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Show REPORT OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS. 85 1. The valley of Tnlorosa, in New Mexico, beginning at the head- waters of this river and its tributaries in the mountain, and extending down the Tulorosa ten miles each side for a distance of thirty miles, is declared and hereby announced to be an Indian reservation, for the sole use of the southern and other roving bands of Apache Indians, no\ v in, or who may hereafter come into New Mexico, their agents and other officers, and such officers and employes of the military service as may be designated by compe-tent military authority. 2. The Indians at the Canada Alamosa agency, and all roving Apaches now in New Mexico, are hereby commanded to go immediately to the Tulorosa reservation, remain there, and preserve peaceable relations with the Government, the white people, and with each other. They are notified that they will not be permitted to place their old men, women, and children on the reservation, and send their young men and braves on the war- path. As long as the Indians remain on the reservation, and conduct them-selves peaceably, they will be fully protected and provided for by the Government ; if they fail to go" upon the reservation in due time after having been informed of this order, or leave it after having once gone there, they will become objects of suspicion liable to attack as hostile. The terms and conditions of this order will be applied to all Apaches who may hereafter go into New Mexico. 3. All concerned are hereby notified that the Government is determined, if possible, to preserve peace between the whites and Indians, and to allow neither to depredate or trespass on the other, and it is the command of the President that the Indians be protected on their reservation, and that under no pretense shall their reservation be trespassed upon, nor shall it be invaded except under the leadership of the com-manding officer having charge of them. 4. The troops will co- operate with and aid the Indian Bureau to the full extent of their ability in transferring Indians to the Tulorosa reservation. A military post will be established there as soon as practicable, and full protection given to the Indians who remain peaceably on the reservation. If from want of supplies the Indian Bureau shall at any time be unable to provide for the Indians on the reservation, such issues will be made from the army supplies as may be necessary for the support of all the In-dians who act in good faith.. 5. The commanding general Department of the Missouri is charged with executing this order, and with issuing such further instructions as maybe necessary to accom-plish the purposes indicated. He will have the various bauds of roving Apaches in New Mexico, or who may hereafter come there, informed as soon as practicable of the requirements herein set forth, and at the earliest convenient season will fix more spe-cifically the boundaries of their reservation. 6. After general notice to Indians and whites of the policy above defined, the depart-ment commander may feel asured that whatever measures of severity he may adopt to reduce these Apaches to a peaceful and subordinate condition will be approved by the War Department and by the President. ORDERS OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC, Maj. Gen. J. M. Schofield, commanding. In accordance with authority and orders received from the War Department, the follow-ing instructions are given for the government of Indians subject to military control in the Territory of Arizona : All roving bands of Indians, for which reservations have been set apart by the Indian commission, under the authority of the President of the United States, will be required to go at once upon their reservations, and not to leave them again upon any pretext whatever. So long as they remain upon their reservations in due subordination to the Government, they will be fully protected and provided for ; otherwise they will be regarded as hostile, and punished accordingly. The reservations heretofore set apart will be publicly declared in general orders from headquarters from the Department of Arizona, and an officer of the Army will be designated by the department commander to act as Indian agent for each reservation. All male Indians ( old enough to go upon the war- path) will be enrolled, and their names will be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, with a full and accurate descriptive list of each person. Each Indian will be furnished with a copy of his descriptive list, and will be required to carry it always with him. The numbers of women and children belonging to each head of family will also be recorded opposite his name in the descriptive book. The presence on the reservation of every male adult will be verified once, a day, or oftener, if found necessary, to prevent the possibility of smy leaving the reservation and returning without the knowledge of the officer in charge. Care will be taken to inform the Indians that this precaution is intended to insure the protection of the innocent and punishment of the guilty, and that it is to |