Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
AT SlN CARLOS.


 How the Indians at this Agency Draw : Their Ration. and LlYe-The Asency
 Buildings and Who occupy fhcm-i Hall Full of Mur,Irrrrs- the Censu,
 iS Taken Twice Week -COmEssodiou'
 aut T>eIess school Koases Tiffany th'
 Cause or IIi thr Trouble Agent NiLsoN
 WiII Assume His Duties-
 Denver Republican.
 r. P. Wilcox, Agent at the San Carlos
 Agency, denies emphaticaily the Asso-
 ciated Press report that. owing to the
 complication of affairs at the agency, he
 has refused to take charge in accord
 ance with his appointment. In a long
 conversation with Republican reporter
 he acknowledged that the affairs at the
 agency were In deplorable condition,
 but this dId not affect hls gong there in
 the least. It was his intention To form
 ally take charge September lst, and if
 he could find anyone m authority Co turn
 over the agency to him at that date he
 would be found at his post.
 "Is the outlook at the agency as bad
 as indicated by the telegraphic reports?' =
 asked the reporter.
 "NO, not so bad as that replied the
 Indian agent, looking inteDtly at the
 ground "A residence there is not a very pleasant outlook. though"
 Has the trouble all been caused by the late Agent Tiffany
 "ln great part, yes. He let matters at the agency get into very bad shape. AL though well meaning man, probably | he
 | LACKED TEE EXECUTIVE ABILITY
 To run the affair properly. His subor- | dinates did not respect him, and through | them the Indians lost confidence, and day by day matters were getting worse, | until Tiffany was forced to leave. His actions have caused all the trouble. Had he been d man of honesty and ability. | the Indians at San Carlos Agency would have been as peaceable today as com munity of farmers"
 "Dld hls thievlngs amount tO much | before he left the agencye"
 "l haven't said he stole anything" But there was great deal of steal ing going OnY'
 "Oh, yes. That's what caused the dis ruptlOn among the Indians. They were being cheated daily, and they knew it 1T Tiffany hadn't left when he did, he would have been murdered by the h. dlans. The plot was lald, but iItfauy got wind of 1t, and one night left the agency far behind him. He would be killed by the Indians on sight now"
 Have the sub-agent and the commis- sary suddenly turned up missing2'
 Tt Is so reported
 "DO you aDprehend an outbreak this fally'
 No; on the contrary, l think the hos tiles now off the reservation will come m and surrender themselves, and peace VIII be restored ID a very short time"
 EVERYDAY LIFE AT THE AGENCY.
 Mr. Wilcox tells very interesting narrative of the everyday life at the agency. In all, there are about 100 ! white men and 5000 Indians living there. l Two companies of soldiers are camped l within fifteen miles of the agency. The | white men at the agency are all en- plOyes of the Government and under the l direct charge of the agent. Of the one | hundred men, thirty-tive are scouts, who l also act Tn the capacity of policemen at l the agency. In the adobe jail there are at present confined thirteen Indian | prisoners, who have been arrested for murder committed while on depredat- l ing expeditions. The jail IS small and | entirely inadequate tO the purposes Of prison. 1T not guarded night and day by strong posse, there would be noting to prevent the prisoners from escaping. Most of these Indians have 1 now been imprisoned for nearly a year. and MT. Wilcox says that they must be given a trial soon or they must be re- leased. Of course they have the sym pathy of the outside Indians, and they are raising a deep howl because they have not been gwen a trial long ago. The Government has been very dilatOry | in the matter. One or two attempts have been made to get the condemned l into court, but each time the attempt has failed. The prisoners are kept heavily shackled, the irons beng welded to l their legs by the Government black smith. The other white men at the agency are employed in various capaci- ties. Twice a week rations are distributed among the Indians, and on such days Inc
 SCENES AT THE AGENCY Are very lively. The ratiOns issued con- | iist of beef, flour, coffee and sugar, rice, a beans and corn meal, pepper and salt, v md the usual continents. Eighty O leeyes are killed every week for dIstrI $ lution among the redskins. One hun a fred sacks of four are used weekly. D The Indians are regularly counted [ vice week. This is a arduoUs ur lertaking, but now has been bruuch- l a town to such a fine point that in one h lay the varlOus tribes can be enumerat- d. The work Is done by the agent and n employe of the Agency who Is ar- uainted and can tell by name almost very Indian on the reservation. TLey i' Till ride around e
 FROM TEPEE TO TEPE-
 md get the number of inmates. The ot indians live iu little vlIlag,-, aId are rr therefore easy of access. The Lead oi tL ach family Is interviewed, and if every ! A lember of his family is not'iu sight he "A xplains where they are. The head of a. le family IS then given as many tickets rs B there are members of his family. l al hlch tickets, presented to the commis- f lTy department, eutltle the family to m D much provisions. At the end of tht b, avs roundup 1t can easily be ascer- ,lt Iined if there are any Indians off the r;, ,s-rVation. .e The Indians lead a very indOlent life fo ld seem indifferent 10 everything ex- ri ,pt to lazIly enjoy themselves and draw ar leir rations. They horserace a little se ld gamble great deal. One day an ca ldian will have a horse, a revolver or Ti 70 and good clothes; the next day luck re i'll have gone against him, and be has mo sitber horse nor weapons, and his good ca Othes of the day before are shattered 1 n, gs. m NIT. Wilcox says that the greatest fail ur @ which Agent Tiffany made was in pa ying to educate the Indian youth sh he idea was commendable enough, but tb was not a project to suit the Ind.a fel T. Tiffany was a clergyman before he ur Itered the government service, and his we eat hobby at first was to teach the ba
 YOUNG INDIAN IDEAS mt Ow to shoot He had a magnificent sit hool house erected, by far the hand nv nest building at the agency. But he ot uld not persuade the Indian boys and oV rls to attend, and the parents did not cal ke any interest in the matter what thl CT. The result is that today the cal ilding stands idle and empty, the to ndow glass having been broken out ha the young people, and the walls be- w ubed with caricatures of men and slo imals, executed in the highest style of evl dian art. ga' There IS the agency proper and a sub Ges ency short way distant. The build ll' ys consist of few residences for tLe grs ent, his assistant, the resident physi- doi n, store house, blacksmith shop, the oth st traders place of business and a few goo .ttering buildings. WIi Since Agent Tiffany left San Carlos . } agency has been in charge of Dr. n phorp the resident uhyeIc5an Nfr l ext