Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-07
LAMAR'S REPORT.
what the Secretary Of the Interior Has
10 Say About the Red Man IL
ills Annual Report.



trntlon Of this department since the ith
of March last, attention II called llrst To
the oprrations OF the Indian bureau.
whilst the exhibit he makes Of tho con.
dItion Of the various Indian tribes and
bands within the limits of our country
does not show hsrcsult commensurate
with tho efforts aud expenditures Ia their
behalf. IL makes manifest general state
of peace aud order aud considerable
nrogrGss In the mass Of this dependent
aud helpless people,
THE otiInHEAK OR riiE APACfEB on
ARIZONA.
when entered on the duties OF this
department found In force the follow
Ing agreements
In view Of tho difficulties encountered IN max
Ing satiHta lOrj dlsp0aitinn 81 tue Apache Ia
dlhuH recently captured by ten, CROOK, unlHr
existing mAthods Of ndmiuisiratl0r II IL deter
miurd by lhe secretary of war and TIE SCORE
tnry OF the interior, after consideration, that
Tho ApnrnH Indlnna recently nniurrd ~ Con,
Crook, aud all aICl ~ may he hereafter car
inrud ~ may surrender iht mspvra W him, snail
be- kopt drr the c0uirol ol thc war hOpHft
mOnt nj such points on tho san Carlos foHofvH'
ton NJ mhi b. dulCrinlurd hN the war dcpnft
munt thut DOT NJ tlf agency without tlle con
sHut ut tho lndl ~ hSon'li q" J. TED And cared
Tor by the war dppi tmrht uniil tlrthrf prdtf3.
Tuf tho EfrttOr security Vt ihr people at IA
LnnH, ANA to Insure y acct lhn war Department
ahull bu inttu,trd win tue cnife p0ll control
OF III ihU Indians IN tue san CnrlOs rfRvryAiiun,
aud charged Aitb tho duly OH oplnK tho pcArG
on Tho feH rYhtiUn, hnd preventing inc Indians
from aging tLtNHept WIN h9 nnHcni ~ Con
Crook tiH onltcf Mo may br authorized To
act unirr hlm,
'lhe war department eh0ll protect the Indian
agent IN thu discharge of his duties ~ agent
which snnl Include tho ordinary duiiHH OF IN
Indian agent, Hnd runniu hH heretofore except
~ a. Keeping The praor, administering luHllco,
mud punlahing rufrhGurS lndihn-, all vi which
NuulI dana Ii uuIuTtlm Ia uluytt
6tntud
This arrangement did not prove as pro-
ducttyo oil good ~ those who entered
into IL expected. ON tho l7th Of May
last Indian Agent Ford telcgrnphed this
department that nifty Chlrlcahnl bucks
from among those undur exclusive milf
tary control, led by Geronimo, Nina, and
other chiefs, had broken away and left
the reservation on the 18th Of May and
were heading for New Mexico. A tclo-
gram from Gen. Pope, dated san Frnn.
cisco, the 2lst VI the same month, wns
received NJ the war department fully
confirming this Intelligence, This band
Of Indians, which nltOg, thcr is reported
nt less than 200, including men, woisen
aud chlldr n, escaped tn the ncighburing
mountains aud thence To Mexico without
being oycrukcn by the United States
troops who were sent 10 capture them,
Their track WAS marked by murder,
rapno, burning OF homes, aud horrible
cruultlGH upon dCfrnselcso women and
children. Not loss than seventeen per.
sons were Killed in ArilOnn ana New
Mexico from the beginning OF the out
break until they crossed the line into
Mexico, ~ h supposed that the number
actually murdered was much larger than
lint. tItl tl.l
rlblo crimes Ot these blood.thrsty say.
ages were going ON, the Apache Indians,
under the supervision Of the Indian ageut
at The san Carlos agency, remained In
peace and quiet upon their reservation
without the slightest Indication Of hos.
tlIlty or turbulonco
This state OF things, however, Is Il pro-
lllG source OF dlstrnst aud perturbation
among the citizens of Arizona, aud nt each
returning spring There IN general aud
apparently wol-iouDded fear VI IN
Apache outbreak. The location OF the
San Carlos or White Mountain rosorW,-
tlon In Arizona a from NIL | can
learn, not well adapted to the proper
management 81 these untnmCd Indians
Owing to tile large area OF the rusurvu-
ton (8060 square mllos) military en-
virOnmont sufficient Ia prevent the In
dams from escaping Ht Will to tho noun.
tain businesses of Mexico TX impossible
with the small number OF troops avail.
able, In view of tho fact that the ar.
rangomGnt above alluded Ia failed TO me-
compllSh its object, and Of the embar-
easements growing out Of the conflict OF
authority frequently occurring under this
anomalous arrangement, you ordered,
under my rccommel dalton, suggested "
ms by the war department, that the en-
tire control Ot the affairs Of the roarryn.
ton should be assumed by the interior
department, ANA that these hostile
bands should be Incorporated with
the mass of the other Indians
Capt. Pierce was designated by YOU "a
execute the duties OF ludlan agent under
the PROVISIONS OF section 20B2, Revised
Statutes
The removal OF those Apache Indians
TO the Indian Trrfltoy, or TO some other
point Ia tho East, has been urged by
citizens of Arizona ~ the most ienslbc
plan Tor the settlement OF the Apache
question OF Arizona, The dllilGul.
tics IN the way are very gruat. aud
until the law against the removal OF In
dians from Now Mexico aud Arizona 10 the
Indian Territory Ia repealed, aud author
ty and provision Tor the removal are
granted 10y congress, nothing can be
done in that direction.
The recommendation Of the commits
slonor of indian affairs that the less guilt,
OF the ruhellious Chncahuas should be
transported 70 an Island la the iaon,
ocean, asa penal colony, To earn theil
own living by tishIng, stock-raising, etc
or sent 20 the military prison at For
Lcavonworth merits consideration, The,
cerlalnly should be removed during IA,
coming winter 70 SOME place where Tho,
can be more securely guarded.
TiiR CnENENNEA.
The Cheyenne Indians, whose rosefya
ton, with the Arapahocs, Hes In the west
ern portion OF the Indian Territory, hay,
for a year manifested a RESTLESS aud tur
hulcnt temper which threatened for
Time 70 develop Into open hostilltios, Tn,
disposition, movements and general de
meanor Of the Indians created considrm
bic alarm aud 30 clearly indicated tina
precautionary measures Wern advisable
Ii NOT absolutely necessary, that this de
nuptupul nrpuunl the Iuuttpp IA tina "A =