Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
to the contrary. Mir. Scott Is bjpbb

tO tho contrary. NIT. Scott k a b;,tr
 reputable citizen of Tucson. u!
 Santiago AiDss's testimony fake.
 general range, all of which Is valnsjio
 strengthening the title of the Ns-.'-es as
 family, and he specially states et ,Ie.
 Agent Wheeler admitted Co hin, sLa. La.
 'he Martlrez family had rights tb---' b'1a'
 but that he could put his cliapts .e'
 and ruin them, and that he bs5 ou'
 doubt that in the end, about fifty C, A0
 hundred years hence, they worIl ols s
 their rights, and more to the same .7 91'
 port. He also testifes that bi
 familiar with the premises of | ,T
 Berger, husband of a daughter of u
 Maria Martinez and one of the clair,.r.1
 to the land m question, and that tbs.e
 Is no evidence of any sale of Gon~.-, I,
 any kind nor even of any mercba-,l;-o'
 that Berger has no store of any Lie,' and that his sole business is ,i1., -.iI
 planting and growing fruit tress -' '-5 o5 vines, and that the water used !, I .I same referred to in the Marine .le
 paper. NIT. Ainsa Is an atto-r.r i.l. good standing in Tucson, and Iis
 utation Tor veraclty believe i, uBi7,
 peachable. IH HIS lSttS' '" NAt honorable Sec
 retary of the Interior, Chief Rios '
 made to say m effect that the title ps,-s first prese- ted Co the Surveyor G.ieli'I was changed thereafter and before ,a' c,-' tirmatiOn was recommended. and tL, | testimony of Rufus c. Hopkins. trs,si' | tor and interpreter in the Survey-- ' Generals office, IS taken Co show as !. does, the falslty of the charge. Ns5,La. Chief Rios nor the writer Tr.,I s-1- examined the said title paper -fte- 2. was filed in this office, and this ,bs-,' of change IS one of several inevcyssif. lies which Troll and Rios may settls IS tween themselves.
 John Warner Davis testifestbs+beL know the Martinez family from JTIr 1854 tO date, and that "its reputatio, ;s as good as that of any family iD tbs Territory"
 Jose Herreras testities that hs bss well known the Martinez faml. fror, the birth of Jose Maria Martipsz. bov they were driven from Tuhac bv Apache Indians; the circumstance cs theIr settlement in San Xavier: the fact of the Tucson Alcalde having issusd 1, title to the land now and ever since or. cupled at San Xavier by the Marine family, and that the reputation of tbs family is that of industrious and Das,s- able people of good character. He RIs, Iestlties clearly regarding the coufusio1 about the name of former Papae, chief called by the Mexicans Jos- Zapata and by the Papagos Jose Solosa. Other witnesses cOrrObOrate his tpS,i- mOny and thereby expose certain u.;s. representation in the Troll Rios lttte-. This witness k about seventy yesrs ,f age, was born iu Tucson and Is a man Inf integrity.
 The witness Auselma ROduguez. Istfa laughter-In-law of the Pauagn chief ShO was in power when the Martinez family settl at San Xavrr del Bar md from whom they obtained permis. ,Ion to occupy the land. Her testimony < valuable m several particulars sue- cIaily m that she says the iuhueuce of Ter OWL daughter (the wife of the l-.tr-- sIIter TrOllJ who does net hke the Mar inez family, induces the Papagos to dispute the utle O. the Martinez family. She also says tLis man IrOll IS the off ial interpreter and vet does Lot speak he PdpagU language t, witness has lwdys hved with the Pa.igos and sle narried Papago.
 The two remaining witnesses testify O the good character of the Martinez amlly and to their right Co tEe land they ccupy.
 Thus the charge made in the Troll ,ius letters that the Martinez family are rrreclmmable thieves" is abuut.utIy .ISprovsd.
 The testimony will all bear careful crutiuy. | have now no douut of the ,cuuIneness of Martincz's paper title and never hal or the righ; Co coIarma- ion of tn land claimed without any laper title.
 Many more well informed and reliable ,eOple stand ready Co testify to the sane lect as have the witnesses m thIs ease.
 lt will be noticed that the letters of .hi"f RIUs jO the Honorable Secretary and Agent Wheeler to the Commissioner f Indian Affairs, bear the same date, which Is strongly indicative that the Agent assisted the writer Troll to ialu- ate the statements in the Rios letters he contents of which Rios swears be id uot know. Agent Wheeler's letter Co he Commissioner ought to cause lls JrOmpt dismissal from the service. It $ a mean and uuwise effort to array the influence of the Government against at east ten thousand people who have hundred fold more interest m sustaining uendly and honest relations with the 'apagOs than has any agent of the rOvernment or even the Government It. elf. They have always been friendly D the Papagos as a body, and they are D now. Their lives and property are at take and 1t Is a hbel upon any people D say they will not endeavOr to act for heir own preservation A sensible ianly and truthful agent who has readth of mind enough to properly com reheud the intert sts Cf the people gen rally, can have the cordial and zealOus oop, ration Of ninety-nine hundrciths [ the people of Tucson in every meas re that will aid the Papacos Co in- reased intelligence and prosperity. here are a few bad men m all com lunlties, just as there k here and there bad Indlan Agent of which Wheeler a conspicuous representative.
 Acting Commissioner Stevens refers } my change of mind regarding the Of the title paper of Mar meg, and to this 1 have simply tO say nat l dld change my judgment about . I never unequivOcally declared It .bricatr q and I never could see any lOtive for its fabrication, for Congress nd the Supreme Court have uniformly such claims without any paper tie. It sometimes happens that papers elieved by experts to be genuine, are proven forgeries, and vice ersa; therefore I conclude that an Onest man or an honest officer will not nly be constantly willing to change bis piniOn upon hearing or seeing new yidence in a given case, but uutll t asses from hIs iurisdiction, he will dlli- ently seek for additional evidence Go Infrm or disprove the correctnessoi 1y opinion he may have formed. In recommending the "Rancho dr artinez" for confirmation, l dId SO ainly upon it's long, undisputed, useful ld continuous possession and actual Now, am convinced the ltiti0ners are entitled to confirmation ron the title paper also.
 Very respectfully, your ob't servt'
 JOIN WssSoS.
 [. $. SurveyOr-1ieneraL
 Sonora !ttmS.
 Messrs. Thomas Hseuan, J. W. Moo .y ff E Efur.,nv Iphu Ramoui and