Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-09-13

| property IL IS not, the claims of tbe Indians whose 1t is, should be protected To do this successfully it will he peees. sary 10 retain the present south.rn boundary of the reservation. and con- tlhue department jurisdiction over tbe territory III which the work of mining may hereafter be conducted. A reason. able royalty should in my opinion. he exacted for all the coal taken out. and the proceeds applied for the benefit of the Indians. To the plan of segrega- llon, urged by interested parties. I am unalterably opposed.
 By such an act the Indians would be deprlved ot any share in whatever value may attach to property now admitted to oe thelrs; the limits of the Reservation would De circumscribed so as to admit what may soon become a populous com nunlty or Whites, in close proximity to the Agency, with all the allurements of wee so congenial to the Indians tastes, and winch the Agent would have no power to prevent Mir. Bannow. Con- missioner appointed by the Hon. Sec retary Of the Interior, under a recent act ot Congress, IS now on the ground Tor the purpose Of Investigating the whole question, as to the extent and probable value of the coal deposit, and should be prepared, when he has con- cluded hls investigation. to give all needed information on a subject of which little has heretofore been known.
 SCHOOL DESIRED.
 l have, on former occasions, opposed the establishment of a school at this Agency, on the ground that the Apaches should first be taught to labor. Having seen them we'll advanced on the road of physical industry, I cheerfully recon mend the organisation of a school for boys, only, at the earliest practicable period, and will give to it my best efforts to insure success.
 During the year four pupils have re- turned from Hampton School, and are now living on the reservation. Two of them, Tolma and Stago, have enlistened as military scouts and are serving in that capacity. Robert Mcintosh and William Roberts are now employed at the agency as interpreters. All but William Roberts have purchased squaws and returned to the habits of their peo pie. To be marrled to a souaw signifies au abandonment of the refinement of civilization though some of its customs may still be cherished; ;and in this regard these recent converts to Christianity, and graduates of an excellent institu- uon of learning, are DO exception. Boys taken from the tribe should remain at school until they have mastered the trades in which they are instructed, SD as to be able 70 cOnstruct-complete whatever they undertake.
 No Indian Io.ice force has been em- ployed duTjng the year, the service hay ing been performed by military scouts. have but now commenced the organi- zatiOn of an agency force, and have full confidence m Its efficienCy to perform all the duties of police among the h. disns Tn the vicinity If the agency, which inclVdes all on the reservation, except those near Apache, under mili- tary control It IS not improbable that conflicts VIII occur between the agency and military scouts if the latter are per nitted to remain m service at this place. as l have no power to control their movements. but l cannot conceive of the possibility of a long continuance of policy SO injurious to the service as that now existing which sustalnG tw" establishments for the performance os one duty.
 The health of the Indians has not been affected by any unusual conditions of eickness, the ordinary diseases 10 a hot climate, miasmaiic bottom lands. impure water and unrestrained license in social life have prevailed uuaided iu the work of extermination.
 Very respectfully,
 Your obedIent servant,
 F. r. WILCOX,
 United States Indian Agent.