New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
IyDllNs INIT IMP0SE UP0y SETTLERS.
A SPIRITED EXPRESSION or VIEWS BY MAN WHO
HAS SEEN MUCH OF THE RED MEN.
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A SPIRITED IMPRESSION OF VIEWS BY MAN WHO
HAS SEEN MUCH OF THE RED MEN.
To The EdttOr OF The Trtbune.
SIR: Although not at present subscriber
10 your paper account OF the gross negligence wAch
permitted last Winter, aud still permits over ton
weight OF newspapers IN the mails 10 be dumped on the
way here and in the Spring destroyed write this letter
TO YOU hoping that you viii insert it, and by that means
draw the attention the citizens of the Cnited states
10 our situation, besides, perhaps inducing the seefe
tary OF the Interior to that hs Agent VIII do bis
duty and not exceed IT, regarding the Indians he IS
supposed to guide The Animas San Juan ana La Plata
Rivers are partly in Colorado and partly IN New
Mexico This region = ALL with the exception OF what Is
Known as the ffieenile strip, witch belongs to the
ouhera Utes Government land thrown open for settle
ment tnree years ago. and contains at present. with the
exception Of Anlmas City, fully 100 Iames, oesiaes
nearry rs many single men who have taken mp home
steads cut irrigatng bitches some cf tdem I'VE miles
long, and raised crops besides improving their places as
far - Their means permitted The lower lmir OF tho
settlements is the cast line Of the Navajo Indian Reser
vaton These NavaiOes with whom we come In contact
here have mostly been wcldisposed. The bucks as q
general thing do tie least work and the most riding
around Their main occupation Is sheeDraising. The
wool Of what few they shear rather srapo or saw on
with piece OF ho0pirOn, Is partly sold or traded Dy
them for sugar four cacoes leather and other articles
and partly made mp blankets by their squaws Their
reservation 49, as find out. eighty miles
wide by ninety miles long. They have ample room,with
plenty of water and grass.
To say that they the greatest thieves OF all Indians
have seen in thirteen years of frontier te dong them
but scant Justice and every settler on tic three rvers
will substantiate my statement. Now II has been their
ha 70 bring their ocks OF sheep 10 the SD Juan and
Animas ryers use all the grass. camp Oh the rancho.
of some the settlers, ana threaten ana iDft helr
families when the absent. 1hcy cailn there
A. no water on resCrvat In or,r TO see II THIS
heads OF families and Respectable anu
Guet eli zeus ride OF four days through that part
found an abundance OF bOth, aud not NaYaJo or \
sheen. when nj the same time they ND thOusdnds OF
their sheep here which have eaten of the -rIs so that
we cannot out pony or cow 10 lcd Wlthout 20
ING f1ur or FIVE miles after them when we want them
These three men then went To the Agent, Galen East
man nd stated the him and akod him 10 remove
he indians the ranches OF the settlers Tie reply
was thar lie could not do anything On tic contrary,
h model agent in his Office and gives tIc luulans
nerms to bring their uJc6 aud herds 10 the san Juan
River This OF t.Cr reservation, ana thty"t course
are In consequence Of this ins0eit and ONerDcarng
throw down fences steal what hy want OF tIc grow
ing crops iraye the fences down 80 STOCK can 20 III II
tney want TO- and threaten and insult women ana cDl
dren whose fathers and relatives happen to he Temporal
rily absent from the house The cNcsc oi the Agent
lack of water for their herds has been proved 10 De
unSu.ained by the faces. II ne lad any lursdie
ton Outside OF tcir reservation, which he certainly bas
not II we settlers want our wrongs iedres-c tat -
| horse OF another color Inen lie SAYS cannot 90
! ANYTHING" believe from the stand you always tIko
for tle right that VIII insert this. ana tE1t from
your widespread circulation among the lnnst leigeht
eople of the Northern and Wese. parts ot tile United
States II Will benefit this section Of the country greatly
j H. NAY.
r,r,nfngton Taos Coz Neic- Mcrico, Dee 20. 1879.