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at least afford them some security from
the rapacity and cruelty of the whites, who
are now driving them from their homes
and from every place of refuge in which
they seek to preserve their lives. Let all
who molest them, within certain prescribed
limits, be held amenable to military law
and something may yet be done to meliorate
their condition.

Arizona
I have now to call your attention
to the Indians in Arizona.

On the 5th of December, having desirous
of rendering such service to the Department
as lay in my power, I joined Mr
Poston Superintendent of Indian Affairs
for Arizona, and started from San
Francisco on a tour of exploration
through that Territory. It was expected
that the Governor and territorial officers
would be at Tucson, about the time of
our arrival there, and that immediate
measures would be taken for the organi
zation of the territorial government. I was
desirus of affording those gentlemen
all the assistance in my power, and
at the same time carrying with effect
the instructions of the Department in
reference to various [branches?] of the public