Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-16

of the Temecula Indians, o guest OF
Don Mateo Keller, who is well ac-
quaintcd with their history. A large
delegation of the Temeculas are in
the city. and are mostly quartered at
the Alvarado tile house OH First street.
We met in company with Olegario,
Jose Antonio, second chief of the tribe;
Vicente, alcalde, and Geriaco, one of
the commissioners. They all seemed
to be intelligent men, of unusual edu-
cation for Indians.
Olegario says that they have occu-
pied the lands Of Telnecula since the
first Indian Was born. They have
been born there and their ancestors
graves are there for centuries. Births,
marriages and deaths have taken
place for many hundred years. They
have celebrated the old pagan rites,
have been converted by Jesuit mis-
sionaries, have had marriages, chris
Jennings and funeral services for ages,
and unexpectedly, they are thrown
out of their houses, and fields to salts
fly a designing speculator.
They were dispossessed by the sher-
iff of San Diego county, on the clai IN
of holder of a United States patent.
They are now depressed and sad, and
have no resource but to flee to the
mountains. They left their adobe,
reed and >, .aw houses, their cultiva-
ted fields and fenced pastures, and the
two hundred souls of the Temecula
band were forced to become vagabonds
on the face of the earth.
They are known among the old set
tiers as Luisp1os, the neophytes of the
mission of San Luis Rey. They say
they believe in the religion of God
the christian religion. For century
they have attended mass at the old
mission church of Pala. They have
had no school but, are well versed in
the Spanish language, and are indus
trious tillers Of the soil. They say
that they have no intention to revolt
or make trouble, their only desire be-
ing to be at peace with the whites and
make living by agriculture.
Rev. Mr.. Dryden, the agent, has
been appealed to and he agreed To go
out, examine the matter, and see how
much damage they had suffered from
loss of crops etc., but the IEdian agent
failed to make his appearance and now
his assistance and he can do nothing.
The day after these poor Indians were
expelled a flock of 5000 sheep were put
into their fenced fields and their win
ter pasture has been eaten up. Their
women and children are now In q
starving condition and the men are
vagabonds, who will be compelled to
flee to the Sierras for support during
the Winter.
They come here to sec If the govern.
ment can not hel p them. They have
uever received blankets nor annui-
ties nor any agricultural impliments,
bnt have made their bread by the
sweat of their brow. They have nev-
er made any threats, but the white
men of San Diego county have given
out that impression for the purpose of
robbing them of their lands, and to
prevent the public from sympathizing
with them. They have been elected
foicibly, without an opportunity of
defense, leaving their crops, houses,
and fenced fields; melons, beans,
pumpkins, squash and corn we're left
to rot or be eaten up by the stock turn
ed in over their fields. The people
were driven out from the homes of
their forefathers, the graves of their
ancestors and their household gods
were abandoned to the Sheriff, and
they were compelled to seek preca-
rious existence among the hills.
From what we can learn 1t Is an
attempt to drive them from Temecula
and force them To go to Pala, where
there is no water, and no chance to
make a living. We hope the United
States will not allow this base attempt
10 succeed . If the claimant by pa
tent has any rights give him land else
where to satisfy his claim, and, until
it is settled, give the Temeculas an op-
portunity of settling Oh the govern
ment domain wherever they can get
foothold. The rights of these civil
lized Indians should he protected at
all hazards and the carelessness or
rascality of an Indian agent should
not be allowed To work them injury
The leading hackmen, Johnnie VIII
son, George Baker, Jesse Avise and
John Lathrop, advertise their vehi.
cles in another column. We can
heartily recommend these conveyan-
ces to all who contemplate an eXcur-
sion to Santa Monica on Friday, for
speed, safety and comfort. No one Of
judgment will take any conveyance
but hack when the rates are the
same. For real luxury commend US
TO these palatial carriages, and we adj
wise all travellers to and from Cienega
station to give them their patronage.
Their horses are good, their carriages
are first class and the rates as low as
the stages. Give them q call.
The following were the principle
shipments yesterday TO San Francis
co: 4 bundles pelts, from H. Wood
son; 5S sacks OF meal from Also mills;
Is sacks of walnuts, from b. Strieble;
10 dry hides, from a. Woodson; POI
sacks of corn from III. Newmark d Co;
% sacks of corn from Also mills; so
sacks walnuts from F. Vassallo; | bar
rel and 2 half barrels of wine from A.
Pelanconi; 15 sacks of shorts from
Also mill; bales Of wool from He'll
man, Haas d Co; 80 sacks of COIL from
Nj. Norton. Hellman, Haas & Co. ship
ped 273 sacks Of feed to San Fernando
aud 90 joints of artesian pipe were
sent to Downey.
Mr.. C. A. Coffman offtrs for sale IN
another column tract of 67 l-5 acres
in the Ranchito ranch, situated about
ton rnilea from the city and one and n