Arizona Citizen
Tucson, Pima County, AT.
Saturday, August 3rd, 1872
GEN. HOWARD’S REPORT.
Tuesday the 6th of May, found us at evening at the Camp
Date Creek reservation. Here Lieutenant F.H.E. Ebstein,
the agent strongly aided and supported by the post
commander, Colonel O’Beirne, having comprehended the
real plan of the Government, has succeeded by
unremitting effort in keeping the Indians on the
reservation during their days of great discontent.
Their planting ground here is very limited, their
clothing poor, the small children completely naked, and
their condition generally gave the impression of want
and past suffering. The increase in the rations had
made them quite contented. I could not help thinking
how little you have done for human beings when you
merely give them food. The Indians here are mostly
Mojave Apaches. Some Yuma Apaches and others are
gathered here. The numbers altogether are eight to nine
hundred.
They represented their grievences and needs to me in a
formal interview, much as at the other places, and
after we had left them selected two young men to
represent them in the Washington delagation. I was
sorry Lieutenant Ebstein had not sent one of the
captains, but these delagates seemed to satisfy the
Indians, and let them come.
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