758 



TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



umes, were private; and~773, with 204,713 

 volumes, were other than private, including 

 17 circulating libraries, with 7,253 volumes. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 3,178, having 2,841 edifices, with 878,199 

 sittings, and property valued at $4,684,175. 

 The leading denominations were : 



The condition of pauperism and crime is 

 shown by the following statistics : 



Total population 1,258,520 



Number of persons receiving support during 



the year ending June 1, 1870 1,349 



Cost of annual support $99,811 



Total number receiving support, June 1, 1870. . . 1,332 



Native 1280 



White 966 



Colored 314 



Foreign 52 



Number of persons convicted during the year. . 722 



Total number of persons in prison, June 1, 1870. 981 



Native 902 



White 342 



Colored 560 



Foreign 79 



TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED 

 STATES. There has been no material 

 change in the condition of the Territories of 

 the United States during the year; but in all 

 there are signs of progress in developing natu- 

 ral resources, building up towns and cities, and 

 constructing railroads. 



AEIZONA. With the exception of the diffi- 

 culties caused by marauding bands of Indians, 

 the condition of Arizona is most promising. 

 She has no public debt, and at the end of the 

 year the surplus in her Treasury, and the sums 

 due from one or two counties in which the 

 collection of taxes had been delayed, amount- 

 ed to $20,000. The total receipts into the 

 general fund for the year were $33,722.61, 

 and the disbursements, $21,659.69. The re- 

 ceipts into the school fund were $3,436.82, 

 and the disbursements therefrom $2,030.51. 



An act to establish public schools was passed 

 by the last Legislature, which made the Gov- 

 ernor superintendent of public instruction and 

 the probate judges superintendents of public 

 schools in their several counties. Free schools 

 have been taught during the past year in every 

 district in the Territory, at least three months. 

 There is still a lack of school-houses, teachers, 

 and text-books, but the infant-school system 

 bids fair to grow until it is able to meet the 

 demands of the people. The Governor, in his 

 message to the Legislature of 1873, recommends 

 that the tax of 10 cents on $100, for school 

 purposes, be raised to 2n cents, and that of 50 

 cents on $100, for general purposes, be reduced 

 to 25 cents, and that a portion of the surplus 

 in the Treasury be distributed to the counties, 

 to be expended in providing school-houses. 



No sufficient provision hqs yet been made 

 in the Territory for the unfortunate and crim- 

 inal classes. The care of the insane is left to 

 the supervisors of the counties, and all con- 

 victs are confined in county jails, which are, 

 as a rule, very insecure. 



The rich mineral and agricultural resources 

 of Arizona are, in a great measure, still unde- 

 veloped. There is a great amount of dry land 

 in the Territory capable .of being made fruitful 

 by irrigation, and attention has been directed 

 of late to the sinking of artesian wells, which, 

 it is thought, will supply the pressing need. 

 The construction of the Texas & Pacific Rail- 

 road, which is well under way, and which 

 will traverse a distance of over 400 miles in 

 the Territory, will give a strong impulse to 

 the development of all industrial interests. 



The Apache tribe of Indians have continued 

 to disturb the settlers, more or less, through- 

 out the year. The 100 men, Americans, Mex- 

 icans, and friendly Indians, who were indicted 

 for participating in the " Camp Grant massa- 

 cre," of April 30, 1871, were tried during the 

 December term of the United States District 

 Court in that year, and the jury, after a consul- 

 tation of twenty minutes, rendered a verdict of 

 "Not guilty." During the past year, the de- 

 struction of life and property by the hostile sav- 

 ages has been as great as at any former time. In 

 the early part of the year, strong efforts were 

 made to induce the Indians to retire to their 

 reservations and live peaceably. General 0. 

 O. Howard was sent out for this purpose, and 

 met with a measure of success. It was then 

 left to General Crook to deal with those who 

 proved intractable. He operated against them 

 with vigor during the last months of the year, 

 and punished severely those who displayed 

 any special hostility, or were known to be 

 guilty of depredations. He is likely to bring 

 them all, before long, into complete subjec- 

 tion. There are in the Territory, at the pres- 

 ent time, 4,300 Pina and Maricopa Indians, 

 occupying a reservation of 64,000 acres on the 

 GilaRiver ; 4,000 Papagoes in the southeastern 

 part of the Territory, with no reservation ; 

 4,000 Mohaves, on a reservation of 75,000 

 acres, on the Colorado River ; 2,000 Yumas, 

 living near the mouth of the Colorado, but 

 belonging to the same reservation with the 

 Mohaves; 1,500 Hualapais, north of the Mo- 

 haves, and more or less hostile ; and 8,000 to 

 12,000 Yavapais and Apaches, including most 

 of the hostile marauders whom it has been 

 impossible, thus far, to keep upon reserva- 

 tions. 



The only election of importance in Ariz 

 during the year was that of Delegate to Con- 

 gress. Richard C. McCormick, Republic- 

 was returned without opposition. 



According to the census of 1870, the Tei 

 tory contained 335 horses, 401 mules n 

 asses, 938 milch-cows, 587 working-oxen, 3,6( 

 other cattle, 803 sheep, and 720 swine, 

 chief productions were: 27,052 bushels 



