b'Santa Cruz continued from page 57San Carlos Biggest Disgrace mountains forever and named Cochises white friend,with government feed and had reservation employees WICKENBURGBy 1873, most of the Apaches, including the fierceTom Jeffords, the first Indian agent. After Cochisepaid by the government look after the herd. Tiffany Tonto Apaches, had gathered near Camp Verde askingdied, the treaty became the subject of controversywas not tried or jailed. He was permitted to resign TRAILERto surrender. They were starving and freezing tobecause it was believed the Chiricahua Reservationwithout any punishment at all.death. Peace prevailed for the next two years as thehad rich mineral deposits. The Bureau of Indian SALESApaches settled in on reservations. In 1875, however,Affairs, in 1876, broke the treaty and ordered theSettlers paid for his crimes against the Indians with Chiricahuas relocated to San Carlos. their lives for several years after he was gone and would likeCrook was transferred to South Dakota to deal withfear reigned around Tombstone and to the border the Lakotas.to welcomeBefore the relocation order, government food suppliesuntil General Crook finally got the situation on the Incompetent civilian Indian agents sent byto the Chiricahuas had been shortened and Jeffordsreservation straightened out. Crook had the Apaches all ropersWashington by the Department of the Interior tolet the tribe hunt in the Dragoons to obtain adequateself-governing themselves again and being once again manage the reservations and military officers chargesfood. A band of hunters ran across a trader at Sulphurself-sufficient.& horsewith actually running the reservations could agree onSprings who agreed to sell them whiskey. The leader of the band, Pionsenay, became so drunk he killed hisIn 1883, the White Mountain Apaches raised 2,500, enthusiastspolicies or goals. Military actions on the reservationsown two sisters, then the next day in remorse for that000 lbs. of corn, 200,000 lbs. of barley, and 180,000 were overseen by the Indian agents as threatening back to ourtheir authority. Indian agent actions were seen by thedeed went to Sulfur Springs and killed the trader wholbs. of beans as well as 135,000 lbs. of potatoes. The military operation of the reservations. In the middleprovided the whiskey. Pionsenay then led his bravesChiricahuas remained in their hideout in the Sierra community!were the Apache charges on the reservationsandinto the San Pedro Valley and staged a series of raids. Madres of Mexico, raiding the American side of the white profiteers, who wooed both sides to keepthe border at will until in 1887, their surrender was Let us helpcontracts and supply inferior goods at high margins. Cavalry from Ft. Bowie and Jeffords went after thenegotiated and they were sent to Florida and housed renegades but were unable to capture them. Governorin the old fort at St. Augustine.you get set-up for the season with ourSafford demanded that Washington close the Chute Help roping arena products, builtreservation and dismiss Jeffords. He also demandedFinally, peace came to southern Arizona after nearly the Chiricahuas be placed on the San Carlostwo decades of fear stalking farmers and ranchers, to work hard and last for years. Reservation. Saffords demands would, of course,stage passengers and wagon masters, miners, and open up the lands protected by the Howard-Cochisemines. The only losers were the crooked traders of treaty to mineral exploration and also make availableTucson who were out of the business of defrauding to whites some rich grazing lands. the government and the Indians in their charge. Rees Smith and his fellow farmers and ranchers who died Clum, with some 40 of his Apache police and Armytrying to farm amid the Apaches and Mike OReilly Captain Clay Beauford with some Apache Armywho earned his profits honestly by digging wells and scouts went out to capture the renegade Apaches andopening stage and wagon stations to serve ever-others considered dangerous. Geronimo, Gordo, andchanging and moving military posts and live to tell several who had stolen some horses were arrested.about it in a way found justice when General Crook Then Victorio, the successor to Mangus Coloradasput the greedy and unprincipled Tucson ring out of as leader of the Warm Springs Apaches, agreed tobusiness. It was justice long in coming. THE ROPING CHUTE IS EASY surrender and go to San Carlos. Geronimo and Victorio had a combined 450 Apaches Clum led back TO INSTALL, FULLY AUTOMATIC to San Carlos.(WITH REMOTE) AND SOLAR By the following year, the Warm Springs Apaches POWERED. OTHER ACCESSORIEShad left San Carlos and so had Geronimo and his TYLER MAGNUS,9-time NFR Qualifierfollowers. Constant bickering among Clum and INCLUDE: and member of the Texas CowboyAfter Cochise died, the peace treatycivilians out to get him fired, military officials who became the subject of controversy. didnt like answering to a civilian Indian agent, andCalf chute profiteers who continued to short supplies so the Hall of Fame, returns to the WTS Big Indians never had sufficient food at the reservationLead-ups w/ dual alley stops Tree Arena in October! Improve yourCrook had successfully employed Apache scouts into ward off hungerall combined to make the his campaigns against holdout Apaches who tried toconditions intolerable for the Apaches of Victorios90 degree turn roping skills and horsemanship - joinavoid surrendering and placement on reservations.and Geronimos tribes. Adjustable roping boxes Tyler in the morning for practice andThese scouts also served as a type of Indian police force when on the reservation. In 1874, John P.Hunted by thousands of troops into the early 1800s,Easy exit stripping chute schedule a private lesson with him inClum, a 23-year-old was sent as an agent to the Santhese tribes and others who joined them later in fleeing Carlos Reservation as reports of the inability of thethe hated San Carlos Reservation, spread fear acrossHeavy duty panels the afternoon. agents there to coordinate with the Army flowedthe Santa Cruz Valley and along the border in New into Washington. Arriving only a few months beforeMexico and Arizona Territories until the mid-1880s. In Crook was transferred; Clum readily saw the benefits Team Roping Practice Resumes October 4th! of Crooks scouts having some authority as police1882, with Indian affairs in a deplorable state, General Crook was sent back to Arizona Territory.on the reservations. He expanded the program and Join us every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday,established a small Indian police force and a tribalJ.C. Tiffany, the agent who followed Clum at San court. He then invited each Apache tribe on theCarlos, became involved with the traders in Tucson reservation to send a representative to meet withwho profited highly by defrauding the government at WTS Big Tree Arena, starting at 9:00 AM. Clum as a council. and he began committing fraud in numerous ways to enrich himself. He was found by a grand jury toAugust 2021Volume 8Issue 10 FREE Volume 8Issue 11FREEIn 1875, the Bureau of Indian Affairs began orderinghave signed bills of lading for supplies never received,September 2021various reservations to close and their wardssplitting the profits with crooked government WICKENBURG TRAILER SALEStransferred to San Carlos. The San Carlos Indiancontractors. population mushroomed from 800 to 4,700 and Clums council became a tool for self-government forEven blankets to keep the Indians at San Carlos warm these mixed and varied tribes.in winter were diverted elsewhere by Tiffany and sold. Your Roping Lifestyle Destination. Treaty with Cochise Broken Small wonder the San Carlos Indians began to bolt the reservation. Tiffany even started a ranch near the The treaty General Howard made with Cochisereservation and herded government cattle over there 30218 US Highway 60Wickenburg928-232-0760 permitted the Chiricahua Apaches to remain in theirand burnt his brand on them, then fattened themShutterstock / joyartArizonaRealCountry.com October 2021 59'