec- tion. My conclusion is that the busi- ness at the Agency is conducted honest ly and economically, the Indians are satisfied; also that the present troubles are result of the deep seated hatred of the White Mountain Apaehes to the whites. f0mented by the ambition of the dead medicine man to be the big chief of the tribe, and that the San Carlos agent deserves the thanks of the people rather than the eIecrations of news papers.