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Show REPORT OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS. 69 invested with discretionary powers in the matter, to bo used as the circumstances which may develop themselves u[ on his arrival in r, lio. se Territories may demand. 1 suggest that he bo authoiiz d to do whatever in his judgment may appear most wise and proper in locating the roving tribes in those Territories on suitable reservations, in bringing them mule; 1 the supervision of the respective agents, and in arranging issue of the necessary supplies Cor their wants, as will be for the best interests of the Indians, the Government, and citizens of s.- iid Territories. Very respectfully, j rour obedieiit servant, E. S. PARKER, Commissioner* Hon. C. DELANO, Secretary of the Interior. APPINDIX A ?, No. 7. PINOS ALTAS, NEW MEXICO, July 18, 1871. SIR: Yours of June 15 was duly received, giving me the information I requested, & c., for which accept my thanks. I was also pleased to hear from Captain Stevens, although sorry to hear he is so sick; he is a noble, good man. Since the receipt of your letter I have been notified of several Indian depredations being committed on the Mimbres River on the 19th of June. Indians stole three horses from the Upper Mimbres while picketed within four hundred yards of the house of George O. Perranlt, justice of the peace of that precinct, who at the time was trying a case for the parties whose horses were stolen. They were followed about thirty miles in the direction of your reservation by the owners of the horses on foot. About the same time two or three horses were stolen from a ranch about seven miles above the town of Rio Mimbres; since then some cattle were stolen from the same ranch and followed to your reservation, where they were recovered, for which I thank you. About a week ago two horses and one mule were stolen by Indians from near Fort Bayard, which stock was followed some distance in the direction of your reserve. I am reliably informed, by prominent citizens who have seen and conversed with the Mexicans who followed aiid recovered their oxen from the Indians on your reserva-tion, that they saw, in possession of Indians under your charge, other stolen stock that they identified, but that you was not able to recover it from the Indians, and that they positively refused to give it up to the owners or to yourself; therefore I hope that, this matter will be fully explained to Superintendent Pope, to see how long this state of affairs is to exist. What we want to know is, whether our stock can be recovered or not from Indians on your reservation, when fully proved and identified, or if we are to be forever at the mercy of these thieving, murderous Apaches, who have a house of refuge at Alamosa? If so, the sooner we know it the better, because the citizens of this country are determined to put a stop to it, and, if they carry out their programme, the Camp Grant massacre will be thrown entirely in the shade, and Alamosa will rank next to Sand Creek. I have done my best to keep the people of Grant County from committing any overt act; but unless we have some reliable protection furnished us soon from the thieving, murderous villains, whom you are feeding and have not power to keep from robbing and plundering our people, I shall hereafter do nothing to prevent an armed body of true bold frontiersmen from leaving this county on one of the numerous trails that lead to Alamosa, to find their stock and punish the robbers and murderers wherever they may find them. I do hope you may do all in your power to prevent such a thing, but I can assure yon unless somer. hing is done soon, our indignant citizens will turn out en masse and settle the Alamosa reservation question fully. Hoping to hoar from you soon, I remain, yours truly, R. HUDSON. O. F. PIPER, Esq., Indian Agent at Canada Alamosa, New Mexico. UNITED STATES INDIAN AGTCNCY FOR SOUTHERN APACHES, Canada Alamosa, New Mexico, July 24, 1871. DEAR SIR : Yours of tho 17th instant received. You have been misinformed of what occurred here when the two Mexicans from Rio Mimbres wore hero looking for stook etoleu from them. The chiefs came in the morning these men came, to inform me th: t two or three of their young men had stolen some animals ( giving the miin bar and |
