Condition of the Indian Tribes. Report of the Joint Special Committee, Appointed Under Joint Resolution of March 3, 1865. with an Appendix.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...lieutenant and sixty-four enlisted men, attacked a band of Indians near the Colorado Chiquito, Arizona, and in a running fight of eight miles killed five and wounded seven of them. After the fight was over two Indians came into camp with signs of peace, but in a moment fired their guns, severely wounding Captain Pfeiffer and Private Pedro Bael. The Indians were instantly killed. When the shots were fired, a large party of Indians came running towards the camp. A volley was fired into them, when they scattered in all directions. This volley wounded several. June 28.--Captain James H. Whitlock, commanding Camp Miembres, reports that he left the post on the 21st instant on a scout after Indians. On the 22d came upon a party of three Indians, two of whom were killed and the other captured. July 10.--Lieutenant Antonio Abeyta, 1st cavalry New Mexico volunteers, while en route from Fort Wingate to Los Pinos, New Mexico, with twenty-six Navajo and seven Apache Indian prisoners, came upon a party of Navajoes at Fish spring, numbering three hundred and seventy-five, coming in to surrender themselves and go to the reservation. These Indians had in their possession three hundred horses, sixteen mules, one thousand and eightyfive sheep, and three hundred and fifty goats. This party was turned over to the commanding officer at Los Pinos. July--.--Captain Saturnino Baca, 1st cavalry New Mexico volunteers, with fifty-three enlisted men, left Fort Canby on the 9th instant, on a scout after Indians. Marched to the Little Colorado river. He returned to Fort Canby on the 21st instant. On this scout six Indians were killed and six taken prisoners, two horses and two mules captured, and large quantities of corn, wheat, beans, &c., destroyed. August 1,--Captain T. T. Tidball...