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Show I LSXlI RBPORT OF TH$ CO~fS6IONER OF INDIAN AFFAII18. preserve the peace, maintain good order, 'nd prevent disturbances. Sub. sequently, however, it was deemed absolutely necessary to remove the settlers from the reservaiion in order to prevent a threatened outbreak on the part of one of the most powerful Indian tribes in the country. General Grierson, commanding the district of New Mexico, reported to the department commander, under date of June 10,1887, as follows: The bitterness of feeling openly manifested by the claimants on both sides is such, a8 Lever to be reconciled except by the d~spoasessinpo f one p u t y or the othar, and no division of the diapoted territory can be made which would avert the threatened &rife now so plainly foreahdowed. The Indims have recently been procuring an ample supply of the best nmmunitiou ohtainsble, believing that it is necessary for them to do so for self-defense, and elthough peaceebly disposed, there is a settled determination in tbeir minde tomaio-tainthese possessions and their jost rights as they understand them, at all hazards. Thej can not see why they should be deprived of what properly belongs to them, and they clearly understand that the entire scrip of laud on the south side of the river. altbaueb claimed by white settlers, hw seain heoome, bs order of the President. a I . . . ~ part of their reacrvntion, and whilo their forhnarunce under trgiap eln.umstuncaa has been oxcordingly eommandal,ln, it ia hoth onwlaear~d unsafe10 further rdy upon tboir l~itherrop eareablo disponitlon and atill permit what tlro Indiana lrane~rlrb e. lieve a great injustice to be longer inflioted upon them. " " The few settler8 still on the river, within the limits of the disputed tract of land, &onld be remoue8 at om, and those a,bssut therefrom should not, in any event, be permitted to return thereto. Upon the receipt, from the War Department, of General Grierson7.s report, recommendation was made. to the Secretary of War "that %e proper military commander be instructed that if .the parties remaining upon their claims in the disputed country do not remove therefrom ' within a reasonable time, such measures for their removal be taken as, in his jadgment, are necessary to preserve peace and good order inthe looality between the Indians and the white settlers generall~.". Under date of July 18, 1887, the Secretary of War advised;this Depa,rtment, that the subject had been referred to the Lieutenant-General of the Army, with a view to having the wishes of this Department carried into effect. I am not aware of any further trouble having.: been reported. In my jndgment, the settlers should be indemniJied'for whatever lossof improvements they'may have sustained by their enforced removal, but this can be done only by Congress. 1 JICARILLA APACHES. The Jicarilla Apaches who, some five years ago, were removed from I . their original location near Amargo, N. Mex., and placed with the Mesca IeroIndians under the &Iescaleroagency,never became satisfied with the change, but coqtinned to be restless, taking little interest in agriculture or schools, their thoughts constantly turning to their old homes. Fi-nally some 200 of them left Mescalero agency and camped in a starving condition, near the pueblo of San Ildefonse, about 25 miles from Santa F6, where they were looked after temporarily nod a limited supply of |