Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-05-16
THE LONG RIDE
OF AN OLD NAVAJO
Romantic Incident ct Frontier
Life in the Wild and WooIiy
Southwest.
LIGHT ON INDIAN CHARACTER
Chiefs Suspicion of Plot Aroused by
Two sudden Dcaths-Tmctlcss Conduct
of White Officers at IL Critical Time
Accused Indians Acquitted.

or White Officers at II Critical ZINE
Accused Indians Acquitted.
Boston Transcript: one of those ro-
mantle Incidents which occasionally
throw u sidelight upon the Indian
character occurred little While ago
in arizona. but the full particulars
have only just reached Washington.
Some Navajo Indians We're encamped
in Canyon Padre in November of last
Year and us the newspaper dispatches
described IL. picked Il quarrel with
some cowboys. resulting in q fight in
which several shots We're exchanged
and a number of men on both sides
Were killed and wounded. After nearly
year TIE II, iians concerned in the
a.fray Wee put upon their trial, and
until both parties had laid their ver-
siors of the affair before 9 jury all the
facts In the case did not come out
1t appears that for many years an
aged Navajo named gwo-et-ten had
been in the habit of grazing his tlocks
on some public land north of the Little
Colorado river. South of the river the
public domain Is clatmed rs cattle
'ange by white man named Roaen
and some others About nine years
ago. white the old Indian was canlO,ns,
sheep, white man passed his camp,
and soon afterwa. his two grandch,-
dren picked up a lin can, which they
and their mother used 30 hold drinking
water and a few hours all We're dead
The Indian supers,tious!y assumed
that this was the work of the white
man who had passed hts camp and pur-
peselN set a trap for the Indians there
and he Identified the passer as one of
RI.tl, A
Roden had the ola Indian arrested for
horse stealing, hui the charge WAS dis
missed by Il local court as only
trunlped up. Since then there have
been only tenscly strained relations be-
tween Be gwo-et-ten and Roden.
No Blood WAS shed.
Last November Regwo-ct-ten. his
two sons and another Indian camped
in Canyon Padre to hunt. 4 feM days
later four of their horses were missing
and We're trailed To the neighborhaod
of Roden's COW camp. Io-hi, the young
Indian who traced them, met there an
emp.oye of Eodea's named AIontgom-
cry. n dispute occurred between them,
In which pistols We're drawn. but no
serious results followed The quarrel
appears to have been carried on chief
ly in the sign language
The next morning Montgomery wont
to Flagstaff. another country town
and swore oft q warrant for the ar
rest of To-Ili, charging that the lat
ter had accused him of DEMONSTRATING.
had struck him in the face with a gun
and had in other WAYS Violently abused
him. en- tie following day a sherlff's
officer named Hogan. With Montgoln-
cry IS guide, set ont to find and ar
rest the accused. Instead. however. of
going directly to the lpdian camp. they
went Tor reinlortements to Rodents
co" camp ana took with them lioden-
VINO. as Already s'Htea Was regarded
by he-SWo7s ten rs his mortal enemy
no q COWBOY named punhan1. On
November II, about shutdown. the.
reGe up to the indian camp and dis
hl@u y, lefNlas their rltles on their
shdaies, lnl' .ahihB theil fevoiVers IN
.,iti!, re -. isoaeA led the Way into
.ae temporary nut Whieh the Indians
had hulAt there. 4'hey found the In
alahs IN we ant, one with ms gun lying
aSFoss ms Yep the other Indians guns
Meit 's'us az greater distance from
'' 81, owners.
s'"o-ei Yen Iecoshlzed MS Old
enemy az once. and spoke to the whites
IN Na,a9o' telilhg 'heAl that the In
oialls "iu NOV Wish an! lfpuple. There
vs. no n. li'lti prefer vain fto@aA $ party.
~ ~ a.i'e%rs tnat one or the men
!, ui' I. ehough -saN;,lo 10 AZ least
.!"ii COX! 'telei,'l 1Ile OF" ihalah re
l'lHi :, w. llie,',SS' ~ tne instance
~ ~ i...s.e -, 'i'g Nn.tes ssl 70 work 10
u '.,., ~ .,it llelnAs pfeNlnlhafy 10
i'l"hiiiA w ARRESTS.
y i''N''E sef'nn'hEe.
Hogan SHOWED his wttrrant and lao-
den attempted to explain IN English
that TIE sAeTiii's officer had come to
Ne Io-.-l to court for trial The In
.lans reached for their gums when
they sa" the whites trying to take
them away and general scutIle fol-
lowed. The Navajos used their guns
with effect and the white party their
pistols. and for a few minutes there
was q general fusillade. montgomery
was killed. as We're also two Of the
sou'issi il1ai&lis. ai,a e-sWo-ee-eh
, 100 - so,na l'', 80 ,a
20 9, IN ~, 1n,,,.,t. 80 ,,,1 H. 80; a.
atfray. They applied to the agent. who