Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-11-20

"We wish 10 live with the Govern
ment of the United States, the sam,
! as we lived with the Mexican Gov
eminent. We always had a righr
10 vote with the Mexicsns. We
were subject to the Spanish laws
We were always subject to the order
Of the Governor, and when called
upon to help him fight we never re,
fused. The Spanish Government
took good care Of The Pueblas-they
respected our rights, and our lands,
and everything belonging to u.s.
We Joined the Mexicans against the
Spanish Government in the revolu-
ton Of Independence, and, by the
treaty OF lturbide, were considered
citizens by the Mexican Government.
Il appears strange 10 US that, after
living here ever since we were born,
we, and our fathers before us-Iiving
in the Christian religion as the peo.
pie OF the country-as citizens, en-
ljoying all the rights Of citizens-and
now 4 seems we are 10 be- treated
like the wild Indians Of the noun
tains and plains. II we are not al
lowed TO vote, we will be counted
the same as Gsntiles, as wild Eu,aws
and Apaches. We are not wild. we
are Christians, we were born Chris
tians; ourselves and our fathers be.
fore US; we intend 10 be Christians;
we like the holy water to come upon
our heads" su --.
All the .Puebla Indians in New
Mexico are good Catholics, and a
Priest or teacher is always provided
for each PuebIa, in order to teach
them hOlo to prayl The Indians fur
nish the Priest with wood all the
year round-give him the produce
Of piece Of ground set apart for
him-and he in return marries, bap-
tizes-and burieS them free of other
charges. --.T f
Chacone, the acknowledged Chief
OF the Jicillara Apaches, paid a visit
to the Agency at Taos, and professed
10 be desirous of continuing at peace
with the whites. He said "He
wished his people TO be at peace, he
was tired of war. He wished to
lay down and sleep in the road, and
when he awoke he would find his
animals grazing safely by his side.
He was old, and II he only had two
years TO live he wished to live in
peace" aal er1 500 .--.-'
This is the band that murdered
Mr.. White and his party and carried
off his wife and child, about which
so much has been said in the news
papers. Poor Mrs. White, her fate
was dreadful one. She had been
captive some five or six weeks when
the Americans attacked the Indian
village, and the Indians killed her,
sooner than they should lose her.
Kit Carson, the celebrated guide,
who saw her when she was yet
toa1m-she having been killed but
few moments belore-gave me a
description Of the scene, and il was
dreadful one. He was well satisfied |
that the child was also killed, al
though the body could not be dis
covered.
The Jicarillas take their name /
from a small basket that they manu-
lacture, and which they trade of for
such necessaries as they DESIRE
They also manufacture pottery very
neatly; and from this fact il was
they might be persuaded to
locate at some point, and live in
Pueblas. Being asked by the Agent
why they would not give up their
rowing way of life, and learn to
raise corn and wheat, and live in
houses! they replied that They had
always lived by hunting, and were
now too old to begin a new way Of
living.
Agent. The Indian talks so, be-
cause Indian don't like to work. Is
it not sol
Ans. Very true! When God
made the world he made a rule that
every man should work and earn
his own living. He intended all
should work, but in different ways
some TO raise corn and wheat
some to huild houses; but US he in-
tended TO hunt buffalo and boars,
and to catch wild horsesl
Agent. But if the Indian would
work, when the storm comes and the
snow falls, he would have something
10 eat and something 10 keep him
warm, and he would not get hungry
ind cold, as he now does in winter. ,
Ans. We are used TO being hun
yry and cold. We live as well in !
winter as in summer. We do not ,
Ike to work.
The Taos EOtaws also range
Trough this part of the country, and :
IRE the most formidable Indians in ),
he Territory. They number about
90 warriors; aud from the speci-
nen they have given our troops OF e
heir fighting, have acquired for =