The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume], February 19, 1853, Image 3

About The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854

Image provided by: University of New Mexico

                
ryj wins., were p,niienng ,tW "peoplf .
could be bought out and .moved wwt, of
the Kio Grande, where, at little expeusey
(hey could be. lUpptifted and Kept from
mischief. But 10; we , are, biiitil , Jie
age, civiliaatiou must strike its culms,
-give Way and sell out, in order tliat
Chaco', Chicó VaUsqucs, Mandil Col
orado and Arniijo, wíili tlieip s'ii'v.igf
' phindeiers, tnaiy ' rIl down from their
mountain fisttiesses a dcsoUting tidW
conquest,,' which will cliung," puir ' rich
valliM uto another CaiuatiC , .,
.'We will sratitj for the. sake of- ariu-
Writ; that our Tetritory rs not now; -awl
;.,t v..tlxJr.Vi. ..i.l.'.t t!..
never will bK'ery rich or billable but
ii thata sound wumt 1 . statesman
to give, for abandoning it to i .vayes
and driving off its people? ' In the 't ale
of Typee, the sickly mid deformed child,
who give , no promise uf a profitable
manhood,, is exposed to danger and
death, by its sata and heartless pr
flits; but we'hat i yet to le. un that such
1iieaii 'iihiloonhv is to be ' a li.le iif
Cabinet conduct, , in this enlightened
age.' The kind-hearted and gcnrMin
minded father clings with increasing
fondness to the must 'helpless hii'i iinfij-!,
túnate ol his offspring. Puiiips.inc:
wrong the ' Secretnrv, he 'nifty onh
wNh, with the ignor.inl soper-liiion "f
iSyri iu dovolee. to conduct us "lur, .';.;i
fire to Moloch ". ?'nr lie tl flout us to
intimate that the War Secret rj is u n
a 111,111" of lively and engaging at'.iin
munls, it requires a mind of no ordin
T .1 I " I ' í J .1 ' . ...
ary inventive powers to eoiiriiw ami ;
lint I'ortii such a novel and vio tibmr I
dity. t will riow 1 ass from the cim
lideratiuu of llie phil s phy of the Sec
retary, (0 a brief no'ice of his facts,
Our Territory "stems htrdly fil fur
Ui iul.abitation of civilized luan," sU
Wo eeretary. í rom what sclimilnoy
piiuier be obtained that fact, we are ai
a hiss to know. Did he luuk into die
las' ceoeiK report? and if sn, couhl In.
not see that the aveiage iliirution of life
was greater in this lenitnry, thnii in
any other Teiiitory or State uf die 1'ni.m?
Doubtless, the Secretary is of opinion
that uu plnce is 'lit for the inhabitation
of civilized man," unless the people are
in t e daily danger of having their lives
cut slioit with the yellow IVver, cholera,
or consumption, A pure utinospheie, a
cloudlesn sky, gi ling health, igor nod
long life, are blessings lit only fur sa
vages to enjoy, and wholly unworthy a
moment's consideration at the hands of
intelligent wan. When the Secretary
was advertising us fir sale, gcneroiilv
should have induced him to stale the
whole truth, in regard to our roiiiliii jn,
bad as it may be, If we aro wurOi Inn
little, wo have a personal pride in In lur
ing our full value, lie ought at huisl
to have tuld the wor d, thai the census
returns show the real and personal es
tate of this people to he $5,174,- 71 in
value, and that ilwoiihl be ueilliei jusi,
nor gracious to take our laud hwhj ami
leave our persuadí properly, supported
from our lands, on our hand to star1, e.
In estimating the wbnle real estate of
New Mexico at Í 2,700,000, he douhl
les means to be understood as spi'dk
iug iinlv of that portion owned ti piiv.
ate citizens, iu'witlistundiog it imulit
be understood us including the eiilne
value of the whole Teriiloiy. If a iJii
fereul policy is not shortly adopted, our
condition, in' a few years, will he aS hail
ai represented by the Secrtaty. I.el
the liiili.ms steal . 2,000,1:00 of Jul p. I
suiial property in the next Cue jnr;
as they li.i.e within tne Iíimi , di r
Teriitorj be 'iuiiiali.awket, . few' Mi
; rV
timeSv to Suit the couVeiiiHiCe. ol our
neighbois, who live in pínees -til .ir llie
iil'iiibiiatioil of eii ili.c.T iiiaii," '.iid tii.
'H!eiiii-lils uf ine.fjecicj, '.ry will lie. ii;ll
iflud tinleed. .Á liea iy, ,'. ith , u rt-ykb'Sa
díslVord:of Un' ii,;ius of New Vd xifi,,
her aiitu'ei'it ' lii'ratV bmií beeri ft'iVm ei'',
jf,',4 Ili'J'e, illiiii fil'iy IlllieS. III . tli
of tlie eastern p irtlou of our Teiii'iuv
i Cut off lonceoiruiiiiiliiii'' (In' , uifs" ni
focas1 iiiid I'i'ii ini li in1 1 lid tVf fi'i the
reliiqiisimr'iil oi lier cliil..n )..j a ji.,r' (
the res. due, ii', fiom la.- ,!.: -u-t
or incapacity Iif the liooii.hii V I o.i.uo
siooelr, in (IvfiaiiCe ul the tx press Ian-
guage'of thu q;h. article of the treaty' of
Giiadolupe Hidalgo, we are callnd upon
to surrender to Mexico, on the southern
line, of 'our IVrriWy, Ihtee ilegl ees 'uf
longitude and nearly one .iif . Mitude,
Cdiiipi'ising lihoiit 7,000 Sqaaiy .miles of
the 'finest portion id" out coniilry,' inl'if
g iodfiir nothing else, is 'jjobd for a' pass
way from the southern slates lo Caliloi
ni. Again, the; Secrelaiy says,. iln
ftew Mexico the depradalinns of the
Indians hau been 'entirely arrested.
The IVavHj is and Apaches, (lie two most
formidable tribes in all that region, hate
fceeo completely overawed, anil manifest
every desjie to be at peace with the
whites Un eral cott only said, in
his report, that the measure J taken in
this 1 enitory ('appear, to have had the
rffect of awjugtbe warlike tribes , ntq
flMte:tnesi.".VV'jtlijii the last year, the,
deprádatlníii of the Indians iiave nu
been frequent, nor of great value, if is
tine; but it is not trite iLt they "have
been entirely Arrested.'1 fa what bloody
contest, vüfa loss of haw :mnjfiifi: their
braves, w it'll "what and bow many cour
1111 , m, Hie Hiiujji io 4iniricfu Mir
ces,,wilhln. til la!; year, lias this 'cúm
plete v(i awing" been eftected?. They
may be, for ,'bi'ghl We loiow, cineN
iiig'bulieljpii, of the kind, accessible l
lile. War HiCietaiy, which form lío part
of the lustdi'j' ill public events in , tint
Territory;'' but Ave are incl ned to i!.iult
it. Tin- only'uierawing,'' rnmiii'Viu
der our ubstrvMioll, ha'i consisted in h
mt'agiV donntiiui'lif beU',ib!atl, bhuVk
;;i's, buss 'kettles'! Wi'iRI slid lobccd; '
,,,tt!e r ir,lad t(. tíit? .Secretary, hits
spoken hi helms, 1 Tlieiiltt-mpl loonijli
and ruin' the deleneidess, sometimes b
gwta'Uiew fi iriida'ajrimX'?!1' pñú 'ind
I powerful,, wiio turn tiiVtlde ,''of ..'jnisVoi;'-'
j rune into: pioperity i, peace... knelt
may be'thV cW; Wiih' iis ,: Tub' very
projMisiiiim'nia'y rais up in 'our 'behalf,
in the ..American ., CMir,-f.:. aiint Iter
I Burk, Fui, Mieridan, mid Windham,
'familiar witli our history and our wroVin;,
i as tiiev wi re, "with the l'htory " (if the
il ... ...'..',. T-
wrongs .ni ludia, and .w lip , will never,
ceiise tlu eliKni'nt ami persevering ail
VdC iCj' of our ftnise, unijl we have "'in.
.'iii;i' fiy'Jif pt-t hii'H se'cu'r'iU f r the
r.!r..." ' .:' ;
IICUI; (Ji)lll', WI
-ii; r. ii't u 1 '
ti e s 1'
i
; . 1 1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 1.1 ii;-' 1. ,- '... . ..'. ; ...ni í
i t tu ie,ifu .iv il 1 'ui 'iluiv ,11 ' ..ir'i
tile fuili' s ur r'i'1 irse th"' lllunil' r 'ej
an) iili!iu I'lnoti 111 1 ry." Wi- li.i. ! i.ili'ii
our .pen iili tveietauiv, mm
i' down with to,'. .sute, mil i
II W .'l
In' ri ,im
e.t H'ini, nil es neglect nt I, e I'mnr
ing .Cuiijji'i'SS 1 r it a dulj, !.i luilit
Up liet'ii'H t 'k-iii it lu.ikllig-ejns I Nil will
give a ilter)iii reiii-ciimiir nil lue spien
uiin'oisof the tlast Kómn ; ;
Thi Tica'ment of the l:laj,
A few (Liys sin"j oiu of our cit.!?.'ni
gr.ve a ver,' lin t an 1 .doet bill ; un 1 for
the piii'piHj, of a luriiln,,' tlu dati,'.ln j sa-
loon, the lai-Tj flajj, lately mil J by nrlei'
of the Goy.TOtr, w.w a filie 1 for and ob
tained. During the evening ponte ma
licious pOi'sons eilt and tnutiliiL'd the flap;
to snob an extent ns io ivtulev it, perhaps
unfit fur further use. " '
As this act is oii'.i every way disgraco-'
ful to the perpetrators, we think it our
duty to present the .subject to our readers
in the proper light. A judicial investi
gation, with the view of discovering and
punishing the offenders, has terminated
without throwing trie hast light upon'
the subject. We cannot but cs press our
surprise at the fact, that an act in its na
ture so ungeiitleiiianly, and dishonorable,
could have be. n committed in u pla-esn
public, and yet the often Its becni'ivly
'screened from public knowle !.
Evvrv aet hai its motive whetlier good
or bad ; the liu tive ol this aet cannot he
uiisim.ler-too.l. Il was obviously de
signed either us un insult to the giver of
the hall, or to tin Aui 'iieiiii (n ru
nt ut. If the object wa-i to Imn.t tii .'
g. litieliieii in whose house ihe ball was
jTIVi 11. Ill' ll whocoul'i tima eiivi'HI .iVah I
uiigiat.-'fnUy, iiIihi' ,1 hi- iiWeiííj.ív'Hi .'..i
was extended t" .!h iu.. e.itj 'b (..;..(,
'iiisflv elaini to he eullsiilel'e l Mí . i hi
i ftor is not'cat'ttbl
f insulting th: Alter-
' lmr are hn times t.'n
un (o-mm. nf
fhoiisan I such' jo n capable o
f 'nlbet'ii '
! lie l.ui-l ItljCI'i llpvll it. Lt Vi
'"I. a! iv toim.l .rlnkei to ilpro.il
tu rtl' the llef.e Móilíif t IU ."
(Uñí i'. Inay Im.v.'iiit'.ti t'ak','ti'!i
I'e as r. a-,
and (iv. r-'
t'Si.i. "!!
!'l.
'I'ilv
ft,alth.,;i:.i
1 1... I b, .';-i..-ru
- ililf v.'lri-t
ill 101
tl-lll . ! !
.ilie, pit. :
oi fii
!l"
1 1.
'iniii' nt
Unite.?' Slate, .'Hlill.it be ilísllitid; ir
.in iv.l by,; 'i.,;s.-:fr.. --.-.f- "titt-y, Vv''i':'
'ii'l-'
'-'
lilt lube) lea!
If r.el'i'ii;il'.i
tie , ei'li iitel m , v, llUui'
i. ts ci' OW.II iteti'.lil 'lit. '
VY'V-r '"t'ai fi ' i,f lose.'ii
Oniy: what
i reputat oii tiev nave, Iieretorore possessed
i.s gciillcun.n; but ittltiniutely ineur the
suspicion of being enemies and traitors
to the Government, under whoso protec
tion ani laws they live. The Govern
ment has never dono any injury jto those
gentlemen; nor do we believe, that an
itiftancc has tver occured in which it
has done ton intentional ittjnry to' uny in
dividual, whether citizen or foreigner.' 1 '
If the nien'whocut tiife'fliig are citizens
of the United States, their conduct proves
that whilst they may be so in fact, the
are not so itt heart. '.Jf they aro not óiti
zens however, what coiifideneo could bo
placed in their application to become
such, when they prove themselves hostile
to the Government whoso protection , tho
daily enjoy ? '; , . , '; ', r.;' ,;
eNow let a inquire, if there,.bo atiy
jtist cause yhya natiVo of New Mexico
'should bo an eneniy to our Government.
' (HI... e;....'.:i i'.'T ' '. ...LII.Ü' LJ..i!l'ii
i no proper, time it) cxiuuiv iiusiiiuy
was
during the, war. y.icji it would have
i honorable', atoa perhaps useful. By
been
the treaty ot pcaee with Mexico," no na
tive jDftbls; Teitiry,', forfec ',t ;,bo;
!.i4;iucioi':u:9Y;.vi;,
choice ; ami "íftey thtis bótiítí themselves
botli bylaw, an! honor, to live and act as
good mi J orií erlft cií . -"" ; '"f :"',n
,'íboá,e fliti fl,ifl!iit'4tl'.8 tholco had thé
priviiegii of leaving tJit.Trritpry, i!..,,,' "
.'Ami this As- the tourso all sttch men
ehfiiilir havo taken-are Tioisussed of
: ti.i uf rtti'l nmli'cioua a spirit, as'will
Uvtí admit ,ol'(thvir iiving qiiietly iitthQ
country oi" thoir wloption.. it is a subject
not of angvr, but n'gwt,' With ns to soa
Any imtiveofNew'Mcx'icobherÍ8hingnnd
attempting to extend 'ttio prevaltnee of
anti-AiiiericaH 'ioelhij;1' 'i.. ,
n.W'e'regrút it chieny on their own ae
count, for while it can do -them no earthly1
good,' ;it niay do thein,'irtiil tN.Jejritnrf
alsp, lunch' harm, lívefy'nmií excí;eííe
some indtiunee. in life wliethiii' gret. or
small ; and it ia in the power of those gen
tlemen, who are the subject of this article,'
to do 00$' if tliey do not'lprl'fcr to do
evil, i, As it wvuld be nolle yon Jtiet, 0 it
should bu'.aileasnri) to tlieili, to remove
imivnsoniibleMiwiml 'prejudices from the
iiVin'liiofthe'igijoi'itnt, , .", ' '' ' " "'
.' They would, thus hut only gain tlie,es-.
fcK'in oi'all k'ooil t't 'U, an I tlie coiiU.lcncu
of thu tfuvonmn'iit; but add totlie con
tenttnl'iit iifotliers. íiti I pvumntc the jt-.-i
jiai i;!'".; J'v'l .t v .j ... Tile íiovei'imi n't oftlu
Ui.i r, ,i fi .Mi,, bus alwuv, uhuvn all na
tioih ' '" Ii .t'liii.-il ifiHviii-ft ti ;'hi'I tla-v
A.;,.;. ;: ijf ; -tViW r I'll l.f.jShLT III' Kllllet'
xA i.í ..Cí.i 1 1 Fioif' ,'uwii cJioioe, ' But it
tli.y.il.ii.i'.: to do wdl, tlu'V mtidt be' wil
;n,i' tii join. that gr.'itt an I irrialstlblecur
r tit iif All .'!-Am-rii'aii progre-ia and
i-iy l y.at on 'which has l.uf little ntore to
i.ibí-ihh;'!s?i .'blfortj it. will liavo ooNV't'e'l
this eiitii'iK.'iiiitinent. , Th .re. is no ikwi
i r that k nown to man save thj power of
the Almighty that can oppose tins onward
mnivlí of tU American Nat!"!,
All who l'hicj themselves in'jU wav
aud against it, are doomed to bo overrun,,
trodden dowu, and utterly iinnihilated.
THE BIG CCU, OF AtDfJQCERQtE.
';' Xo 'instance bus cometo oiii'knowledge
of illtivatinent, on the part 1 of Col Sum
ner, towards any particular individual in
the , Territory., Nevertheless, an at
tentive observation of bis past course, so
far as, wo can leara it, !i:ts ihvifieatl us
and must convince any on ', that his fee
lings are anything but favorable to the
people of New Mexico, an I especially, to
the 'Ainerican portion of theirt. Perhaps
We can safely say that this feeling of dis
trust has extended even to - his brother,
oflieers. at least those whom he found In
: this' country on his arrival." Certain it
! is, hjiwi held hume)!' impassible and a
! Ii !', ns n tupvrlpr being, froiri bis fellow
Icivalni.s itrrotid him. ! .Ti'tie, 1't has been
,sible to
. him; bú u!mi. it is possible
o see the I'lvsideiit-'of'tlioUnlted States;
,iii, I. by ilie Ihlle, the Almighty has
b.-eii ie.ii by man. fa-e. to face. ' But tol
erarii.li : not I'i'ieii ls!iii; nor does polite
lie 'H iiiljily i'o'.ilMeiiee. '. ' ' '
As Maj. Weightiiititi lias .boa ited in
I 'i'ii:;re,i ;h;it -he has saved- the tK.neral
(iov?viiiii. nt so inany1 inillioiis in N'eW
Me.v'eo (t,b!',' SiliDiiOl l)Vin(f the ilisti'u''
;i,i itj.iuiy be interred that .the 'Major
;v mi: but. -s it to the lessons which
!i'' .''ve he (,'o. .on tll'llgs inNeW MiiX-
Iv.i. dáy be iUy, iul I lekiino by' I. agite,
friiiii üaiiit Loins to bata J' e. nlwtlier
j before his eyes ever re.-tod upon an üobi
hmise. lie was cocked and primed be-
tot'' he readied Las ejjas; an 1 it was at
fh . u üole.s iii flu . IVtilre ('now' Fort
l.'iiioti ) tout the. hist eXilovon ol Insge
it us ti'.iok phiev The. walls of Jericho
were doom "I to full,' an I -it was, there"
that th ; (V r' bk'w'h.s fh;st ti'i'im;wt
tie nif if'tivt ' b ','. hi ile b.'foi'e liij
set feet ill J) ),. Kinpl'sbeii . capital ... Tllii
military fto s had in irivitt pail lel't.Suu
fa, Ft1. ttV-1 'the ptwt 'tfiK Virtually bf.vken
l!,a "im.''mo l I'Te V..I,. SUItl ler llllll;
: Wl leu 'lieu iiei-e, .yn, gur .ijitesiioii
. "pod tins at, why CoL Siiiiniur with such
maiiilest predeterimiiation tin 1 precipi
tation, break tip this post and remove bis
Head , Quarters , henee, ,wlien there, is
nothing iu his orders requiring suuh a
conrseS He niay have boon acting uti'
rler' cunning insinuations from .laior
Weiglitiiiiin, loV.be, was certijijilj' nt do
ing so under direct orders, Jroni , Wash',
ington. u Men who leap in the. dark are
very liable to break a bOité f Col. S '
first New, Mexican feau wits ib thtí dark;
(imiconserpiently. the result was '(hat his
common sense, canto out somewhat dam
aged in the public estimation, ' Tho mil
itary stores that went one hundred 'miles
eastward to the lióles in .tliei'.'.l'rarlriéj
soon after went, (such as were not .des
troyed for want of Shelter) several hum
dred miles westward to, thoNavijo Coun
try. , There is pot ft raulo in New .Mex
ico that would go from Santa Fo to the
Navljo country by way of Fort Union,
under the belief, that, that iij the' 'nearest
routet'and yet that, is' the route, tliattCoJ,
Sumner made hit provisions go. . T
1 But w will savhothin thrthcr aeainst
fifis w!itary cAiivfts it ma b0 one -of
U)0i rxuie,,pi.i genius wjtiicR ne
fhrtsyomtlhtrsphew ofwrdinsryitrtd'
iectS. i-;--4 I- 'vii.i w.j ir. .ir.. uh'ni,r
AVhat vte havo now to I'alt the flttcri-;
ttoaof onr,íeadeís U',ris the XlVóbvi1-
M urotleterniipaliun to jyljiejt' a' tnuch !
injnry upon tianU iie as: pusaij)lc-.n .Ol'i
thiHMhíoval W' the troops from the twm.
jvó'fió not coniidnSn, '"4 wot Ütíran to !
say that wa haveany', rjght..tiVe'pnpliuti.
But iw this is thu Capital and coiumureiiil I
einporinm ot'tho Territory wo think .we
liavo a right to coniplam' bf thá rentóval !
f the Head Qnártera?.ánd.ot)áll ,lit-'-t:l
on thopartot tlio military cpuuuauuatit
which ocul to have their obieet the "spe
cbil itijhry of this' place.1 and' the gciit'i'iil
'f'jev V. "P pnwi'jf. ,il ji.uo vrtiy,
t.seeuis,. that he.Juú. partiu'hr'aiiiiiios)
ty to Santa Fe nineng bisother prejudice; 5
we-tan trnly srtVVearJ not coucio'itt1 of,
any aet, or acts" on the part of otif citizens
at nil calculated td' engender such a fee
ling.. Sotaras we. have, learned,, since
his arrival here,1 otir 'inerehaufs artdr!!
other clasáes have treated1 him jrlth1 all
d.tte politeness apd'res'ptej; ;; áni ths to'o
wlieni.hey1were.sulleriiggriUviqiisly.ii:oni
the results or his1 polioyl Uureniterusts
both' commercial 'tlntli'nSrictiltiiral' have
sud'ered, l'rbiii the day (Incl tbe,hoiit "of Col
a n nri'ivu, atie.u'eósuui sueii eriiaps as
they nover, nllered: before; iainl yet no
imtminr has' been nuydo. ' ' Onr ;wjople
may have-befetb'fore coinplitif ledbvcn1 ill
thu lioiu: oftlieiy uijup'lhiy i4 tiotliat
thu yoku weighs heavily upon theiu,,Col.
Suuiiier éauot say they have not borne it
with all becrmiing patiertoe,' But natierioe
pJie Sonio other yjrtnes, peases to (a) a yir
tne beyond certain ,limitsM. Wo,'.,paui0t
be expeeted totoleiattí injury in. ilenee,
or to bear the burden of others sins,' The
people of New Mexico cannot be held te;
sponsible for fnririy'r extravagances iu the
use of the public money. If it be true
that our merchants and farmers received
Ihd'p'ttblic moncv;' it' is1 equally true, that
tbey.did ' nót dtalúrie it. .' f it is jiist'tlia ',
Col. Sunnier, or the Secretary of ,.War,
shoal I visit vengeance npou iiow. Mexico
either'directly or indirectly', because, fore
sdofh, 'Iii past year.4,", the' public moiiéj
may have been wastel'ully expejided with
in bei' limits. ' ii- ,.. . ... ,v
We take occasion to say that it is cer
tainly to be regretted ;thut the state of
things to vhieh wo have alluded, should
have ever occurred. , It has bróught,upoi)
Aew jUe.ieo,altlKiugli unjustly, the dis
sesteem, if not the frowns, of the gehend
government' And it'inay bo, in part,
what ''causes' Col. Scunner towitbholu
from the Territorial in'teivsts that syinpii
thy, which at ' present,' would so much
gieo bis public coiirsb, and to greatly
ameliorate the condition of the country.
. . 6 . ." , - : a , ..4'i..! iY,'..
e ' ' ' " ' 1 I ' I ' . rr :, ,.-.,!(,.
' It El'OR r OF DOCTOR STECK. "
' To His' ExcEtLKtWY Wm. Oaee Lani
Gov. ano S. I A.,' N. M.:A7r lit ae
eo.'il.iue.e with your iiistriietiniis dated
Dec. 20, 1852, 1 immediately proceeded
to Anton Chico, where, on the 26th of
llie same inoiilh, 1 met one bundled nml
iwentj-five Jicarillii, and seventy-five
.Mescaleto pauhe Indians ". The prin
cipal Chiefs, present ' were, Joseqilo,
vtiitit Ana and Cuentas Azules, of the
'Mescalel'os, and of tlie Jicurillas, Lob6
ami Sth. 1,'tthlo. .. , , .,, . ,.,'. ,'V
e luill my intercourse with . them,' the
niiist perfect good feeling seemed lo
prevail They kuvé.bcen living in this
vicinity all winter, and, from repot Is
here, lia ve been behaving unusually well.
I found them poor am), from the carci-
ly of gámíi, likely q iufojf fróirtnwilut
iif itovisious. , After having a talk with
them,' I distributed among them some
blunts; 'sldi Is"; legginr iiiid lobitcco;' also
made a liberal ilislriljiitlon ofp'orit,'
thai, whs what they stood most in need
of. '"After receiving their presents, thu)
Whi'e'itdvised to retiirli tn their homes,
which lliey iiiiiiiediiifefy done,' will Silt-
islied wilh wlirft tbey hitd received, and
nuking strong pwmises of; .fiendsln'ip
fir tlii) fuitirni1' i -f-J-i " -í v.' n.'i.i;,!,..,,
j From1, Aiitijn ClitVo' I proceeded lío
t Vos', liy tie' ' ay,.of,,.lti)t.. . Oii iny 'arj
ri val then!, arianijetneiits werei made to
get the Evidence' hi the' chancery t
iif tlii' l'iifblá óf I'icaris m! Solide.-' ''''AI-.
ter the, e!(iii(iiiiiiiioi (in the part of t tlie
Indians, the, dej'endani's , witnesses, not
apjiearlug, the decision of the court was
defered until the 'March term.'"1 ' - ' .
." X would .also beg leave to report, that
I bent received inloi'iualinn from a ruli
ahle sotii'cf'i tbsl' soine Ulab wei'e l.ent
feitinped.'bpbiithei é.tjs H ! I ti ; ii i V tl ( 1 1 fe hr é ,
aiid that tliey were jiii a.stavtSig.cbiid.ir
tioill e l iiipnediateiy i. repaired i-to: the.
above places, and found, as had been,
represented, .kbbiit! forty Utah families,
mostly women, and children, suffe.niig for
want of pmvisiont. ".I here purcluued
whaat and norl and made a liberal dis
tribiifl'dn .í iii'niig' theii which 1 1 am pur
siiaded ',wli ltavp . an excellent , effect,
ooming ato it ' did wheiv they wtri not
looking for it, and at n lime when they
wuie'itctiiiilly hi iieed of itssitlin'ice.'
In all niy interviews, with both' Apa
chas and Utalts, I have - inquired as to
IllCir Wllllllüliess 10 seilie III ÍOWIIS, anu
iistead'of I ipir rovinrr I fe. to become
.'!!sf,eau fihPtVy. W lnR " oe,co'"".
yvi iuutivui iiuvib alMiViiiMY,i"!igAil. u,'c
soil, : There is still a strong disposition
among tin1 in all to adhere to their ancient
customs, yet some oftliein 1 expresj'j'a
' ''.'.
willingnw-4do-tbif-gr-4thvr
dasirtfithetiKI AtÍSAtÍMi JthDJH
ver5pooivTb-vt8M!Uy.oamfstlie
deep snows ilwt coiver. itheii jsjiunting.
grounds, ml .lIunJceLtheir depend
ence jtoyí ns. Too 'much' confidence
oHguTuot'fliié
prúmUc? .medí; 'jr )t 'ta'ti as in.
iliriUiM,' aud'uutlttr WtismiwAtmr
ces. they might refuse, to fulfill tbein.i j
":;;df .flié,', pác)ii ójy (jiíeul'9t1their
et(t M,,reMei a desire to settUiíavvut
j..;. - f u....!. I... ; f.y ur
vt.u.s nust. i)atttd Icórh' fáuashe. etc
tíi- 'is phtí of hf íiVosf'iiifltiv,nini1"'h'f
tiiüiti.iuoj auu Muguk.uii-i.eimOjiY, rit
couraged at once iu bis entrprisj.: IJ
wistieb tii settle'on the itbHonitOi east
of,fbeAyhiie",!IoiVn(iiM Sudrequeitri
tiiiM hfi-he fii;niied wiijvoes iid, jijies'
ii üf lite, Jiciitillas, not one gf (he chiefs
pfcsvnt'waí' willing to become perraa
ií en t ' !s eí 0 ' T A ii cii tta , i Ii e ií-i rt c ial
íiratori plá'jmil,'.tlíai lliey were imdjsf.Uie
protection! oV the American, (lag, an 4
that, its Aniericans,'tbey liad a right 4
do' as, itfiejf', pleased, to, fid wllertf llie
plcasetji )o adopt siicli.iniode pjf.,'lij8 a
suited' ilietn. bet, so lung as they viola
ted' noiic of their treaty stipulations and
acted ii) gooil-.fiiiili .towards ú. '"Tliíjf
art' also unwilling to leíve the'cotjMry
they now occtipyj osMhey iclaiin that it
wa bcipieiillied to them by tlteiruthers.
The Jicaritlus are. commanded by four
Ciiptiiins, 'whose rank is, viz, 1st Cha
coui 'Sd Jos argo. 3d Lobo, 4th Jóté
ChavtfjvBésides these, the ,105
capitancitos sometiines have comma-lid
of small parties! Pablo, Huero, (.'liinoi
Filipeaud 'fa'iichua'.'; The" nuinhebT
lodges is about one hundred, averaging
four persons,' making nn aggregate of
four hundred souls. The country they
claim extends from Anton Chico to 'he
head-waters of the Rio Chaina, includ
ing 11 the country between the' two
points. They ureverj indolent, extreme
ly fund of spirits,, und the least leliable
of all tlie fudiaii tribes hi New Mexico.
Willi, Ibvir, waiidciing habits, and the
rapid decrease in the amount of game,
consequent upon the, settlement' 61 thefr
country, it is evitlent that they canp$y
long Support themselves without an en?
lire change in their mode of livirige- 'lf
they are permitted to . remain' Athere
they now Hie, the government Will have
to support them, or they will be forced
to ,'beg or steal for a subsistence,' as all
the con ni i y east of the Rio Grande,
claimed by them, and capable of culti
vation, is already in (lie hands of actual
settlers; I would suggest that the en
tire tribe be removed west of the R it)
del Norte., There by proper !eleclpti',
they have lite advantage of better Jinn
ting-grounds, mid a country equally Well
adapted to cultivation. By this meant,
they will he removed from the settle
ments, und the peinlciou! influence1, of
their intercourse with the inhabitant
can, in a' measure, be prevented; ' '
, Tim IJlnhs aru also very poor, They
are still at war wilh the Prairie Indians,
Arapajos biid Cheyennn, who have kil
led great iiiunberi pf them and stolen
must of Ibeii i horses and mules. They
feel at this time the importance .pf a
friendly, relation witli 'the whites," and
if a peace wero established between the
tiibes.AllíelÁrktijisas arid thiUtaha,
it wdu4 b0 a lavorable fnne ío com
mence lite work of civilization. . .) H(T
As fbi fttchns best calculated' td at
compiiih tliat eud, J would recó,nju)g:iid
that fin Agency be established in their
country; iLi connection with itf farm,
iindyr.,tíie.jii)incdiatií supervision of , tlie
Agc'nt.ii Of the numerous tribes, oí Indi
ans in New Mexico, the Utalm know
least of civilization, it will therfoi taka
timo and labbf tóáeéóni'plish tho end do
sired; ; To' ttolk about at onco'setfliVig
their . eapUtins, braves and wnrrhji's ' to
work, would bo tho height of i'olly.i i Xd
wk ft'n'áío'b; hoe wdtttd bo faf Vetatth
tlieir "tligliityi ' They lovk'topp,;
tho bifsmttes of old men, and women.
There nr biit nvo resoimei from wTiiiK ttleMdi
an can mainlnln himself anil his (.unily hrnienttri
viz., i;iichKurt aad Iheeliuiul, 111, lie Country
occtiiiii'il by (lie lllalu ranie is beeoiuine icarce,
llie Buffalo U lelcl m (oniill wlltuh I'lieVr limits.
Th ttidiiwf Tribes on the Knt refune (oi'lt'thi
hnat iinan their grdtmts. ' Th. 'wtilts-'MtikinstiL
of Uiiih Territory nli the North: ant" lhmit Nm
Mexico on tlie Sunlit tie making ilmlr iiiroaileúpon
Hum They are 'bomiiteil oa tlie VWMilt if intertle
country which ennndt fiirnrntxh them With jfame,
nor ia it adaptrt to ciiltlvoilloii. v :.,..ih.i u i.
I b " .:EXKCKWJt!8.ííWWr.é,i! .u
LETTERS teslanientnry wett etaiilJ tin e
tterMRneil, upon the eitate uf Uamiio Lopet,
ile..spil, iliteil November Hoi It 1862 by.lhe hmi
rabie' Jiiilfte of Probate,, for. the county ml ,St
Fe; all jiersom n.ilrliieit to emit eitale, are re
ijiiesint' 16 mMktl loiniedwla pnymrnt, mi those
htivlni' ilem..ndi iKuiist the une mutt -.preit
thein wiilun the time preicnbcd by hvny or they
will be debarred. . "i . - i .,ta,i .
'' ' 0liSí;i 1USVMMVMU,
."'' jnnUor.i.t.
a ..-T-T.L IA ... i . .
a inm r e, i r u. ju. ioaa.MMrno 09.1 .i'l
' AVINO de EJlXlTon TtSTAJIEX-
'"""i'';" TAIUtt.
HniENOOSELE cmteeilido letra t'ííta'menta.
rial al abajo hrmnrio Sobre- la testamnterit,
del finad thnwto im; ttw I bnebU
1 30 t Noviembre da :.ií fpita, 'has' periona
I i-riienaa name) comtiuto tie Dunia re,, con lei-ha d
aueuuaa ia uicn íesmmrm.ria ion rennerniaa na
" -"3,l,"S'J" i.iimiiw, y aqueuu oí
teiiRan rcclamoa tpnUa la nina, de mtmuA
denlrp. del. tiempo prescrito por It (ry, p.'rqye ai
asi no 1 hubieren quedaran excluida, ', .
' '.I.'. ;',,', .JtASt'EbUnitEZ,
',' ; ' ';.' DTjeciitl)f tes(a8eatajla;"',-"
tnntt i wnnanem w ma." "" "J
,iM
.1 l I'll' \n\n iniu.'.'l!nlif,'oiitlieit!i.ili:in.i."iin'"iisnl;:lbiSMippwti"ii bj trii, or lalse,, il.-is
was n, ;.!! roth. Anil ri. iiii Uov lililí; nl,? i -,W H doubt that (Jul. K. hal hismin 1
I he aet iss ii;,i , out in, t.l.lem ;li low .4 j l'uÜy'tna.' p in ri'liition U the fate tf
ili .'ive. Sn,"K a 'iiir.ii lis he who cut thu jalifa be, so far as it lay . .in his iiower,