Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-11-27

firmed by the Courts to grantees
under the Mexican Government
before the acquisition Of Cal.
ifornia by the United States
and that the owners thereof
were threatening the Indians
with summary ejectment. Legis-
lation to provide them with suita-
BILE and permanent homes was ur-
gently recommended, but no ac-
ton was taken by Congress.
Agent Lawson's report for the cur
rent year states that their eject
ment from the ranches San Jacinto
and San Jose del Butte Is liable to
occur at any time and there being
no unoccupied public lands, except
such as are uninhabitable, the only
alternative left these hitherto
peaceable and thrifty communities
is to wander about, singly or by
families. and swell the vagabond
class that already infests the viii
lagos and towns to become prey
to vices to which, as yet, they
are comparative strangers. He
also reports that about fifteen fam
lilies were some time ago
forced to remove from Coracca
ranch In San Diego county under
similar circumstances. The Act
ing Commissioner continues: The
Mission Indians as class are re-
ported to be industrious, sustain
ing themselves by cultivating their
little fields or in laboring for the
ranchmen in the vicinity OF theii
villages. During sheep shearine
season they are greatly in demand
being we'll skilled in this kind o.
labor. In the season of 1879 the
supply Of water for irrigating pur'
poses on the desert, some fifty t.
eighty miles distant from the
Agency, where hundreds of These
Indians live, entirely failed and
they were compelled to depend fol
subsistence upon wild bean which
grows in the desert. Never having
received any aid from the Govern
ment, and being accustomed Il
miserable restitution, enforced by
their helplessness, they endured
hunger and want withOu
seeking or expecting help
Then, for the first time in thei
history, their agent, learning o
their condition, applied for assist
ance, to which the Department
promptly responded by ordering {
sum of $500 to be expended in sup
plies to relieve their wants. Ii
the interest of common humanity
something should be done for thi
accomplishing people toward pro
viding them with home. They
do not ask for supplies. All they
ask for is y reservation on which
they can earn q substance TO-
themselves and families. Thei
educational and religious interest,"
have also been unprovided for re
Gently and the Department ha
authorized the building Of twt
school houses in two Of the large
settlements. But little, however
can be effected in this direction un
til the tribe is consolidated ant
brought under the controlling in
fluence of the Agent, and, to thi
end, I earnestly recommend thu
passage of appropriate Legislation
in their behalf.
The report says, with reference
to Chief Winnemucca's tribe nov
in Nevada, that 1t is not considered
desirable to compel them to re
move to the Malheur Reservation
barge Loss-The Texas Pacific.
CHICAGO, Nov. 28th.-A TOW
barge is reported lost, with al
hands, on Lake Huron.
The Texas Pacific, which wi!
meet the Southern Pacific at E
Paso, is completed 140 miles ives
Of Fort Worth. 1t is expected tina
the entire line will be open to Sal
Francisco early next year.
Railroad EiecssOn-6ave Bond.
DENVER, COL, Nov. 26th.-Th
1anses's Colorado Springs specia
Gays: At the stockholders meeting
of the Denver and Rio Grand
Company to-day, Gen. Paine
voted nine-tenths of the stock. w
y. oihclI W. "a Dcii, W. L
Woereschoffer, Russell Sage, Jay
Gould and d. q. Dodge were elect
ed Directors. New extension
were authorized. Gen. Paine
WAS entire master of the situation
and lie supposed to have vote'
GOuld's stock.
Indian Agent Berry to-day file'
a bond of $4,000 for his appearance,
for trial April 9th.
Overwhsimed By an Avasmncn.
CHEYENNE, w. T, Nov. 26th.-
Advices TO the Leader from Norti
Park state that party of five min
ers going from Georgetown, Colo
RADIO, to the North Park, were pre-
cipitated in an immense snow
slide on the Continental Divide OF
Saturday last. G. H. Eaton ant
Thomas Gray were killed, jana
Frazer had u thigh bone broken IL
two places, the remaining two
Nelson and Sander, escaped will
severe bruises. The body of EatoI
was found and buried il the snow
but Gray's body could not b,
found. The party had been out ir
the storm for five days and were
nearly famished when the accident
occurred.