Year: 1872

children to obey the orders of their officers as the Pimas do. If Eskevanzin was not strong enough, he would go with his men, to bring in the bad Indians, and he would get the Maricopas to help; though the latter were a small band they respected hiin. He, himself and his people were once poor and had no horses or clothing and nothing to till the ground but stick.

 | If the Apaches would do as they had done work and le at pesce-they could have all things. and raise abundance. The Govern ment has plenty of tools to till the soil ito give them). It was with them as with all nations. there were some bad people; still there are good people to punish the bad. They all had one commander, and they would put themselves under him and ge af ter these bad Indians Antonio wanted Es- kevanzin to consult his people about doing this and they would a.l live at peace. Eskevanzin said he wanted carriage and two good horses to go after the bad Indians and bring them in, he wanted carriage and two good horses so that he could ride into the mountains after them; and when they came down, he would give him horse even if it was a poor horse to ride lso the latter part of this sentence was interpreted, he probably meant that he would be satis fled with horse even a poor horsel

 As soon as Antonio, chief of the Pimas. could get an opportunity, after this speech of Eskevanzin, he said that, yesterday he was contcnted and thought they were going to have a good peace, but to-day he did not feel contented and expressed doubts ss to the sincerity of Eskevanzin.

 Eskevanzn went on to say, that he lived sI~. Papagos and Wakes (Mexicans) and Suez, etc, lived around him and they all obeyed one government.

 Gen. Howard asked Eskevanzin if he wanted to say anything more about the chii- dren. He replied that when he talked with the General before he had taken him to where one hundred and thirty of his people had been murdered. He had told the Gen eral it was the PapagOes who had killed them and not the people of this post. After this had been done there were men here who knew this Preferred to Whitman and Hutton) he and others came downward and lived in the same place. He had told the Gener al that twenty seven capiives had been car ried away, and he had asked to have them brought back. He had been told that pa per would be put into his hand and letter

 

 could be brought back Gen. Howard told him that the letter had been sent. Eskevanzin said he had sent some men, Pedro and others-with the General to see the spot where his people had been killed, that he might believe, and he had told him that twenty mine had been taken away but, that two of them came back the following day. And the General told him that he l II .ln son and see the people and bring the captives back and his people could then get them. Gen. Howard said he had done so, he had brought them back.

 Eskevanzin said it had now been two days since they were brought and they had not seen them. They had put stones here and in the canyons to see if it would not make them wider. He asked to have the children back and he asked the favor of God to get them back.

 He had told the General that there were different bands-the Tontos the Finals and the Arivipais, and he was authorized to an swer for them all. The Indians that were now hostile had no regular captains, and they live like animals.

 It was now two days that he had been ask ing the favor of General Howard (the deliv- cry of the children). What had been said here by the General and by themselves would fly all over Sonora and all over the country. The other Indians would come in and make peace. He said this inspired oi God. God ordered the General and him. self; and it was by the order of God tha, they were now here holding what he said was, as interpreted, that the sole object o making the treaty was to get the children back.

 Eskevanzin wanted to sec the men who said it.

 General Howard replied that Jose Maria Yeskes, the interpreter, said it. The man who had been out for Del-che, came in at this pointl. Eskevanzin had Agents Jacobs and Clark sit down before hin. He said that Jose Maria was here to make disturb ance; he had told these gentlemen (Jacobs and Clark that Jose Maria was one of the worst of men; that he would come here and listen and then go out and make wrong translation and bad impressions; that Jose did not like to see general peace he liked to see them out killing all the time. He had put the stone there to make lasting peace. He had been asking his children last night how Jose Maria would make living now. He had told these two men before hum that | there was SoOu strong peace made, legal peace; he was afraid Jose Maria would make disturbance.

 I General Howard said that E>kevanzin had given him promise, twenty-five days before, that he would be here yesterday when the sun was up (about o'clock a. m.) and he had kept his promise. And he had prom ised yesterday, to come back to-day, when the sun was there @ a. m.) and he had come. Now, would he promise that he would be at peace with the Americans, Mexicans, Pimas and Papagos and all others as long as he lived-as long as-(Gen. Howard looked around on the floor when the alarming fact was discovered that the stone was lost This might have produced the most serious consequences, but they were happily sverted for the time at lcast)

 After Gen. Howard had opened the con- ference in the morning, he took the stone from his pocket, where he had been safely keeping it, and laid it down on the floor in the centre of the council. He had been up stepping about in this central place several times, as also others had, and the stone was a l.. Io Ns.rr rrh