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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISBIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 13 thinks that snfficient land can be had at fair rates in the vicinity for other south-ern bands who will soon bave to be brought npon reservations. With Superintendent Maltby's report be has forwarded the statements of two special agents sent by his predecessor last spring, with instructions to visit and inquire into the condition of, and furnish seeds and a supply of implements to, the Mission Iudians, located in small settlements near the southern line of the State, from Lo8 Angelos to San Diego. These reports are full of interest, and the visit appears to have been of benefit to the Indians. Unscrupulous white men seem to be interfering with their rights in a very nnjustifiable mauner, and it was time that rotection was extended to them. The total num \ er of Indians upon the reservations named above is, by the anperintendent's report, 3,860; while he estimates the whole number in the State not on reservations, and including the Mission Indians, (who live upon and cultivate their own lands,) at 30,000, which is mnch beyond any other late estimates of the population of the California tribes. ARIZONA. After the resignation of Superintendent Poston, on the occasion of his election as a delegate to Congress last year, he left HI. G. W. LeiLy, whom he had designated as assistant superintendent, in charge of Indian affairs in Arizona, and Mr. Leihy was subsequently appointed superintendent. His annual report did not reach this office in time for notice in this report, but will he fonnd in the aooendix : hut hv a letter received. under date of Seutemher 27. he rives some iGortaniinform~tion in regard to'the tribes on and near the Colorado river. The letter, which came too late for further notice, is amon-a the -pav-er s snbmitted herewith. From Mr. J. C. Dnnn, who was among the pemons appointed by Mr. Poston as agents, as referred to in the last a ~ n u arle port from this office, advices were received during the last summer of hostilities having broken out among the In-dians along the Colorado river, hut no details have heen forwarded. Mr. Da-vidson, who was designated by late Superintendent Poston ss agent for the P a.~ a r o Isn dians. in the southwest art of the Territorv, has furnished much ,, " - valuable information in regard to thac inttrestilsg and thoroughly I<,ynl people. In order to place in permanent form nurh i~rfonrution as to the charucrer, his-tom, and traditions of the Indian tribes as rdu be ubtnincd. I have incluJcd Mr. idso son's report among thepapers to be published with this report. The Pa-pago8 occupy villages and the adjacent country, in the southwest portion of Arizona, having for their centre and most important point the old mission church of Ban Xavier del Bac, and number some 5,000 souls. The Pimos and Mari-copas (confederated) are an independent and industrious people, living further to t.he north and west, and number, according to late Superintendent Poston, some 7,500. Over these two tribes Mr. Davidson was, on the occasion of his late visit to the east, and &r your conference with him, appointed by the depart-ment as a special agent, and furnished with such portion of funds from the ap-propriation for Arizona as was deemed applicable to the Indians assigned to his agency, which also includes the Tame Apaches, a small number of well-dis-n- o.s ed uersona of the extensive tribe which causes so much trouble in that re- & son. The Papagos bave from time to time furnished soldiera to aid the white8 against the inroads of the Apaches, and have been very e5cient. Their friendship has been fully recognized, and it is hoped that, .under the teacher to he provided, and by means of the agricultual implements and other lpally valnahlearticles to be furnished them, they will make rapid improvement in civilization. Indeed, from the accounts received fmm Agent Davidson they |
