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Show TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO 983 information 2° relative to the Indians in the territory. Other officials appointed at the same time were Hugh N. Smith, as secretary, who was not confirmed, his confirmation having been prevented by R. H. Weightman, the delegate in congress, who desired to secure the position for Manuel Alvarez, who was not a citizen of the United States. William S. Allen was appointed secretary, and Grafton Baker, chief justice, with John S. Watts and Horace Mower as associate justices; Elias P. West, United States attorney and John G. Jones, U.S. marshal. Governor Calhoun was inaugurated on the 3d day of March, 1851, and so far as the records show the new government was launched in a very quiet manner. Shortly after his inauguration the governor issued a proclamation calling for an election and in June of that year the first territorial assembly met at Santa Fé in rooms in the old palace. From a financial standpoint affairs were in a deplorable condition, inasmuch as from its very beginning the expenses of the territorial government 205 The Reports of issue the by solely paid were J. S. Calhoun Indian agent in a treasury upon of warrants while are to be found in H. Ex. Doc. 17, pp. 191-228, 31st cong., Ist sess., Sen. Ex. Doc. 1, pp. 125-143, 3lst cong., 2nd and H. Ex. 4, 1849, October of his Teport sess., Doc. 2, pp. 448-467, 32d cong., gives the population Calhoun Ist sess. In of the Pueblo Indians as 6,524, above five years of age, not including the Moquis. He says that Bent’s Fort on the Arkansas had been burned by William Bent; declares that the Indians are very troublesome; advises the construction of military toads and the building of army posts. He thought that the Indians should be Placed on reservations and made to realize the power of the United States. He recommended the establishment of agencies at Taos, to include the Utes, Zufi for the Navajos, and at Socorro for the Apaches and Comanches; there should be a sub-agent at every pueblo for a year, at least. at thought In the in The losses of live stock Spring of 1851 the Indians were worse than ever. the counties of Santa Ana and Bernalillo during the years 1846-1850, not in- cluding government burros, and 1,234 animals, were 150,231 sheep, 893 horses, 761 mules and cows. Depredations by Indians during the American occupation period — 1846-1850 given in a table prepared from estimates taken by assistant U. S. Maric Shals as follows. — Bartlett, J. R., Personal Narrative, vol. ii, note p. 386: Counties Santa Fé Bol 20 Arriba San Miguel Santa Ana and Bernalillo alencia, Total Sheep 16.260 17,080 43,580 50,000 : Mules 570 Horses 267 1,032 1,960 7,000 1,764 658 3,000 Horned Cattle 894 5,600 2,382 S100 749 987 1,302 171,558 376 372 1,463 453, 293 12,887 7,050 31,581 154,915 |