Year: 1866

MILL lAlk1 AND INDIAN AT AIlo.

 The following is the report of the joint committee on Military and Indian affair.", of the Third Legislative Assembly. It will be read with interest, and We think generally approved:

 REpoRT-The joint committee on Military and Indian affair, respectfully report that they have had the subject under careful con sideration, and beg leave to present the fol- lowing conclusions:

 That the Military force now in the Ter ritory Is entirely insufficient to protect the inhabitants from the depredations of the Apaches, Pah L Utes. and other hostile Indians. That 1t is in fact inadequate properly to gar risOn the different posts, and to defend the roads and mails, not tc speak of wagng an aggressive war upon the barbarous enemy which war is positively necessary to the sue cessful opening of the country.

 ,. That experience has proven that the r~gular troops are poorly adapted to Indian fighting in this country that while they hold the Forts another force must be provided for the feid--1 force familiar with the haunts and habits of the Indians and who are eager to punish them.

 That, as set forth in the letter of Governor Mccormick to the Secretary of War, m June last, the qualities shown by the several com panies of native Cor MeXcan) volunteer, in service during the past year were such a. prove them to be the right men in the right place, and that 1t is much to be regretted that they were not kept in ser vice That the hearty thanks of the people are due to them for their marked efficiency, and that we earnestly recommend the Legis- latiye Assembly to memorialize Congress for authority to raise full regiment of them Gl ! it is thought that the men can be raised) for the term of two years, confidently believing ! 1t to be the only step whereby the hostile saVases can quickly, surely, and cheaPly, be l brought to terms

 8. That for the immediate defence of the ! people, the organization of company of ran ! gers in each county, to serve only when actu ally needed, is necessity; and that it is re- commended that an appropriation to meet the expenses of sustaining the same, be asked of Congress, as just and reasonable demand I. That the management of the Indian su. ! perintendency, for some time past, has beer such as to injure rather than benefit the Ter ritory. The superintendent seems 10 have entertained the impression that he could dis charge the duties of his important office by remaining in one particular locality, whi e il ! X the judgment Of your committee that ht should visit all parts of the Territory, and bJ actual observation and intercourse becom, familiar with the wants of the various tribes This duty has been so entirely neglected that many of the tribes are yet ignorant of tho existence of a superintendent, and have had no share in the appropriations of the lndiaI department As for instance the MoquiS who have within the past year sent two del egations to Prescott, to make inquiry on va rious matters with which the superintendent should long since have made them familiar

 The present unfriendly attitude of the of the pah ttes and Nallapais, may be at tnbuted tO the same inexcusable neglect Had the superintendent manifested any in tercst in them they might have been kept m order. But worse than all, the supern tendent has been unable to control the lndi- ans living in his own immediate vicinity. as IS clearly shown by the recent affair in Skull Valley, where they were the aggressors. and far beyond the imaginary peace line created by him.

 Your Committee are of the opinion that the system of donatoas CT presents to Indi- ans, or of feeding them in the hope of gain- ing their friendship, is false one, and that 10 place them upon reservations without n ! distinct understanding that they are to re- main there, and the necessary power to force astrict compliance with such understanding. Is StupeRdOus farce. In conclusion. they would protest against the unfair representa- ton, Of the superintendent, that the whites are determined to wrong the Indians, and that the recent offensive movements of the former against the Pah Utes, Yayapais and Nallapais, are to be attributed to this deter miniti0n

 ] It IS their opinion, that excepting against the Apache who has always been considered hostile, the whites have not made any un. friendly demonstration until entirely satisfied as in the case of the Pah- Utes. Yayapais and Wallapais--thst they were bent on war. and already guilty of unprovoked atrocities. In the popular judgment, that on the first sign Of antagonism it is necessary to deal summarily and severely with all Indians. and that hallway measures are of no avail your committee would express hearty con currence.

 o. D. GASS,

 Chairman of Council Committee.

 A. E. DAVIS.

 Chairman House Committee.