El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-18

:, teepees from the cabins, which Wi
obCysd Sever a. girls had no. retur!
G ed TO schO i from The vacation of ii
Il previous yaar, and their parent
, cousins. aun $, uncles, brothecs an
L sisters, were deprived OF ratiOas an
orders issued hat at ne beginning @
the school year on June l, all childre
Z > years cid and upwards, must be plaC
Z cd il school, whether tt cir parent
y were willing or nOs. This was to
much, and by the advice of some of til
whites d petition was forwarded t
.! Washington asking for Stottler's relic
as agent. No attention was paid /,
this request, and the ring leader
; were spotted and severely punished.
The chief OF police, an Indian, hat
been ore OF the instigatOrS in this nov
and he was discharged as such and wa
put on reduced ratlCn5.
Several CT the head men of the tribl
were ordered to work. aud deprived o
the Office Of spokesman. under which
system the other members made theii
wants known to the agent. In tbi.
capacity the head men had been allow
ed extra ratiOnS and a small salary,
and their reduction to the ranks, made
it poss bic for any member of the tribe
to apply personally for what he needed
in the way of land, Implements, etc.
for the bucks now saw that it was work
or starve.
This was an important point, to
break the power of the chiefs and de-
stroy tribal relations. 1t was constant
ly impressed upon the Indians, that in
a few yeas ratiOns would be cut off en-
| tirsly, and those who had no. taken
land FIR walton, would go hungry.
At first they laughed at this, but the
officer, by way of example cut off the
food occasionally, and they at last
came to realize that it would be very
easy matter to stop all ratiOns. This
had a statutory effect and induced many
of them to go to work.
THE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER CON-
MENCES.
The manufacture of ''tiswin." as we
have already seea had been for many
years curse to the tribe. Those
engaged in this work were arrested
and put in the guard house, and an
order issued tn 1t after a ertlin date,
any camp harbOring this stuff, would
be burned. This broke up the liquor
trade. The order for hair cutting was
issued but no attention was paid to it,
Than the agent induced one of his
policemen to cut his hair as special
favor. His wife made life a burden
for him. and he in turn begged Lieut.
enaut Stot5ler to have the other police
MN 90 likewise. They were told by
order, they must leave the police force.
and after time they Reluctantly COM
piled. Following up this advantage.
every one in the tribe who had ever
attended school was COMPEL d to cut
his hair and put on civilized clothing.
1t was necessary to pat several in the
guard house, before they would obey
this order. but they came around
gradually and finally all complied. |
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whole tribe and Obeyed, for by this |
time they had come to realize that !
Lieutenant = .Ottler was master. Civ |
ilizad clothing was Issued to every man |
in the tribe, aud they We're given to |
understand that q failure to wear it, |
would mean confinement at hard labor |
in the guard house. Now they come |!
to the agent and ask for scissors and |
comb for hair cutting and the clothing |
of white men. All this was accom-
plished in a little less than month, |
ard the change is permanent, they |
would not go back now to the old style
if allowed TO-
SCHOOLS ARE FULL OF CHILDREN.
One hundred per cent of the children
are now attending school. the force of
which comprises two teachers, ma
ron, ldundresS, cook, assistant cook,
industrial teacher and car
Denter. Ali YacaJ On5 were abolished
Turing 1880 To allow the children to
20 home two months during the sum-
ner, meant a lapse into the Indian
avs, and the Old mode OF life. In this
mort period the effect of the schooling |
would have been entirely destroyed, so
lieut. Stottler cut off the vacation en-
irely. Each child has half a day in
he class room and the other half d.
Industrial work. The girls take turns
1t the kitchen, laundry and sewing
DOM, and the boys chop wood and farm !
lnder the ndusIrial tsachor.
Fourteen Indian policemen are al l,
Their duties are confined principally !
o herding the beef cattle. Each pc. d
iceman had q cabin, beside which }
hey had every one built u teepee in |
which they insisted on sleeping. They q
efused to wear uniforms, but clung to |
eggings, clout and blankets.
THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN 1895. I
During 1895 there was raised on the IL
arm -, 600 pounds of beets, 10000 | L
ou nds of cabbage, 1000 pounds Of eau L
flower, >, 500 pounds Of turnips, !, 400 | b
ounds of onions 500 pounds of radish- i
;. 400 pounds of celery, 1000 pounds
eas, $50 pounds OF corn, q, 800 pounds v
f potatoes, besides cucumbers, as t
etc. The school has pen of b
wine, tiocl1s of chickens, a herd of fine | r
lilch COWS, and all the hay and fodder b
or them and ten horses is raised on b
he farm, t
During 1856. upon recomm enc alton a
f Lieutenant Stotiler, the government 5
sued 5000 sheep for distribution Z
mong the tribe, and 500 for the school. Il
he idea is to have the Indians raise II
heir own mnttou, and then cut off the e
Ipply of beef which cost the govern
lent $1,000 in 1896. On July /, 1897, r
II rations except beef will be cut off. :
These Indians have been made near u
Y self supporting within the brief d
eriod that Lieutenant Stot.ler has v
cen in charge Is there another 5
gency in the W St that can show u
imilar results?
To sum up in conclusion, every male u
n the reservation has cut his hair, put i
n civilized dress and taken piece of $
lud which he has fenced and com V
fenced to raise grain and vegeta bles.
hey all have cabins with cook stoves
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