The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-26
APPEAL FOR THE RED MAN,
Four Thousand Pimas Want an OPP
portunity to Earn Their Living

pOrtunlty 10 Earn lnth hN'"S'
Are only dead Indians good ones2 Is
:. honorable TO the American nation 10
narpetuate the wrongs done 70 them from
Inc first settlement OF this country!
"Facts are stubborn things, ana n8ures
do not lie. when truthiully arrayea. ne
facts are these, and the figures VIII ioi-
low.
ON the ella river at the Pima Reser-
walton in Arizona, are 400 Pima Indians
who are Industrious, intelligent aud Nn-
tuous and who want 20 earn their liN-
ing In the war between the Apachta
and settlers from 1898 30 1891 nrst under
General Crook and later under Gcnerdl
Miles. il IS reported. on good authority
that these Indians saved The government
about g 100000. Previous 10 leo2. they
raised from 100000 TO 2)o0O0oO pounds
a. wheat. besides other cereals, ana we've
prosperous. siuce that time the settlers
on the upper CHA have built canals anu
have drained the river and left the IN
dams i'm poverty and suffering.
Ia tho spring of 1870, Colonel j. hoe
Young. superintendent al the fliil1
Agency. complained TO the indian Com
missioner at Washington, or lhs WRONGS
done 70 his Indians and asked thdl
corps of photographic Engineers oe sent
10 view two or more sites on me Diid' 10
miles east OF Florence az the bul't9 A""
on Queen Creek a tributary. ana a9
rssult. Mr.. Arthur =. Davis was sent
for this purpose IN Decemoei OF ,.'"e
wear. with a force OF competent men, VINO
performed the work assigned spel'''s
six months az the task.
In March, 1897. Mr.. paws made nus re-
mort to Congress through his cniel Mt'
r. II. Newell photographer as Doc ~
Fiftv-fourth Congress, second session
For tho time spent and the means al
hand the report rs excellent anu SHOWS
faithful service and skill. This docu-
ment states that the cost Of constructing
A reservoir al the Buttes, including iahd
owned bv settlers below. and SlJ,tp dn-
nual expenses for running, IS S--tt'vVl.
Governor Hughes, In his report TOT 1870
states that the PapagOes IA Pima county
stole cattle from the stockmcn az loss
OF $50 900 annually and solely % keep their
families from starving. All those fV9D
or more Papagoes. when this reservoir
is buut. can settle on the reservation with
the Pimas and. like them, become SELF
supporting. When these 5000 Indians
are supplied with water for irrigation, tne
surplus. as the above document shows
can be utilized by the settlers VINO sn
payment for land water rights ana
water rents, will i'm less than ten years
return tbs entire cost 90 the government.
II IS estimated that &c will cost S-9JVw
annually for many years 90 support these
5000 Indians in idlencss and worthless
ness.
Now. as a matter OF economy, IS 10 not
cheaper and wiser for the goVcrnm'n t
10 construct said reservoir and make
good citizens of theml q clause GALE
ing for $1,000 TO investigate water-stor-
age ON the ella and us tributaries. look
ing TO the construction OK said reservoir
was inserted I'm the Indian appropriation
bill passed the House and went 20 tne
Senate. and by the committee was strlch-
en OUT Far be 1t from me TO criuciae
that act. They had not the Information
ON which TO base Judgment aud there
WAS not time to investigate the urgent
demand for the call. Had those men
been able 10 see the wrong and bitter
cruelty Of depriylng those patient aullci-
inc Indians OF means Of support, they
had never pcrpetuated so dirclul % ca
amitv. But ii they will reconsider eni
reinstate that clause. there i5 time %
avert the terrible evil and retrieve thcir
honor. Will the conferees, in whose
hands the power lies. unanimously re-
commend such action2 Last tali'
hundred of more P.mas soWed wheat
expecting rain tO mature TO- but tne ram
came not and the seed was lost. and the
government must feed them ana tneE
ponies. or both must suffer
or these Indians $50 are now members
Of the Presbyterian Church under The
veteran missionary Rev C.. II. Cook.
who has been their pastor over twenty
seven years The writer has lived close
10 them nearly ten years and knows
whereof he afiirms. lie has come av)
miles 10 plead that their wrongs De usAt-
ed. and if he returns without this clause
reinstated, IL viii bee sad day 10 hlm
and more sorrowful 90 them.
It was through Secretary Bliss OF the
Interior. and Marcus A. Smith, delegate
TO Congress, that the clause was insert
ed and passed the House and the writer's
object In coming and remaining, Is 10
AID Mr. Smith in obtaining justice Go
these Indians and relieve their sunerine'
Is IL not the voice of all patriots and
phianthropis,s and the constituents OF
every senator and representative lhal
his plea be granted?
Gentlemen Of the press. we'll do
know that you are "a Woodworking and
generous hearted body of public ser-
wants. You receive curses when YOU
deserve blessings. and coldness where
YOU have earned commentator. ! Wou
not trouble YOU, but the burden Is llld
on me, and / mistake II YOU viii not ue
glad 10 lend lifting hand ! nave lett
my home and come 5000 miles 20 attain
this object. ON my held. I have been
preaching nearly ten years TO noble sons
of worthy sires-s0ns who are drifting
and wrecklng their lives, While anxious
mothers in the east are signing and cry
ing. Where Is My Wandering Boy To.
Night
am here from no motives OF pecuni-
airy gain-am In nay seventy-fourth year.
still hearty and strong, and count me
sacrifice bat "a tribe, II you will but tel
my story and lei % pass from state 90
State an 1900 voices ring out ana ecno
and re-echo from hin top 90 hin top ard
mountain 20 mountain. "Oh ye congress
men, grant the prayer Of the man who
represents those sons and daughters OK
tho desert
REV. j. T. WHITTEMORE,
Washington d. c.. Feb. "a. 1885