Arizona republican., 1899-06-29
A SUBDUER OF INDIANS
pr. N1ry nckee's Brave Work
 Among inc noquis.

The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record. writing under date of May 23 about small pox among the AIoqui Italians, says: The small pox is so bad among the MOqui Indians in Arizona and is spreading so fast. that there is fear that the whole tribe may be exterminated. In order to stop the plague 3Iiss Mary Mckee the agency physician, with the assistance of MT. Shoemaker, the farmer employ ed by the government to teach the ln- dians the science of agriculture and the use of modern implements, under took to vaccinate the entire tribe. fu- migate their houses and burn the ef- fleets of those who have died or were suffering from the disease.
 The Indians made stubborn resist ance. They are fatalists. Their relig- ion teaches them that a sick person is under the ban of the evil spirit, who can only be driven away by incanta- tiOns and the use of the magic arts. Therefore it. is not only difficult but almost impossible, to convince them that small poX can be prevented by the use of simple and ordinary precau- tions. Miss Mckee decided to take
 
 dered up the whole tribe for vaccina- tion. The agert of the AIoqui Indians. a mau named Hazlett. also has the Navajoes under his charge and lives with the latter tribe. But he readily gave his permission for this brave woman doctor to Use her own judg- ment in stamping out the plague.
 The IndiarS did not take the vaccina- tion. seriously. They are accustomed 10 a good deal of self torture and little scraDing of the skin and soreness of the arm was not a matter of much consequence to them, but when Miss Mckee invaded their houses and drove them out and put ill her pans of sul phur they made a decided remon- strance. Then when she seized the clothing. bedding, furniture and other things that had been in, the rooms of small poX victims. the relatives who expected to inherit the property object ed. But neither this nor anything else stopped her until she had thoroughly cleansed and fumi gated two of the seven villages and yaccinated every one Of their habitants.
 By that time an account of her per formarces had reached the other pueb- los. and when she and MT Shoemaker arrived q the third one morning. to be Sln their work the head chief appear ed and refused them entrance. Be hind them were ranged the caciques, | or priests. the medicine men and the warriors of the village. armed with guns, bows and arrows and other wed pons. The chief explained that they were willing to give the government medicines to the sick whenever Miss Mckee prescribed it, but they could not allow her to come into their houses | and burn their furniture and beds and sting the arms of their women and children.
 Miss Mckee tried to explain the ob- ject of vaccination and the benefits to be derived from disinfecting, and she warned them that unless they permit | ter her to have her way the whole tribe would die of the plague. Her words | had no effect The inhabitants of this and the five other villages absolutely | refused to allow her to enter them. | But she was not to be daunted. She sert for MT. Hazlett to come over from the Navajoes and per su2ded him to telegraph to Washington for the assistance ot troops. Secretary