In furthering President Grant 's " Peace Policy " and choosing agents beyond the Quaker faith , with the urging of the Jewish community leader Simon Wolf , Bendell was appointed superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Arizona Territory . He arrived by way of San Diego and is considered the first Jew to settle in the city of Phoenix . His arrival was shortly after the infamous Camp Grant massacre . His first task was to accompany Gen. Oliver Otis Howard and members of various Indian tribes and the first Apache delegation to Washington , DC . Dr. Bendell accompanied five of the Native American chiefs on a brief excursion to his home in Albany , stopping at the temperance hotel founded by Edward C. Delavan . The five chiefs were News accounts described the chiefs ' ' indifference ' at the sights along the Hudson River , impressed only with the view from West Point . Bendell 's appointment was a difficult posting at a tumultuous time in the Arizona Territory . The government intended to move the Apache tribes to reservations with a farming lifestyle . Dr. Bendell 's report to Washington Indian Affairs commissioner Francis Amasa Walker , reprinted in New York Times , notes the tribal reluctance to accept the reservation conditions offered by the Government and the Native American hoarding of rations for the purpose of renewing raids upon settlers . Dr. Bendell was the superior officer of agent Tom Jeffords , chosen by Apache chief Cochise after a treaty made with General Oliver Otis Howard . Bendell petitioned for an increased budget as the original allocation was for three Chiricahua reservations , and by 1872 there were seven
Camp Grant massacre
Camp Grant massacre
Herman Bendell