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Oasis of Tio Meso The Mohaveh River The Valley of the
Santa Ana San Bernardino Mountain The Settlements and
Los Angeles Benton s Letters and Congratulations . . 147
CHAPTER X INDIAN AFFAIRS

State of the Indians in the Pacific Coast Territories Indians Held
to Peonage by the Whites Fifteen Thousand Die of Starva
tion Spaniards and Mexicans as Slave Drivers Beale s Plan
of Protected Reservations for the Nation s Wards Mr.
Sebastian Supports the Plan in the Senate, and Secures the
Desired Appropriation Beale s Indian Policy Endorsed by
the Military and Civil Officials in California General
Hitchcock s Letter Opposition of Indian Agents Mas
sacres in Shasta and Scott Valley General Rising of the
Indians Feared Beale Commissioned Brigadier -General
As Peace Plenipotentiary Brings the Warlike Tribes to
Terms Beale s Defence of the Modocs . . . .174

CHAPTER XI THE FORGOTTEN CAMEL CORPS
Transportation Problems of the Fifties To Provision Army
Posts in Southwest, Beale Suggests Camel Trains to the War
Department Enthusiastic Reception of the Novel Idea by
Secretary Jefferson Davis David Dixon Porter Sent to Tunis
and Syria to Secure the Camels Camel Corps in the Scinde
Campaign Beale s Report to the War Department of his
Camel Journey from San Antonio to El Paso San Francisco
Papers Enthusiastic over the New Beast of Burden Davis
Resigns from the War Department and the Camels are Neg
lected Beale Herds the Survivors on his Ranch A Camel
Tandem Value of Beale s Journals to Future Historians of
the Southwestern and Pacific States . . . . .198

CHAPTER XII THE WAGON ROAD SURVEY FROM FORT
DEFIANCE TO CALIFORNIA
General Beale s Report to the Secretary of War From Zuni to the
Banks of the Little Colorado Praise of the Camels, Especi
ally their Swimming Extracts from Beale s Journal
Howard s Spring, Famous for Indian Massacres Water
Shortage Mount Buchanan and Mount Benton Indian Ad
venture of a Geologist Captured Indians Retained as Guides