WOUNDED

1. Thomas McLoughlin, private, Company F, First Cavalry. Flesh-wound of right arm and forearm; conical bullet. Left in charge of Dr. Morris, a citizen physician of Mount Idaho, by Captain Perry, First Cavalry; none with command.

2. Joseph Kelly, private, Company H, First Cavalry. Flesh-wound of left thigh; conical bullet. Left at Mount Idaho, in charge of Dr. Morris.

These two men joined the wounded in hospital at Grangeville, Idaho, July 19.

List of the killed tn the action of July 3, 1877, near Cottonwood Creek, of Captain Whipple's detachment First Cavalry.

List of the killed and wounded of General Howard's command in the battle of the Clearwater,

July 11 and 12, 1877.

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1. E. A. Bancroft, captain, A, Fourth Artillery; conical ball; left shoulder and thorax; severe wound; ball extracted from shoulder; apex of lung wounded.

2. C. A Williams, second lieutenant, C, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; right forearm and right thigh; slight wound; flesh-wound.

3. Abraham Repert, sergeant, I, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; left buttock; severe wound; ball not found.

4. Levi Shaffner, private, I, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; right thigh, left thigh, and left leg; three flesh-wounds; ball extracted.

5. Richard Hanson, sergeant, E, First Cavalry; conical ball; right leg; slight wound; flesh-wound.

6. William Buckow, private, B, Twenty-first Infantry; right thigh; severe wound; amputated through middle third; compound fracture of lower extremity of femur. 7. Daniel McGrath, private, H, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; left arm; severe wound; resection of three inches of humerus.

8. Henry V. Richet, first sergeant, C, Twenty-first Infantry; round ball; left thorax; severe wound; perforating wound of thorax.

9. George Graham, private, E, Fourth Artillery; round ball; back and jaw; slight; two flesh-wounds.

10. Bernard Simpson, sergeant, L, First Cavalry; conical ball; left leg; severe wound; ball not found.

11. William Garvin, private, I, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; scalp wound; slight wound.

12. Ephraim Hess, corporal, A, Fourth Artillery; conical ball; left arm; severe wound; wound enlarged and explored; fracture of the humerus not comminuted.

13. Joseph Held, bugler, First Cavalry; conical ball; left foot; slight wound; fleshwound.

14. Francis Winters, private, B, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; left thigh; slight wound; flesh-wound.

15. Gottlich Wickerle, private, I, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; buttock; severe wound; flesh-wound through both buttocks.

16. Fritz Heber, private, M, First Cavalry; right arm and right leg; severe wound; flesh-wounds; conical ball.

17. Peter Murphy, corporal, I, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; right arm and thorax; ball extracted; flesh-wounds.

18. William Kenkle, first sergeant, I, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; thorax; flesh-wound.

19. Thomas Burns, corporal, E, Fourth Artillery; conical ball; left foot; flesh-wound. 20. Thomas Connelly, corporal, H, Twenty-first Infantry; round ball; back; slight wound; ball extracted; flesh-wound.

21. Samuel Ferguson, private, E, First Cavalry; round ball; left thigh; slight wound; flesh-wound.

22. Frederick Schickler, private, H, Twenty-first Infantry; round ball; right arm; left thigh; right hand; three flesh-wounds.

23. Peter Blumenberg, sergeant, E, Fourth Artillery; conical ball; thorax; ball extracted; probably not a penetrating wound of thorax.

24. William Barton, private, B, Twenty-first Infantry; round ball; left shoulder; flesh-wound.

25. Eugene McFilmore, corporal, E, Fourth Artillery; conical ball; left arm; severe wound; wound enlarged and explored; fracture of humerus; not comminuted.

26. Charles Carlin, corporal, I, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; left leg; severe wound; femoral artery tied; died en route from exhaustion due to loss of blood on the field; posterior of artery wounded.

27. John G. Hineman, musician, I, Twenty-first Infantry; conical ball; hip; severe wound; died en route from the field to hospital; ball passed into the abdominal cavity; urine escaping from wound.

I certify that the above is a correct list of the killed and wounded of General Howard's command, in his operations against the hostile Nez Percé Indians, of Idaho Territory, to July 31, 1877, as returned to this office by medical officers in the field. E. J. BAILY,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Surgeon, U. S. A., Medical Director.

MEDICAL DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, July 31, 1877.

Corporal William Mulcahy, Company A, Fourth Artillery, wounded July 13, 1877, by a sharp-shooter; gunshot wound of the forehead and gouging of frontal bone; rifleball; left at camp at Kamiah.

No. 11.-REPORT OF COLONEL AUGUST V. KAUTZ.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA,
Prescott, Ariz., August 15, 1877.

SIR: I have the honor herewith to submit my annual report of the operations in this department for the past year.

With the exception of some depredations in the extreme southeastern portion of the Territory, peace has prevailed in this department, and the country has advanced materially in its mining, agricultural, and

stock-raising interests. The population has received a considerable increase in the past year, by immigration

TROOPS.

With the exception of two or three interchanges of companies between posts, no changes of troops have occurred in this department. The recent reductions have diminished the rank and file in this command very materially, which, with the limited appropriations of last year, and the failure of an appropriation by Congress for the support of the Army for the present fiscal year, has seriously affected the efficiency of the troops. It is fortunate that no greater demand has been made for the services of this command, as it is entirely unequal to the task that it may be called upon to execute at any time.

POSTS AND CAMPS.

In consequence of a raid last winter made by renegade Indians from the Warm Spring reservation, in New Mexico, I caused a temporary camp to be established in the extreme southern portion of the Territory, in the Huachuca Mountains, about 12 miles from the Sonora line, which is garrisoned by two companies of the Sixth Cavalry, drawn from Camps Grant and Lowell, and one company of Indian scouts enlisted among the Hualpai Indians. As the renegades are believed to be still at large in the almost uninhabited region southeast of Bowie, where the Mexican States of Chihuahua and Sonora corner with the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, I have not considered it advisable to return these troops to their stations. Otherwise the posts and camps remain as they were established at the date of my last annual report.

I am of the opinion that the camp in the Huachuca Mountains, as well as Camp Thomas, will both require to be kept up, and I would therefore earnestly recommend that an appropriation for quarters and storehouses be made in order that the troops kept there may be made more comfortable. The camp in the Huachuca Mountains will be needed for the protection of the border against that class of lawless characters which finds its greatest safety near a boundary line between two foreign States. Camp Thomas will be needed on account of commanding the entrance to the San Carlos reservation, on which have been concentrated nearly all of the most refractory Indians in the Territory.

In consequence of the limited appropriation last year, but little progress has been made in improving the condition of the public buildings at the various camps and posts. The building for headquarters offices was not completed until December last. The money for the purpose was supplied from the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June, 1876. It is a very substantial and commodious building, and has been economically constructed. The walls are built of mud after the manner of the prehistoric race of this country, modified by the shingle roof and wooden floor. The long continued and slow shrinkage of the walls in the process of drying is an obstacle to the speedy completion by this method of building, as the plastering must be renewed in every instance.

OPERATIONS OF TROOPS.

The troops have continued to be successful in the pursuit of renegades in the northern portion of the Territory. In the month of August, 1876, as soon as the troops were sufficiently rested from the long marches consequent upon the removal of the Chiricahua Indians to the

San Carlos_reservation, Captain Porter, Eighth Infantry, with fourteen soldiers and twenty-six Indian scouts, made a scout after renegade Indians in the Red Rock country north of Camp Verde, and succeeded in killing seven and capturing seven of the renegades.

During the month of September last, another scout under Guide Sieber, with twenty-one scouts, killed five and captured thirteen Indians in the rough country lying east of Camp Verde.

In October another scout from Camp Verde, consisting of twelve soldiers and twenty-one Indian scouts, commanded by Captain Porter, Eighth Infantry, killed eight Indians and captured two squaws, in the country east of Verde, known as Tonto Basin.

From January 10 to February 4, of the present year, Captain Brayton, Eighth Infantry, with 9 soldiers and 29 Indian scouts, was out to find 3 Indians and 3 squaws, renegades from San Carlos reservation, at the request of the acting agent. At various points in the Tonto Basin country, he succeeded in killing 18 and brought in 20 prisoners, which were sent back to San Carlos.

In June of last year the removal of the Chiricahua Indians was effected. It will be remembered that a portion of the Chiricahuas escaped the removal, and I was of the opinion that they had gone to the Warm Spring reservation, in New Mexico. Depredations followed upon the breaking up of Chiricahua reservation in the southeastern portion of the Territory, and every effort was made to secure the perpetrators with most unsatisfactory results.

In July two miners named Todenworth and Keho or Cadotte, were killed in the Chiricahua Mountains 25 miles south of Bowie. These men are referred to in my last report. A small detachment of cavalry was sent out which buried the bodies of these men and followed the trail of the perpetrators, believed to be 5 Indians, to the Sonora line. During the month of July some stock disappeared from the headwaters of the San Pedro River. A portion was ascertained to have been taken by Mexicans, but the greater portion was charged to Indians.

September 13, 2 men were killed on the San Pedro River. Their names were Mowrey and Johnson. Captain Tupper, Sixth Cavalry, was sent to the scene of the killing, and his report threw great doubt upon the charge that they had been killed by Indians. During the month of September an extensive scout was made by Lieutenant Henely, Sixth Cavalry, without finding any Indians. During the month of October a very thorough scout was made by Captain Tupper with 50 cavalry and a company of Indian scouts, which had recently been enlisted, and he reported it the safest country against Indians that he had ever scouted through. Captain Whitside, Sixth Cavalry, scouted the country near Old Camp Crittenden about the same time with a like result. During the month of November Lieutenant Rucker, Sixth Cavalry, scouted the Chiricahua Mountains with a company of Indian scouts and a detachment of cavalry, but failed to find any Indians.

About the 1st of December Samuel Hughes reported the loss of 21 horses and colts, and that his partner had been pursued by Indians in the neighborhood of Camp Crittenden. Lieutenant Rucker, with the Indian scouts and a small detachment of cavalry, was orderd to pursue the depredators. As he had to be recalled from another scout that he had undertaken, he was not able to take up the trail until the 17th of December. He, however, followed it faithfully until the 9th of January, when he found the Indians in the south west corner of New Mexico. attacked and killed 10 of them, captured their herd of more than forty animals and their camp and made a small boy prisoner. This boy made

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prisoner proved to be a nephew of Geronimo, the principal chief of those who made their escape from the Chiricahua reservation, and the fact that Lieutenant Rucker's report gave evidence of more Indians than I had supposed Geronimo's party to consist of, satisfied me that he had been re-enforced from the Warm Spring reservation, and that he had probably made that reservation his base of operations. Subsequent investigations confirmed this opinion. In answer to a letter of inquiry on these points, Dr. Whitney, acting agent at the Warm Spring reservation, answered under date of February 28, that about the time of the removal of the Chiricahuas about 250 Indians came from the Chiricahua to the Warm Spring reservation. Lieutenant Henely visited the Warm Spring reservation, and under date of March 17, 1877, telegraphed that he had seen Geronimo at the reservation the day previous; that he had just returned from a raid with 100 horses, and was indignant that he could not draw rations for the time he was absent. These evidences confirmed the impressions, made by Lieutenant Rucker's report, that the Warm Spring reservation was the base of operations for the renegades, and that there was a larger force liable to be in the field committing depredations than I had at first supposed. To meet this re-enforcement of renegades, Captain Worth, Eighth Infantry, with the scouts from Camp Apache, was ordered to Camp Bowie, January 30, 1877.

On the 4th of February, the commanding-officer at Camp Bowie reported that Indians had appeared on the San Pedro, and were committing depredations, and that Lieutenant Rucker, with the scouts and a cavalry support, had been ordered to that neighborhood. On the 5th the commanding officer at Camp Lowell reported that Indians were depredating in the Sonoita Valley, and that Lieutenant Hauna, with Company B, Sixth Cavalry, had been ordered to that locality. same day I received a dispatch from Governor Safford asking for arms, which the commanding officer of Camp Lowell was directed to furnish. The governor did not ask for troops, but I informed him of what had been done.

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This raid proved to be one of unusual extent, although first reports were found to be greatly exaggerated. The reported ten men killed in the Sonoita Valley, proved to be two men killed and one wounded. The loss by the entire raid, including the losses in the San Pedro, Sonoita and Santa Cruz Valleys, was seven Mexicans killed and four wounded, and eighty-five horses, mules, and cattle captured or killed. The number of raiders was variously estimated from fifteen to thirty Indians. They separated about the 8th of February, and a portion returned to the Warm Spring Reservation. It was the trail of this party that Lieutenant Rucker struck and followed within a day's march of the Warm Spring Reservation, when the inclemency of the weather obliterated the trail and compelled him to put in to Fort Bayard, N. M., for supplies and recuperation. The other raiders continued on into Sonora, and reports of their outrages reached us from that region, and three weeks later Captain Worth, with his command, intercepted a trail made by some of the party that crossed the border into Southwestern New Mexico from Sonora, and which was followed for some days by Captain Worth. When he abandoned the trail it was leading in the direction of the Warm Springs, and the renegades evidently had reached the reservation and had been lost beyond detection among the other Indians at the time he gave up the pursuit. Captain Worth's command did not reach Bowie from Apache until the middle of February. He made a long scout from February 18 to April 4, searching for the renegades, but was not able to find them.