Arizona silver belt., 1883-08-11
Correspondence.

GLOBE, Aug. 8, 1858.
On Saturday last the 4th. inst, after
riding all night, I arrived at the Deer
Creak Coal Fields, which are about So
miles from this place. arrived just
before - M; about / 80 p. m. / was
awakened by one of the boys and told
that company of soldiers were coming
down the road. The soldiers came
within 100 yards of the house, formed
in line and dismountcd. having their
guns IN their hands, while Lieut.. Dodd,
who was in command, came on foot to
the house; he first asked how many
men were at the house, and was told
that there were -, he then said he had
orders from Capt. Emniit Crawford to
arrest every one found, and that we
must consider ourselves prisoners,
when asked what for, he said he
Thought it was for trespass. When
we asked to be shown the line of the
Reservation, he said that he did not
know where it was and did not think
he could find it if he went to look for
it; we protested against being arrested,
and asked to see his orders for so do
ing. He said he had no written order
and that if we would promise to go
with him to San Carlos Agency, he
would give us our parole, otherwise
he should have TO use force, and keep
us under guard; we promised not to
go away, $50 he went. back to his COM
mand and went into camp for the
night. We asked him for rations, as
we were prisoners, and he said had
none for US. In the morning about
100, we all got ready, by order of 1t.
Dodd, and started for San Carlos
eleven men, besides the command of
soldiers, twenty-elght in number, and
ten or twelve pack animals, with two
packers, leaving at the house two men,
one Of whom was sick, the other to
care for him. About two and half
miles from our house at the coal fields,
where the road strikes Hawk canyon,
we met party Of Indians, who had a
pass to go over the country; the In
dams said they were going by the San
Pedro. About 2 o'clock we arrived at
San Carlos, and were surrendered to
Capt. Crawford, by Lieut.. Dodd, who
ordered us to register our names in a
book he has, which calls for the fol-
lowing: Date of arrival, name bust
ness, residence, &c. After registering
we were ordered into his private Of
flee, and after he had closed the door,
he said he had orders to remove all
persons from the reservation, and that
the order had been at the Agency for
some time, but none of the Agents had
ever had it enforced, but now he was
in charge Of the entire reservation, &C..
and he was determined to carry out
the order, and no one, not in the en-
ploy Of the governm ant, should reside
on the reservation; and lie knew
where the lines ran, and it made no
difference about a survey or not, he
was and would be the Judge as to the
limits of the reserve. He then said
we could either start at once to leave
the reserve, or wait until morning;
when told that we had no rations with
us, and that we requested him to fur
nish us with some for ourselves, and
forage for our animals, he said he had
none to give us, although we had been
prisoners about % hours, had tray
eled % miles, two of our men being
afoot, and It being then after 3 p. m.
1t was too late for us to reach any
habitation Cthc nearest being % miles)
before dark: we were told that we
could go to the traders store and get
some eatables and forage, if we chose.
went and was charged IS cents for
small can of salmon, such as are sold
in Globe fer IS cents. Owing to the
excessive charges for provisions and
forage, we were compelled to move on
until We could reach a point where
our necessities could be relieved, and
not reaching a habitation before night
fall, we were compelled to camp in
drenching rain, without shelter, until
daylight, the following morning. The
foregoing are facts, and if they reflect
upon the conduct of Emmett Crawford,
Captain of the Sd Cavalry, U. S. A., in
command of San Carlos Indian ReSer-
walton, it is no fault of mine.
Yours, &C.,
w. g. PENDLEroE.
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