Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
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 great convenience to both military
 and civil attaches of the Agency.
 Remittent fever is prevalent among
 the soldiers at San Carlos, and also
 several of the civil attaches are aiilict-
 ed with it. Mountain air and pure
 water usually effect a speedy cure.
 The Indians are delivering large quantities of hay and wood for the
 military at San Carlos, The wood contract calls for 1900 cords, of which about 600 have already been furnished.
 W. w. Chapel and Robert Mont. gomery, Indian traders at San Carlos, have been dong q good business this fall, Mir, Chapel, especially, having his hands full The Indians received con siderable money from the sale oi their grain, and as q matter of course they are spending it.
 Dr, Davis. accompanied by Lieut. Evans, will visit Thompsens wells next week to examine and report on the quantity and quality of water in the wells and also thatiu the canyon five miles distant, which it IS pro posed to pipe out for use at the new post, The gentlemen promise to spend a day or two in Globe.
 Charles Dumont, courteous and competent operator, is in charge of the telegraph office al San Carlos, The Globe aud San Carlos line is now in good order, except that few new poles are needed and which Captain Cooper signifed bis willingness to erect IL is hoped that an operator will soon be secured for the Globe office
 Capt. !, L. Bullis. Indian Agent at San Carlas, is succeeding admirably in his manahement of the red wards of the Government. He meteS out strict but eyenhanded justice to them, and tha lndianS, aware that punishment, swift and sure, will fellow any infrac- ton of the law or the Agents orders, demaan themselves with proper pru ience.
 The new piece of read, mile in length, at Benton camp, eleven miles this side of San Carles, is very rough and heavy, and all teams coming this way are obliged to drop their trall', and a good deal of forcible language ln the part of teamsters k the result The road nearly the entire distance between Globe and San Carlos is badly gut up and very dusty. Between the Agency and Camp Thomas its sad -o be no better.
 The five Indians who Killed the white man, Jones, on the San Pedro gre now all in llmbo at San Carlas. )ue surrendered to agent Eullis last week and tbe others were captured at Joan Suiths camp, on the Gila, Tues iay last Three of them are relatives of Jaba Smith. whose baud aGilates vith Parhula's. The latter thiei Is the principal witness against the pris 1uers. He was also fired upon and slightly wounded at the tilae Jares was killed
 Capt. Coopar, oi the l0th Cavalry, who has rendered valuable service in the management of and subiugaiion of the Indians m iha Southwest, is now commanding at San Carlos, with a force Of four companies, two of the l0th Cavalry, and two of the 24th h. fautry, Lieut. Evans with company oi the 10th Cavalry is at present sta toned at Csssdors camp on tae San Carlos. The Indians are beng closely wIlh the object of preventing the djstlllaiion of tiswin, as this is the1 season fer its manufacture,
 
 There seems 10 be some doubt as to the abandonment of Fort Thomas The order has at least been arrested for. the present, and Capt. Lee and ordered back to thai post There is also a detachment of San Carlos troops there which will make the faros as large 9s has bsen usually stationed there, At San Carlos it is stated that Capt. Lees company is re- turned to Thomas simply to consume the forage remaiuing there, alter which they will be ordered elsewhQre In the event of the order of abandon ment being then carried out, there will likely be one company from san Carlos ksrt at Thomas ali the time The importance of that point as sta. ton for troops to keep the Indians under surveillance is generally recos- uized by military officers.
 Under recent order from the h. teriar Department, census of all the Indians on the reservation is being taken, It wifi include a cdmplcle enumeration, and the names Qndian and tue English translation) and ages of all these over seven years of age