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Show I 20 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Irwin wit11 the Shoshones, their consent to the arrangement desired by the Arapahoes was obtained, and the removal of the latter i$ now in progress. I BEMOVAL AND OUTBREAK OF THE SOUTHERN APACHES. After the r&moval ih June, 1876, of 325 Chir&ahua Apaches to San Carlos, the Chiricahna reserve was aholisl~ed, and the military com-mander of Arizona requested to treat as hostile all Indians fo~indin that locality. Raids by the renegades, of whom Pionsenary, Heroncmo, Nolgee, and Hoo were chipfa, became freqne~it. Many lives were taken, much property stolen or destroyed, and by February, 1877, the old reign of terror seemed to hare returned to the southeaster^^ portion of Arizona. In Maroh last it was definitely ascertained that not only were i the renegades ro.enforced by Indians froni the Hot Spriags reservation ' inNew Mexico, but also that that reserve was being used a@ a harbor of refuge for the outlaws. Agent Clnm was accordingly instructed to proceed to the Hot Springs reserve with a force of San Carlos 111dian polioe, arrest the reuegades, and remove the Southern Apache Indians to the San Carlos renervation, in Arizona. Be reached Oji Caliepte with 103 police on the 20th of April. He found on the reserve uext d a 4~34 Indians, among them Eeronemo, Gordo, and others implicated in raid!, of whom he arrested 14. On the 1st of Mag, 453 disarmed and dismounted Indians, escorted by a company of cavalry,'Ieft the reserve en route for the San Carlos . kge~~eayu,d allother Indians belongii~gt o t h e agency were declared reuepades. The reserve was restored to the l~uhlicd omain anal the buildings placer1 iu the care of the military unt i ldi~posedo f by the General Land Office undersections2122 and 2123of theRwised Statutes. In effecting this removal, every possible assisiance was rendered by the military comn~ander of New Mexico, under aothority to use for that pnrl,ose all the infantry and cavalry which c o ~ ~ lbde safely taken from otber poir~tsi n t l ~ eT erritory. The strong force. displayed, and the skillful posting of troop8 around the reserve, convinced the Indians of the folly of either refusing to surrender arms or of attempting to escape by flight. Ou reaching San Carlos, May 17th, they were located o n the Gila River, and i t was hoped that no more troi~hlew ould be occasioned by this hitherto most intractable of all the Apache bands. Some of the prisoners were kept in irons, and all were compelled to work a t wl~areverla llor was required aroundthe agency. Althongh active scouting after renegades was ca,rried on in Soulheast Arizona and Southwest New .Mexico, raiding, to a greater or less extent, did not cease throughout the summer. 011 the 26th of MaF, a reward of $100 was offered for the capture of Pionsenaj., (nine of his band had surrendered themselves at San Carlos two weeks previous,) and .in July authority was granted this office for the employment of addit,ional police from the San Carlos Indians, to be used for sconti~~g service. On the 2d of September, a majority of the Hot Springs Indians and a portion of the Chiricabnas, numbering in all about 300, suddenly left the San Carlos rserre. They were pursued .and overtaken next day by volunteers from the agency lndiaus, yho fought the fugitives till their ammunition was exhausted, and brought back to the agency 30 wolnen and children and 28 aoimals, The fugitives then struck a set-tlement in New Mexico, killing 8 persons and stealing some horses, and immediately all the available troops in that Territory were put into the |
