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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 5 organization of the Indians for purposes of mischief or outrage; a band of Araoahoes are charged to have been the offenders in this case. i but the eh&e has not beenvsatisfactorily sustained. The Utes of Colorado and New Mexico Territories are also amone the I triben\vith whom our relatious are trot :IS fi~rorilblras~ :ollldb e desired; :hey hare nlwnps ireet~( 1is;tnriafird \rith the treaty eonc l~~~wlieth~ lth em 3Ialr41 2. lSt;J. Esneeiallvis this rhe case with tl~osei1 a1111tfhi at ri2sidI! in New ~exico. h e r y ;roper effort has been made to iuduae said bands to move upon the reservation set apart in Colorado for their homes by the treaty, but to no avail. The Department has adopted the rule that the payment of the annuities due under said treaty shall only be made to the 1ndians.upon their new reservation, but even this is in-effectual to induce the New Mexico bands to remove; they decline to go there for their presents, greatly as they need them, and insist that ther shall be given to them at their old homes in New Mexico. The 1)ei;arr:llent lGvi11e~x 11~11steitds 11ers11asivpeo wer to incline thetn to a chrrrful comljli;~l~cwai rh their treaty s t i p~~l a t i~in~ tnhsis rrs[,ect, with. out a\.ail. I r e n r ~ ~ ~ ~r~~terci,~rnlml re ndth nt tin~tro~~rilaetet.i slario~b~e asked of Cougrkss t&elieveUthe Department a d the 1ndi;ns from the uu-pleasant dilemma in which both are involved, and that authority be -ei ren to a-g-er e-g ate the bands in auestion in some district in Kew Nexico which will be satisfactory to theh. Many of the Mogollon, Mimbres, and 3Iescalero bands of Apaches, in the Territorv of New Mcxlco. that have for rears caused so much trouble to tllc citize~~01' s t l ~ s tT twitory, o1.v a t present \v(.II rlisposed, h ~fe~w t cou~plr~ilh~ersi n g ~ n a ~ l e n ~ at li~~r~ma;tU I I(:II sulfcri~~:.h, owever, prrvailn bec;~uueo f tlwir ereat clcsritl~tiolo~f clothinz nuti tircrd. Ulrlras t h r ~ are amply provid&1 for in these respects aud Glaoerl upor1 a reservation, i t is quite probable they will be compelled to supply their wa~ltsa nd prevent starvation by depredating upon the property of the whites, and they may become entirely hostile in their relations to the Oovern-ment. The only tribe in New Mexico now located upon a reservation, and pro171ded with means by which a support may be obtained, is the Navajo; and although I do not recommend that treaties be made with the Apaches and the several bands of Utes, heretofore noticed, giving them homes and annuities. as in the case of the Navaioes, vet I would bu p~ncc:(l uupt;n a reser\.;~t;o~a~;l alf o r ~ t i ~ ~j vliti.~~w~~l ~ nreveru ldr iw rr-q ~ ~ i rreo ~r~l lnl~rlltr.r u~r u 11rco111sce lf snst:ti~~ing. Scriollr; t'mrs \rere also felt i n rile e;~rl\s.n ri~lnrh :~rt he ( ' l ~ c ~ r ca~nd~ ~ ~ c s Arapahoes, as me11 as the Kiomns a11c1 'Ccman<hes7 in the southwest of what is called the "Indian Territory," mould take to the war-path and ca.use nmch trouble. A largc proportion of the Cheyennes did leave the agency, and, it is reported, many of them, perhaps belonging en-tirely to the <'Dog Soldier" band, with some Sionx, who hare been asso-ciated with that band for years, ,called a council wit,h the Kiowas and Co~llancllest o effect a combination ~ i t hthe m against the m-h~tesb, ut they evidently mere u~~successfiunl their purpose. for no cotubined de-monstrations of hostilit.~ bare been made by t.11em up to this time. Most of the Arapahoes are lipon their reservation, and it is prob:lble that the Cl~eyennesw ill colue in and join them. They are dissatisfied with the nresent locat.ion of their aeenov. and have ex~resseda desire thsi i t shill br lo~,atr#abl out sixty II;IICS i~irthern orth, \;llere tl~eyu uuld dettlc aud be u111ch nearer the b~~tit~lu. |
