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Eun rnIrr noUvrA1r OOAE BEDS
az Issssrvstion 20 which they ueiohE.

H,erse,aslon Needed 80 BeparAte Them froHi
ths Reservation - which They be'ohE.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 22.-The acquisition OF
the coal fields Of the White Mountain reserya-
,ion in Arizona and the compensation OF the
red mon for the lands so taken will form
subject fer the consideration OF Congress-
The discovery OF these coal lands. which was
welcomed BY the people Of the Territory. at
one time threatened TO prove source oil
trouble. A little more than eight years ago
negotiations we're opened through the indian
agent At San Carlos for the purchase Of these
lands, but the Government dlsapproved his
action. The attack made at that time upon Col.
Oarr By his trsacherous scouts was, to be sure,
not due to the coal trouble; still, In talking
OF the fight, leading chiefs spoke, among other
things, OF the dissatisfaction which had been
caused among the White Mountain Indians by
first getting them to sign away their lands
whom they did not want to do So and then find-
ing that the agent bad no adequate authority
to act
Ever since that occurrence the subject OF
separating the coal lands from the reservation
has been before the Indian oflce. report on
the subject by special agent was made half a
dozen years ago, and the need OF action has
been frequently set before Congress by Indian
Commissioners. One dif1oulty has arisen out
Surveyor Reickers measurements the coal
fields are all. or nearly all within the limits OF
the Indian reservation. But last winter Capt.
Alongo Z. Miltimore OF the Quartermaster's
Department. in pursuance OF orders. surveyed
the boundary again. and mado difference OF
three miles on the southern line. which is
where the coal fields arc found. Still, even II
Capt Miltmore's line is the true one, the
greater portion Of the coal fields would still be
The existing situation ID. that q portion of
these lands are occupied by settlers whose
G l. that o they Sn vent porhspS spS IL fGSd
course. is hardly suilicient excuse for the In
without compensation. That some OF them,
also. are hardly OF the sort to submit patiently
ANIMAL repopt Of Col. Grierson, commanding
the Department OF Arizona:
Tho White Mountain Indians require constant watch
getting 1sS sof0%S They are fay SS
Ss1sas 70 WHICH hoy %"f and sssdy
.1 s. % yGr1: an almost S
govorna6ie.
p HSS,weyor. the testimony Of Capt John L;
9p 81 ths tanB TS
are not Of any service to the Indians and could
5S h then without dGtTlms93h to
made to reduce the size OF the Indian reserya-
uOnb III huu tu1b bOuo vi WIN
profess Q special interest IN the, coal fields
are really trying to get all the lands south
OF the Gila River. including farms cultivated
By the indiana. He insisted that II the OBJ
ject was to throw the coal fields outside
OF tho reservation by running line
east and west through the peak Of M Turn;
that that should be tho end Of encroRchments
on the lands held for the San Carlos, White
Mountein, and other tribes. Gen. Miles has
made the suggestion that working the coal do:
posits on the lands when thus separated would
rha n m arka for a
ans who now raise moro than they need to
use. Surveyor General johnson suggests q
straight line cast and west from Camp Good
win. which will take nothing from the Indians
except the coal and perhaps q little meecal, and
which may be assented to when, the GilR River
boundary would be rejected by them.
The true policy evidently is to secure tho free
consent Of the indians to out of the coal lands,
for q fair compensation. the Government max.
ing the arrangement and reimbursing itself
out OF the sales to those who wish to work the
lands. They are valuable to the region, which
has little available wood and less coal. But
the Indians should be treated fairly, and no
more land should be takon than the immediate
object reQuireS