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Show REPORT OF THB COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIES. 53 the Bosque Redondo reservation, which had been set apart for-the Mescalero Apaches, where they were for a time held as prisoners of war. and then turnedover to this Deuartment. After the trentr nf 1868 ~ ~~ ~ -.. - - hiid'been eo11c~l118let111l, t.i were Irlno;.rd ro their prrqrl~tl or:~rio~wl,h er~ e~ thrr hare. an a tribe, remained q o i~rar1 113I I C : I C ~ : I ~ ~~Cn. ilunr i t h e l ~be~in g eniaged ih agricult~ireat~i nd r&sirrg sheep and goats. " Of these they hare large flocks, numbering 130,000 head, which supply them not only with subsisteuce but also with material from which thev manufacture the rclrbmte~l,a nd, for n t l a ncl dnmbilitg, U I I ~ ~ ~ ; I H I C IXI , a v : ~ j ~ l l . T 11r.v alsu 11:1\,e8 ste~clio f 10,Olh) horses. 'l'l~~$rI I I I~~a,1I0I I+ i~~dustriouast,t eud faithfully to their crops, and ever1 pnt in a second crop when the first, as freqnently happens, is destro~ed by drought or frost. A point on the San Juan Eiver about ninrtv miles from the preset~t; tXiury,a r~dw itbill tltr h o u ~ ~o~l'ltlale ir rcsrr\.;i'tin~~h,a s rcccutly bet.^^ sc.lected for their f . ~ rmi ~ol~~gt. r.tt~e~!Ll~insv,; alle~o. r that river k i u g tar better ;i~lal>tefdo r t l~is-p ur-l> uher h l l tile L I I ~ I . ~ ~U!oI Sf the r e s e r~. i t io~~ heretofore culiivated. - The reason for the non-occupation heretofore of this section of the re-serre has been found in their (lres(l of war-parties from the Utes, rho also claim the count'ry. A special agcnt has been appointed to take charge of the 111dians who gather at this point. It is a matter of pro-fonnd regret to the Department that on tho 11th of June last J t~mcIs-I . Miller, esq., agent for the Narajoes, while in the performance of duty con~~ectewdi th this \-err object, was s~arpriseds u(1 murdered in his calnp on the Sail Juan by tmo Ute Indians. Orie school is in operation on the reservation, with an atteudanoe of fortxscholars. TheNavajoes arereceiving, nuder the prorisio~~ofs their tre;~t.yo f lJ(i8, limited a ~ ~ n ~ ~ i(tsiiex sio, s tallnients due,) in clothing, or ~naterialf or clothing, $40,000, and in other beneficial objeots, $14,000. Provision is also made for the employment of two teachers, at a cost to the Government of $2,000 per annum. Owing to tlre partial failnre of their crous. from the causes alreadv indic:~ted. the Narr~ioes hare for located-not,towerer, upon a dnfiued reserration secured to them-ne,& r Fort Rtanton, in the eastern part of the Territory, and range gen-erillly soutl~ of that point. Prior to 1804 they were located on the Bosqne Redo~tdo reservatiou, where they were quiet and peaceable until the Narajoes mere removed to that place. Beiug un:rble to live in har-lnony with the newcorner,u, they fled from the reserration, ant1 until quite recently hare been Illore or less host,ile. They are uow living at peace \\.it11 the whites aud conducting tl~emselves measurl~bly !!.ell. Ther have no schools, crire nothing apparent11 abont the edocatiou of their childreu, and are not to ally ~~otice:~ebxlete nt engage11i n farming or in any pursuit of an i~ldnstrial character. These Iudians hare no treaty with the United States, uor do they receiveany aunoities. They are, however, s~ibsistedi n part by the Gover~~rnenatn d are supplied with a limited quantity of clothing when necessaq. In addition to the Mescaleros proper, Agent Gurtis reports as heing embraced in his agency other It~dians,c slled by him Aguks Nueros, 440; Lipans, 350, (prohi~blyfr om Texas;) and Southern Apaches, 310, hose proper home is no doubt upon the Tularosa reservation. These Indiaus, the agent 'The Nsrsjo blankets are a aouder of patient workmauship, and often sell as high ss $80, $100, and $150. |