New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-06

stntrd And any ard NIL statements 10 tho contrary. OF
that there II or baa bsen combina0n either 70 ecle
land start raneh for your benefit or Tor tne pen
III person other than those appearing on the ecou
81 the land office, IA untrue
General Logan then called attention to Tho Following
letter. written 10 him Juno 30, 1891. by Colonel
James stevenson Of tho Geological Survey, "who
knows" he said. "inore obout the Indians mentioned
and their lands than any peraOn OF acquaintance
iInvngmy attention called to statements IN Ihe tongcs
gOHW Rrc0W ~ - recent Gale, innlectY cn'rsng
,ou with frnudulcniy attempting 10 deprive INC Lunl
lnllons. NJ Nrw.MoSlco " their lands, beg TO say
hn, am familiar with the fnts aud clrcunstances
from thorough nyesCniinn ~ the subject made ~ INC
roqucgt ~ the Honorable Focrctarv ~ Tho Interior hl
take pleasure IN stating that tho alterations mn, mnd
grossly unjust 10 you well Ia Major Tickei anu
his ns'ociitos aud wholly without foundation.
80 Fnup COMMITTED ~ rNrERlSG rnE LANp.
% now Ell attention" General Logan aiId "ion
oitor ofJuy . 1885, written by the Secretary Of the IN
terror to mysclE which gyes all tho facts ana
ahows That not only those looit0la worH legal
nn1 proper but t'mt the executive orlor
extending tho 2nnl reaeryalion over those
lpcatluna Wa mldo under misunderstanding
NJ The facts IN tho promios and mat the whoo statement
or accusation against any ono having committed any
wrong suoiy fal'e."
DrlRsiu IN reply 10 your verbal inquiries concern
ing the executive order ~ Nay !, lHsJ, extending Tho
Iln csrryaIion ALLOW mo to that the reservation OF
The /u udiina wa oeiihshuI ~ OVrcutyo oder dhird
March ~, lN{7 m Order Of Mia character docs not OF
course. give The nduna tllo Ia the lands. u oY win
operation at the Hccmrnt law. ON April ~, lssj, II
Nps reported from Tie Indian oIicc Tint IN
drlushtiug the executive order establishing
The said reservation. there had boon
error leaving Of the reservation u largo spring
that wa. 0uy desirable bnt necessary f0g The nae Of
the Indians therefore Requested the President 10 mod
ny the order, - iuolnle within the lands ot tho
Reservation sad spring; was verbally Informed mat
ert Land act ~ lands In the vicinity Of the spring that
would he included ia the reservation by the terms OF tho
new order, but that they had expressed Willingness 10
surrender their cans II The Government desired 70 have
that Major Fucker WAS one Of the officers who had made
Ming slndcr said act MAJOR Tucker soon after IN
formed me that the Indians did not use me
water Of the spring and did not need either
the water OF the land On the LIST OF February 1881,
requested MT James stevenson, OF the Geological bu-
rea, who syery familiar with the reservation and the
surrounding country TO make an examination OF the slI
spring ana the amount Oi wafer on the reSerEao anu
report to me In April last he made his report, by winch
II appear, that the Indians on tnc Reservation IEe %o
no use o inc water or the spring mentioned ana nave o1
occupied either before or SINCE the lands included In the
new lines of the reservation.
THERE'S not the sshtt,t evidence that any wrong
intended done by the parties 10 the entries above re
ferred to, any law violated The land was public land
at the time those entries were made and % suGh
w wss SPH 6 6o entry by the 9c o n6 Sfn to
enter such lands aud had a perfect right TO
DO so, and they neither violated law nor nor
the executive order extending this reservation without
understanding all the facts at the time 1t gives me
pleasure to make this statement in of the allegations
10 the contrary which have bean male.
"Whcn Major Tucker ana his associates were attacked
through the newspapers General Logan said nd charged
with interfering with the nights Of the Indians and doing
great wrong defended them in letter through the
public press and Otherwise having violated law and
as having committed no fraud the Indians or any
else. In that defence l asked tho question: n a
soldier like Captain Lawson could not locate
homestead Tor prc-ompton whatever the To-
cation was) within the distance lie had to
an Indian Reservation. to tell me how
many miles solder would have TO go away from res
crvapn In order to comply with the llwl' This did
in their behalf stand by what did then. II this
be crime or fraud my enemies maze the most OF
\. Al honorable
LawtOu gallant soldier from Indiana aud served AL
through the with great credit TO himself and honor
TO his country. Major fucker Il my -inSw. He Is
gentleman and q man who would wrong any one. |
presume the I'm ID that II Nor Tucker IL part
Of my family; and although he * innocent of any
wrong the premises basees- made
to Has4l through him II their object was 20 draw
me into lis defence they have succeeded and when any
one thinks have not manhood enough 10 defend openly
M relative or illcnd when wrOuguly asSal"d, ne ms
takes This sir, Is full answer to ti. false, uI-
provoked AMI malicious SANDER. which place record,
WncIe all may lave access To- il II desired"