Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-09
THE TWO TERRITORIES.
Pima indians Of Arizona and Their
Immediate Necessity,
NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA.

aupraftl in tine ..rN York EVANGELIST
c1l..s rf w.eal 800 u hag been
most fstofli.y received .ni copy
placed be- ',e haa ID 81, ovr.J membcr Of
congress
The ella I.tfr .H'.so TO ryat on 10
situated Iu t.u .a AI..o.l GO mics
In llutIafu Ar.2 % IE.,us Tor a
dllt1a.e ot fsg lle no b.i1 Sides u
the Gna it.- .a. ra HilIh NJ from
six 90 flNta r De-. atd .a a s5S-
100 acfct
The climate IL the very blst June,
July. Angus, and eoptember are OK
ccedingly warm. but the heat IL not OPP
prcssive as the atmosphere Il rare AMI
dry Tho winter months ere dell 'htfH.
there being praet cally no bel weather.
This reservation As iuheh!ici ~ thf
pimas. the fnp1fe.t ana Naricp -.
These with thr ron.Hd PIP gJta ~.
Ing south Of the rcscryafieu. a out $500
OF whom formerly g.t q clr bread ~ m
the Pima rcaorSl Son. almber about
7 800 souls.
From infoFmnt.G. l..I I ffou the
best sources the Piu and P.plE cH
belong 90 the SAM t.ihr ana came 20
this cot.atry about io) Years Az from
the Rio Grande vale; ere N were
probably one - .la uuncrOus pothlo
tribes Tfadltion t.ur pf iA1t they az
tied on On. r-u Pedro an fnu'a cruz
vaileyB auI afcrwari wOrt TO t.c SAT-
River and Gilt val - on drove va
or exterminatet the f1crcr n1a nntt
They have AWAY iern Bud i1-- a.i
successful farmers ana 81 gat a. Toy
lived in small villas . grund %
surrounding country ut ~.
ton beans. pumpkins co. ut Do Thps
hunted the Wild sheep fsgE rabbit
and Juaus. and with tle cli Of the
mcsquit bean ltho fruit of ID. Cncius),
the moseal ana other herbs they made
comfortable living They had neither
cattle nor horses in those early daya.
but were experts az irrigation ana dug
their bitches with their famed baskets.
They planted their corn by making
holes in the ground with sticks and
covering Il with their feet. Fine cot
ton blankets and fabrics were manu-.
featured by them Then principal
weapons were bows, arrows ana war
clubs Their axes and knives we're
made 81 stone
About Heventy-hve years ago two Pa
pagocs who had learned the use OF
oxen for field work, and the raising OF
cattle IN sonoro. introduced cattle rails.
I'M and wheat culture among the Pr
mas.
about 100 years ago. the Maricopas
iltelng from the Yumas found refuge
and protection with the pimas and
thus escaped determination. The IN.
mas have always been friendly TO the
whites ana defended them from their
common enemy. tho Apaches. They
boast that as q tribe their hands were
never stained with white mans blood
when the United states soldiers we're
engaged IN subiuing she Apaches the
Fmas were their guides. scouts aud
odicient allies taking great pride In
marching under the stars and
stripes" and 50 much was Colonel 81
Holt pleased with the services rendered
chat on his return east he took a Pima
Indian, LAWS Mirage, with him 10
show him the great east. and acquire
tho English lnnguagc which he did he
fore his return home.
During the peri thirty I'VE years. IN
der the auspices ~ the government
and true mission work carried on chlcf-
~ boy our missionary, the Rev cha les
Cook, the Pimas have male great pro.
gress iu the aria Cf civilization. r'aen
they had no schools or churches, nov
nearly 1000 children ~ the 4.-03 plmas
and Marlrophs attend school. nearly
1000 az them are members OF the Pres,
hyteriau church. heir hcathenish Gus.
toms and evil habits are thing 81
Tho past, old huts have given place 10
decent homes farming implements.
such a. wagons. carriages ana blows
are uscd and sewing machines are be.
ms rapidly introduced
Put IN she midst - thls prosperity
ana advancement n great calamity has.
come upon thls people Agriculture
can bo carried on only by irrigation.
Nothing can be raised without A..
whilst with SUFFICIENT water a rotation
OF crops can be secured with a Weld OF
three times az much per acre as In
thf east. The only source Of water sun.
ply for such Irrigation is the ella riv.
or but during tho last twenty years
tie Mormons and other whitra. with
The MrXicaus. have been settling above
the reservation and by taklug out ditoh
after ditch from this only source OF
supply. the lndl ne have been deprived
OF mo water needed Tor irrigation and
to-day / ma them on tho very verge
OF starvation,
Travelling over this reservation from
the east end Go the Phoenix q Marico
pa railroad, q distances of thirty miles. |
l nnd thirteen villages with popuia- |
lions as follows Rlaekwater with on.
Hasan Kock with 800. Sour Pack with
~ sacaton with i5f. Santa with ga. |
liirl Chirlie Chirck with 500 Lower gto. |
tuEiok with go, BabeChrll with i9s |
WalSey with 2gC sho.otk North with
1903. shO-otk South with %. shonnick
South with 8, and shonnick North with
81, or a total Of $50 families with a pop.
ulatlOn % 2s5s, OF whom eos are /
males ana i,f25 females. OF these tga I
families have not raised anything dur.
ing the past year, seven families have /
raised a full crop, seventeen have raised
ihreo-fourths OF a crop thirty.nlne have
raised one-half OF a crop. and ninety.
one families have raised from a sixth
TO fourth Of crop.
Formerly the Indians living on what
p" NAANMH as hlAt AfNaNlNN NFeI east
OF she Maricopa railroad where thcy
had an abundance 81 land ana water.
bat az they were deprived ~ their sup
ply they moved west. II b estimated
mat 1000 indians now living west Of
The Maricopa railroad where n few
years ago they had an abundance 81
ieepage water which has gradually de-
'roased until az the present time there
Is not hair enough 90 meet their me-
'esHlties
What is the only remedy Tor this con-
Hilton Of affairs IN AriRonag
No one con deny that the plmas
have the frst right 20 the water ana
hat the government has neglected for
many years 90 see that these rlRhts
we're respected. AGENT IIadloy, In his
EXCELLENT report 20 tho indian DEPART
nent shows clearly that lhasa TnAl I
ms were Industrious ana prospero.l,