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Show 82 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS. APPENDIX A I, No. 23. General Crook censuring Captain Nelson for defending Camp Grant Indian reservation, HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA, Prescott, Arizona Territory, September 22, 1871. SIR : Referring to your communication of the 15th instant, and to Post Orders No. 70, Part II, Camp Grant, Arizona Territory, September 13, 1871, in which you report having prohibited armed bodies of citizens from approaching within ten miles of your post, I have to state that this would virtually prohibit the passage of any citizens over the public mail road from Tucson to Florence, which passes within four miles of your post. As all citizens in this Territory, in order to secure protection, must go armed, while it is your duty to give every assistance in your power to the peace commissioner, and protection to the Indians who may come peaceably disposed to your post, you must not forget the duties you owe to the citizens of this Government. Your action in this matter was unwarrantable, as you transcended the limits of your authority, and in future you will be governed by the proper military authorities and the customs of ser-vice in like cases, nor will you unnecessarily provoke the hostilities of the citizens toward the military and the Indians under their protection. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEORGE CROOK, Lieut. Col. Twenty- third Infantry, Brevet Major General U. S. A., Commanding. Captain WILLIAM NELSON, Twenty- first Infantry, Camp Grant, Arizona Territory. APPENDIX A &, No. 24. Providing temporary reservation for the Hualapais at Beal Spring, A. T. CAMP WHIPPLE, ARIZONA TERRITORY, October 5, 1871. GENERAL : As there are a number of Hualapais Indians reported to be in a destitute condition in the neighborhood of Beal Spring Camp, Arizona Territory, who have lately been peaceable, will you have the kindness to see that they are fed, protected, and otherwise cared for, agreeably to the orders of the War Department, dated Wash-ington, D. C., July 18 and 31, 1871 ? The reservation within which the above order will apply shall be temporary, and extend for the distance of one mile around the camp, until such time as a more permanent reservation can be selected. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, VINCENT COLTER, Commissioner. Brevet Major General GEORGE CROOK, Commanding Department of Arizona, Camp Whipple, Prescott, Arizona Territory. APPENDIX A &, No. 25. Report to General Schofield, U. S. A., and arranging for supply of blankets. OFFICE OF THE HEADQUARTERS, DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC,^^^ tian Francisco, California, October 19, 1871. GENERAL : Under the orders of the President, dated War Department, Washington, D. C., July 18, and supplementary order, July 31, 1871, copies of which have been for-warded to you, I have collected together several thousands of the roving Apache Indians on reservations which I have selected in Arizona Territory, and requested the commanding officers at the military posts around which these reservations are located to feed, partially clothe, protect, and otherwise care for them, leaving the whole busi-ness under their supervision, until such time as the Deportment at Washington may otherwise order. The reservations are located as follows: At Camp Apache, for the Cayotcro; at Camp Grant, for the Aravapas and Phials; at Camp McDowell, for the Toutos; at |
