Mr. DOOLITTLE. Not in that year. Isay we made 2 or 3 campaigns against them. We made a campaign against them under Bon neville. The Indians took to their great fortification, which was in the valley of the Chelly, as it is called, a mountain fortress where the perpendicular side of the mountains rises up 1,000feet. They lived7 on the side of the mountains, and threw down stones on the heads of our troops and drove them out of the valley. General Canby also entered that valley with his troops, but he remained there only one night; he had to retire. They never were subdued until Kit Carson, in the last campaign under General Carleton, succeeded in ca turing these Navajoes. Those Navajo wars have cost this Government 20, and probably 30, million dollars. It is one of the most extravagant things in our whole administration of government that a simple lieutenant in command of troops awa off on the border, in the neighborhootr of In inns may, on his own motion, without any orders perhaps from head?uarters, begin an Indian war and carry it on or a long time and involve this Government in millions upon millions of excues, and we do not know much if anything it out it until it is all over, and then comes in alarge appropriation bill, so much for transportation and so much for commissary supplies, all in one grand sum of millions upon inillfons. Mr. President, what. I desire to accomplish is to have aboard, not political in its character, which can watch the agents, watch the superintendents, and watch the military forces too, and see how the whole business of Indian af fairs is administered. I think if we had our territory divided into these 5 districts, and there was a board in each one of these districts whose whole business it should be to look after these things, to do what the 3rd section of this bill requires them to do, to visit all the Indian tribes every year, to examine into their condition and the condition of their farms and schools, hear their complaints, ase crtain whether our treaty stipulations are kept, whether the goods are properly applied, examine into the books and accounts of the agent, and see how the business is transacted, it would be a great saving of money to the Government, and a thing of great economy, although it istrue that the real expense which this bill would involve would be about $50,000 perannum; $4,000 each for each inspector, ten in number, would be $40,000. That $40,000 perannum was intended by the committce to cover their salary, their mileage, and expenses. If there is any doubt about it, it can be made plain bv adding alter the words “$4,000 perannum, the words “which is to include all milea e and traveling expenses.” That will make it clear. The officer of the Army who is to be appointed is to receive no additional a); He is to receive his pay proper, and we allow to that his mileage, just as if he were in the military service; so that there is that additional expense that the Government would be put to. I suppose.$50,000 would cover the entire expenses to be incurred by this bill. I have no doubt whatever that the existence of such a board, with the power that we propose to confer upon it, possessing the power to suspend these agents from office, the pewer to examine into their transactions, the power to see whether the treaty stiulations are carried out and the goods propery distributed among the Indians, would of itself have a very beneficial effect over the whole administration of Indian affairs in those Territories. That is the purpose and the desire of the committee. I will state furthermore that over consultation with the members of the JtCommee appointed at the last. session, they were unan imousl in favor of the idea contained in the bill. t was thus submitted to the ComIndAffrs, and I believe received the unanimous approvnl of the committee. There may have been some little disagreement about the details of the bill, the salaries, or something of that sort, but the bill as a whole was unanimouslyconcurred in. I do not wish to take up the time of the Senate upon it. I have exressed briefly to views upon it.