The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-02-01
PAkAVER.
Captain Dave Nunana, Chief Of
the Piutes, Talks for
His People,
INDIANS DISSATISFIED.
The Lake and River viii Dry Up and The
Fish Die 10 Acres and a School
al WadSWorth he Wants PGO.
pie 10 Read The WsdS.
worth Dispatch.
INDIANS DISSATISFIED.

captain Dave, Numana, the virtual
Chief of the Piute Indians, and undoubt-
edly the most intelligent man in the
tribe paid the DISPATCH Office visit and
talked about the bill introduced in the
upper house by Senator William NJ.
Stewart, regarding the abandonment of
the Walker River reservation.
Captain Dave says the Indians have a
number of objections to the bill as pro-
posed and says 1t will never receive the
signature of enough Indians to make it
law even providing it passes both
houses of Congress and is signed by the
President.
When he thinks of its provisions and
the possibility of it passing, it makes
him feel very bad indeed. If the pro-
posed irrigating canal ia constructed, it
is designed to cover Sc much land, in his
opinion; that it will take all the water
in the Ttuckee river. There will be no
beautiful river from Clark's Station to
the lakes. The lakes will dry up and
the fish will die and the Indians will 90
hungry. No water; no river; no fish
and bi-me-by no Indians. 1t makes him
feel very badly indeed.
The land it is proposed to throw open
on the Pyramid Lake reservation is very
fine land, as fine as there is in the world
and the white man will make ranches
and ranches and will want water and
water until there will be no water in
the end of the canal for the Indian.
Now, this land is the red mans land,
it was the red mans land before the
white man came. The white man took
all the other land from red man and the
Great Father at Washington said we
will put the red man on this fine land
near the river and the lakes and it shall
be his and his children's forever. The
white man will give the red man the
wagon and the plow and the mower and
all good things like that SO he can make
the hay grow for the horse and the
wheat grow so he can sell him. He will
give him piece of the river and Il
whole lake that he can fish and catch
fine trout to eat and to sell. He will
give him Agent to look after and schools
and teachers for the children. The red
man he take piece land and he like that
and he build house, and he send his
children to school, and he likes all that.
Now, my friend, the white man he
wants more land and he wants more
water, and he wants to take the lake and
he fish from the red man, forgetful of
his promise, and Senator Stewart he in
troduce the bill at Washington and all
this.
The white man knows the time when
there is no water in the river and Pyra-
mi lake nearly dry up, and if SO before
how viii it be when the big canal is
built.
Now, my friend, the Walker River
Indian he live there long time. He
work and he got gooi ranches, plenty OF
them, he build a house and his children
born there and when he die he want to
die there. He likes Walker River and
he not likes Pyramid Lake to live.
Walker River Indian he no like to come
and Pyramid Lake Indian no like him
to come. Now everybody satisfied
bi-me-by nobody satisfied.
Between the lakes where Senator
Stewart of and look and where he wants
more reservation is rocks and rocks and
all rocks. Good for horses maybe, no
good for ranch. The Government can't
feed US now: we only get one pound Of