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Of the above, homicides and assaults comprise 112 cases (36 per 

 cent), offenses against property 88 cases (29 per cent), sexual offenses 

 12 cases (4 per cent). The only category where the relative propor- 

 tion of female offenders is large is that of intoxication. 



The information gathered more directly by the author was as fol- 

 lows: Among the Southern Ute murders occur, though rarely; the 

 remaining offenses comprise neglect of family, gambling, drinking, 

 petty thefts, and sexual transgressions, also violations of the game 

 laws. 



Among the Apache the principal offenses are wouncUng and 

 killing. The following data from the ''Judges' book" at San Carlos 

 reservation, cursed by the drug-tesvino habit, show the transgressions 

 among that branch of Apache : 



(lenses among the San Carlos Apache, as recorded in the Judges' book, during several 



years 



Killing horse. 



Fighting (several). 



Disorderly conduct (2 individuals). 



Fighting, and drinking tesvint) (3 indi- 

 viduals). 



Cutting a man with a knife. 



Carrying away a girl (after drinking). 



Drunkenness (many). 



Running away with a woman. 



Carrying away a married woman. 



Drinking tesvino (many). 



Resisting a policeman. 



Making tesvino (many). 



Resisting a policeman and striking him 

 with a stone. 



Drunkenness and cutting her husband 

 with a knife. 



Beating wives (5 individuals). 



Stealing a pony. 



Adultery (2 individuals). 



Bringing whisky on to reservation. 



Branding pony that did not belong to him. 



Shooting a man (drunk). 



Shooting in camp. 



Striking sister. 



Rape. 



Murder (2). 



Getting over the wall of a guardhouse. 



Woman stealing moccasins. 



Desertion of husband without reason. 



Desertion of wife and running away with 

 a school girl. 



Policeman shooting his prisoner for beat- 

 ing the policeman's uncle. 



Wife beating and attempting to kill a 

 Navaho (drunk). 



The causes of divorces among the San Carlos people were recorded 

 in 12 consecutive cases as follows: 



1. Incompatiliility; both desired to sep- 



arate. 



2. Cruelty and nonsupport (on man's 



part). 



3. Desertion (on man's part). 



4. Desertion (on man's part). 



5. Desertion (on man's part). 



6. Desertion (on man's part). 



7. Beating wife. 



8. Desertion (on man's part). 



9. Man unfaithful. 



10. Cruelty (on man's part). 



11. Cruelty (on man's part). 



12. Cruelty and desertion (on man's part). 



In 1888, during a tesvino brawl among the Mescalero^, two men, two 

 women, and a child were shot." Since 1897, when the manufacture 

 of native intoxicants was stopped among this tribe, transgressions 



a W. McM. Luttrell, Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 289, 1900; see also Iteport on Indians, 

 Eleventh Census, 1890, 151. 



