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Show tion, on the Gila River, where are located tribes bearing these names, numbering about seven t,housand, who have long borne a good reputa-tion. beine considerablv advanced in a rude civilization an?l auite suc-c e~duiln 'their etiorts i t r;hro~inga nd otller pursuits. Their ioSalty to the governmerlt and friendsl~ipt o the whites have been mark~dc lrarae-teri8ics for rears ~ a s ta.n d thev are a veo~let rulv deserrine the fop teril~gra re o? our kovehn~enr." 7rith t:~ir ;lc.aliugnud jnst cksrrvance of their rights hy citizens \rho are in the vicinity, uoupl~reheu;iiou~e~ed be eutertni~reclo ionrl~re:ik.;w ith tlleir : ~ t u . ~ l dcav~i1~.u tb v these Indians. It is their boast that they have never shed the blood cf a white man; on the eontrsry, they have befriended Inany an emigrant and stood as a barrier between him and the wild Anache marauder. The su~erintend-ent ha.s been instructed to enlarge &e boundaries of their reservation so as to provide a sufficient area, which is at present not afforded, for apricult6ral and erazing ~urnose's.a s also to sec~ireir rigation facilities. Ls the act of ~ocgr e sis;t hdrizing the existing reservat';on restricts the area to its uresent extent, the enlargement will have to beconfirmed by Conpress in order to be niade nerminent : the matter will. in due time. be l z d before that body. ~ h e i r i b easr e without educational privileges; and are anxious that schools be established for them. I hare directed a report from the superintendent upon the subject, and bope, with the assistance of a benevolent association of ladies in New York, who have proffered the services of .teachers, to provide them at an early day with such aid for the education of their children as may he needed and can be afforded by the means at command. Papagos Indium8 are embraced in the same agency with the above tribes, but have no reservation set apart for them. With the exception of a few living in small villages in another part of the Territ,ory, they reside south of the Gila River, in the country about San Xavier del Baca, a few miles from Tucson. and number about five thousand. They are said to be a bral~cho f t i e I'i~nnr ribe, speaking the same 1;111~1ia~e;'sn~~- posed to be tbeaucient Aztee tongue, l~nriugth esanlccustolnsa~~mdn u-ncrs. ;an11 like tbrm. are I'riendlv. Tl~t icro untrv. known an tile vestern part'~f theGadsdenpurehase, pbssesses an arid Gil, unsuited foragricul-tural purposes, ~ ethtey cling to it as the home of their ancestors. Its genial climate reconcile8 them to the location, and they appear to be contented and happy. Very little has been done by the governmentfor this interesting people. Christianized to some extent, and deserving liberal treatment at our hands, I recommend 'that the appropriations for the service in Arizona he so increased as to enable the department to provide for them, as well as the Pima and Maricopas, school benefits and agricultural implements. Colorado River reservation, selected in 1864, stretching on the river from Corner Rock to Halfway Bend, is estimated to contain seventy-five thousand acres of public domain, and upon which it was proposed to coloniae about ten thousand Indians of various tribes. The Indian title to lands in the Territory ignored, and difficulties ever increasing between them and a rapidly growing population of persons from other quarters, rendered it necessary that some provisions should be made for the original inhabitants. The great desideratum, water for irrigating the land, when not supplied by an overllow of the river, was needed. This is sought to be furnished by means of an aceqoia or csna.1, which ha8 not vet been Com~leted. either because of its maenitude aud un- :woida~;o bstaclrs, or'want of t h ~ ~tdos c arry 011 tile w6k eor~tiu11011.;1y for any great length of rime. J'i'l~rthrr the rrservation 1)rorrs :i surrrss as capable of pr<ducing a support for the tribes upon if yet remains to |