Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1864-1869, 1864-12-17


that the Department Commander ha,
shown no less wisdom in his policy, (mean
ing that of Rescrvaton) than iudcious
ness in the selection be has made Of Re-
'oryation. In my campaigns against the
Nescalero Apachcs, and Navajo Indians
have trayers1d nearly the IchOie Territory
ald, in nv opinion, moro iulicous sc'
lection could not have been made, beside,
removing these Indians from their former
haunts and Businesses and from old asso.
ciations where they would be continually
rcmined Of the comparative impunity will
which they formerly made the citi'
1ens to contribute to their support, and
rendering it much harder, II not altogeth.
impossible to teach lham to p nd on
heir honest industry to supply th9il
Smts." HIRE is the testimony of os 10y.
Il 7ontlomin md as truthfula citizen rs
ever honored any country or age. And as
~ saws a ttvelid over The wt0Ie of th'
Navajo Country not excepting tho Rio
-Iqd 10 W,tn M jipabilu,es VI which h.
perfectly familiar, Can as murh be
aid Of those who yaunt its applicability
rs site for RagcrUton2 venture to
say not From the source to the mouth Of
lhl little Colorado there cannot bo found
spicA sufficient al any one pAc1 where
1y'r hfty fam Hes could BE- locltcl No,
more than Eve such places could be found
Tad ID nsJ IN my mics apart. Here there
IA ght btproyil1l for about 1850 persons,
y3rc there not soma serious Drawbacks.
At certain seasons Of the year the stream
ll wAtor is SO small US to be wholly insnf.
cient for irrigation, and At others the
bottoms overflow; abundant evidence Of
which can be seen by any one who ex-
lm,ncs The country, 1t is possible that in
tue whole extent Of the Navajo Country
places might be found at each of which
from ten to fifty families might bo located
Iul thu proyil fortho whole tribe, but
this very much doubt, and they would
llyH 10 bH settled many milto apart, and
0 think Of making them scli-susthiuiug
tlus situated, is simply prypo'terous--a
lroum which could mover BE- realized, nor
san clearly see now Nna'F 'uen clrcum,
't'AooS i1e system OF . reservation coui
ja clrriod out. 10 adopt the plan would
be nothing or less than making anolh-
or "trcaty' nnd WI who are not New Mex.
lc'hs know 10 our cost wha' ths means as
'pPied 70 'ht'o lhIian3' lhf'r history
o"c'u4Vtly proves ihat It was only whIlc
| 'orc' wMin No''s, ,NPp'lel lntt 'h'y remAin'
ed w'II disposed, ana that as soon as TINS
oro' was removed tloy ri p'ed INTO
h1lr FORMER habits oil lawlosshts'' Per-
llpi our slprnt friend 'mmls'n's that
.lty are already so woanea from ol1 asso'
ciiIion' mat with impunIty they might be
pernIII'd lo ~ oo'ck ,othtir lormer haunls
'| lAsIne'7''' or lo's h9 Ih'nk IN MS
Snoflhc Il'' WI n scattered over so Nisl
'o eA. ,nt OF cnnn'ry---ls wDull n 'ciHSlrl'
hi lne rase-Ihit Ib's ioic' couI1 BEEN,
| Woy'I' lh''' wac HhoN ID ~ II ms ana
thaH loin'r country know lhaI IN 0oIh he
lsW'oas'
| H. complains of removing them "lrom
a country whlrc il i, well known that with
a little assistance they can support them.
selves from the natural resources of th,
country, into on6whire their only resource
is the product of their own labor" Now
would ask whereand in what consists these
,rosuurcesY In gim.y There is not en-.
oush wild glml in the Navajo Country to
subsistth, tribt for onr day. This is n
fact well known to every one who has cam.
paignud through il. There is an old say
ing that .'the D. is not as bad rs ho is
paInted." This is certainly true Of the
Navajo, and it was the absolute Iackqf all
resources which nltcssimtcd his rails on
/ the Hocks and herds of tho people. Pcr-
haps this is lhcr'source (which he writes,
anil ir.nth,. prnnlp nf N,Nv N,yirn n,rti-