Mohave County miner., 1886-04-25
ait atb i.ultnral pursui.s ID,

coni Make .tNfng on ", Wbfeu xtb
eqsai.. false The truth of the at
ter 10 that taers is neithsr wa as
WOOL game or agricultural land IA
tho whole reservation 10 support evl.r
this ANAL tribe Of Indians. whs,
few springs there srs on IL are own
ed by stockmen aud the railroad
and, ,wsre 40 owned for years bsfots
the reservation was set apart. and
before The Indians could MSS, them
would have 10 be condemned and
paid for by ths government.
The Indians know this tract oil
mountain country comprising th,rI
so-cslied reservation, and knowing i,
positively refuse 10 20 on il, aud ssy
they Will fight bssorsthsy win bs yui
on Il. Ard yetto rsld. u va hsss
done. some Of the reports sent ia u
the department, aud which are on
.file at Fort Whippis and elsewhere.
one will lind these Indians repre-
senied Is not only willing but ex-
ceedingly anxioua 70 be put 90 this
reservation. Let these same srmy
officers Who sent in these reports try
to pnt them on. and they will have
more trouble With the Wallapais than
they eyei bad.wpth the Chiricshuss.
and We know whereof We write.
Although this reservation 10 sbso.
latsly worthless to the Indians, still
1T is valuable 20 the white men. In.
eide IT'S boundaries sre ranges of
monrfains rich. 10 minerals OF ali
kinds, only awaiting the prospsct s'r's
pick and hammer TO yield mp their
hidden treasures for tho benefit oi
mankind and the advancement Of the
nation, and through it passes theion-
ly natural and feasible road 10 she
Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the
greatest known wonder Of the west
Near its wsstsrn boundary are Tbs
mines Of the Music Mountain die
trict. one Of the richest gold regions
in Arizona. and it has been asserted.
though not proven, that soms OF
these rich mines lie inside the boun-
dary lines Of the ressrsatiop
II this immense tract Of land is 70
Be- kept apart for tbs Indians, il
should at once be properly survey cd.
and the Indians placed on it under
The caro- of an agent. II not, the
miners OF this county have righr 10
prospect 1T aud mako mining loca-
tions aud develop mines without any
fear o! being pat of in the future,
and losing the fruits Of their honest
toll.
With bis asusl foretbougbt and
regard for the interests of miners,
Delegate Bean has already taken
this matter IN hand. and 10 doing hir
best 70 have the order of Presid.ani
Arthur set aside. and by 80 doing
restore this immense tract Of land to
the public domain, or no much Of IT
as does not already belong TO the
railroad company. Tbat there arc
more dificnities in accompiishingsbst
dong away with this reservation
than ons would imagine. owing TO
,ds pecniiar views held BY the pfss-
sot administration on matters per-
tanning to the Indians. may readily
bs seen from the following extract VI
. recent letter received from our Del
rgsts:
-s-''J do not kaow yet what can he
be done with the Huslpsi K~se.yS-
tiOn in the Mnsic Monnts,a country,
whether we eau ssvs II dous sway
With, or whether the Indian d. Part
ment will insist on having It kept ss
u is: but one thing 10 sure. they
won't sllow sny prospecting VI uIin
ing on 1t while u 10 q reservation. ]
have taken such actio1 a. WAS netes-
sary to post Judge Sumner How ird
fully on the situatioD, as under
stood him be represented you No
nave county citizens. But it looks
oow 40 though new p ,licy Was to
be insugnrsted 50 far AZ the Reser.
vati0n business is concerned, aud
that is that the effort will be to giss
the lsuds 70 the Indian in sesersIty; n
~. ~ or 160 acres. or what he can
cultivate aud use, aud not allow .bim
u retain miliious of acres to roam
over that b. will neither cultivate
himself nor allow anyojdy else.
'Phis is question: Of great weight,
and will require time and effort, 10 do
justice and equity ON both sides, for
the benevolent ~ pact ct the East is
that the Indian has been psdIy
treated, has bese pushed from pillar
t0post, and is eutItlsd to all he gets
aud perhaps a good deal more. As,
however. tns HualpaI Reservation u
Of no earthly accoant to the Inciap,
nor 70 the white man, as il is, / shaIi
10 the best | can TO have the Execu-
tive order creating it recalled or an-
nuiled.n
The idea Of setting apart 40. 80 or
160 acres Of the Huaipai R-tsrvs-