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Show REPORT OF TEE COMMISSIONER Ox INDIAN AE'FAIBS. 3 tero Anaches of that Territorv: Oamn Avache. in t,he WhiteMonntains.' ~ r i z o i aT erritory, for Coso&ko and C6ilcom Apaches; Camp ~ n n t ; Arizona, for hi\-aspa and Pinal Apaches: and Camp Terde, in the same TcrritorJ', for tllc >lohave Apaches. Heal80 requests ihit teu~porary :isylums be est~hli~hecatl Can~psI ffDowell, Beal Springs, and 1)ate Clreek, Arizor~aw, here the 'l'ontis, nnalawais and wefitern baud of \Iol~avc ~~va c t ime sa y lie protected aud Fed uutil sucb tilue as it ahall be funud 1)riu:ticable to relnove them to O I I ~o f tho :~bovr-namedr eaewariuns. Pear:eablr establiahcd 011 the rescl.vorions indicated: nffordrd the incnns of suhsi&?nee, :~uclp rovided wi t h aids for thcir instrucr~onin agli~.ul. t~lroa rid other i11C111stri:~ll ~ursuitiat ,i s believed that the ririzens or' Ten- Xexico and Arizona will have but few occasions for con~plaint against these Indiaus hereafter. For more particular infomation regarding them, reference is made to Mr. Colyer's communications respecting h ~ s mission to Xew Mexico and Arizona. embraced in the reDort of the b o n ~o~f l lndi811c o~unlissionerah erewiih, rn;lrkc,l A. and tw'tho reports or' Suprri~~ten~lt*Pnotpxr and Bendell, and Agent Piper, ~lulnhered3 2, 27. :Ill11 37. 1n regard to the. Kiowas and Comanches, referred to as among the most tn)nblesome of the tribes, there is but little ihprovement in their behavior to reoort. A coodlv number have remained unon A ~- t~hcirr cser\;atfon, aud'col~d~~cttheed& sclves in on ord;rly uay; but many of them here pn~vedn, s l~ithertof, alse to thrir joromiscn, and have c:ome f i r short of the expecrations ind~ilgcdt hnt rhcy mo~~cl rdu se their raiding* and crimes. Tile post Sear has nia1~1it.dt hrir hiarurg with gn,*s outrages, and thnru \r,onld doubtless ha\.? hew a ~erionsw ar in;~ug~l - rated bv them but fi)r the w:~rchti~lncsosf the 1nilit:n~n ut1 the IIL'CIII iu I charge ;f tllrir a g e ~ ~ c ,L~e.n ient mr;isares r~ndf url~rn~~:t~on\rca<cd rhrsc wsrlrss nut1 war-loviug xpirirn :ippeur ;cppnrently to have uo cft'evt in restr.iiuinz rl~ciru assion for nluudrr a l~dlv ar, and :I aevere treairmcut ~vonlds eeu~to be'the ouly lriit. aud proper course to pursuo to con~pnl right couducr on tlleiv 11:lrt. The arresr, lately, by tho militnrj, and rho trial and eonvictiou, with a smt.eure of drath-but \vl~iehb ;ls bcen crm. muted td i~n~risonmefnotr life-in a State court of Texas, of two of their prominent chiefs, guilty of murder and robbery, will, it is believed, have a salutary effect upon the tribe; and action of tlua character, promptly taken, can bnt tend to lessen greatly the number of crimes for which these Indians are notorious, if not wholly prevent them. It is a question for consideration whether a like treatmen6 would not have the eflect to deter the vicious and nnlawful of other wild tribesfrom s~im~ila-r - ~ condoct; aud it is s~~g~e s ttheadt. nll I ~ ~ d i agne nts s~ouldb~instructec1, uuol~th e commissiun of a erirnt. by an Iudian or vartv of Illdianu under their charge, coming to the knowledge of such- agents, to arrest the offender or offenders, calling upon the military for assistance, if need be, and deliver them up for trial by the proper Federal or State wurt having jurisdiction in the case. A large body of Apaches, numbering, it is reported, about one tbon-sand, ranging in the Staked Plains, Texas, not attached to any agency, and who have never been on an Indian reservation, recently sent in word that they desire to cease raiding, and to come in and be established upon the reservation for the Kiowas and Comanches in the Indian Ter-ritorv. With vour anvrobation. directions Pave been dven to the projGr agent 6rnake%ongemehts necessary to that end: When this ban11 shall hare been removed from Texas, there will bc but conopara-tivelr few lrldians residioe withill the limits c ~ f that State. Of the tribes of late years hostile and difficult to manage, but now |