Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-11-05
PABLO ABEITA
OF lSLETA
he Gives his Views on the
Indian Question in Very
Strong Language.
TOuCHts Up THE AMERICANS
From M NV YorE Vows

the "ta.g Do lasf.mas" That lg my
opinion fof Ono present. and Z viii
not change o. until me wise Amer
Guns have become Indians. then ! VIII
Say tn8I fbo Indian mas come o. bo au
American some day. but Cor tho pres.
emit wait aud see i be- wiil
So much has boon said about ua
Indians tof whom ! am ono) that one
who nHH never seen nn Indian may
well siy chat Indians are animals de
lu pcen clos aud chat they arr ''ko.
ly to cal you amy time they may see
you But to.l you. my friends. that
you Americans arc moro anxious Go
see ON Indian cham thc Indian Oh lo
see sou.
commrr'6 on office Reports.
Hanrr ."rlF rI.rE description
have h.o .fen hy a.. kinds of per
sons ONION uDN rca honest
ANA d.shr hy Ono wise ae wen as
by the Ie arr Etan nfr great faith
orr the .I0nDr of indian ne
fairs. 0f Washington u o. h8g said
O. rroat Hc.i from t.ma 'o thine Boz
his rpr0.. especially u h.a lHm rr
port Oh $500 secretary of tha interior
thing rhai Goo NOT neHce with me-.
0r f1 hn plain. ore uo. thc truth as
Gar ns Sow Mexican Pueblo lniltiH
know.
Our great father. porhnp.. l'l not
moan fo pot nll iho Indians vi.hou.
exception into such o. ri.eh aa 70.
rnrds customs ar holltfs. especially
our dances and tho forcing OF ali
our young ones. under penalty to par
tIclp1te in them hut ns ! said before
Indians ore Indians and as our great
father never makes an exception
whom talking about Indians. I take
30 Tor granted thai Do meant us New
Mox'co Pueblo Indians as we'll as the
rest OF tho red men
Indians Differ
"puos. sonoros' The Indians differ
one tribe from another a. much a.
the white "h1mhro" differ. one nation
from another Won wise Amoricano8
have probably seen on kinds ~ m.
dlnns. just ns ! have seen an kinds
of white mon
said that Indians differ very
much So they 90. Even here IN New
Mexico there are Pueblo indiana
Navajo Indians. Zuni Indians. Mos
cnlnrn indiana. ctc. an those are
Indians. hut arc entirely different
ono tribe from the other Thoy have
different languages. different molos
oi Twins as woll as different beliefs
customs. habits. amuHemUntH.
Pueblo Indians cyon these differ
bon many ways NJ they do not thn
vrItcr s NOT one of them ilc has
lived for some thirty years among
them ANA has seen every amusement
they have since be- has lived with
them ilc has played with them.
worked with them. danced with them.
dinod with them fought wiih them
uuarrelod with them and has stood
with them Boz all their troubles. "como
tnmher ~ sus Fiesta
lnElan Mode o. Living
As 10 our mole of living. we have
houses not go fixed as to compare
thCm with those of the wise Amorl
cans. hul thoy ara comfortable warm
Goo winior and cool in summer They
are not twenty stories high. nor have
thcy o. dozen windows 90 the room
ihcv arc only &c un piao de- alto
and the rooms have only ono or two
windowT
WorFo Yes we work moro than
any other people in tbo United
states not excepting iha Americana.
Won win see % thousand American
tremrB before yOu see one Indian
tramn We work when there o. need
for working. we holp one another d
% is so needed hut We do not work ir
winter Whv7 Come around to oui
country during winter time. thor
you win 500 why we DO NOT wori
our lands during me cold weather
Our lands or folds that i8 our ca
uvalpi lands are Ia such coudi
zion that we cannot put Thorn iu bot
ter shape withoutF e,o.ng to SONS
heavy czpouFo. which we cannot q,
because we have NOT tho means
an We Mood ls water enough n
Tact the year round Whom yol
water 0r Irrlmto your land often and
then hoe 70 every tlmo you are sur'
~ @ good crop unless "Dios maudI
on casilro Give us water enough q
last the year round and SEQ wh'
raises thc better crops the WIS.,
Americana or the "lndo Snlyaio"
indians Must Not Hunt.
when our work is over for th'
wear we ro out to the plains an,
mountains TO hunt game during win
ter. so ae to have meat Tor the com
ING spring. whiio we are az worl
planting Isn't now we may ro a.Rfoal
lng since tho Amorcauos have pass
ga laws 20 forbid hunting me wis
Amerlcanos having concluded That
was better FOR tho indian to ~
hungry or steal Ofor ho bias t0 cat
than 90 huut or kll what GoI mad
for sou and mo isn't tho Americana
have Killed or DESTROYED Thousand
times more than me Indian ever dld
or 10 there were no AmerIcan0s p
North America there would ho ulent
of ramo yet
NoF. me hoTi fh'nr they havN dom
ia chat having destroyed all tho gam
ihey could soo naasci laws fo th
effect that % ia unlawful 10 hll nn
more same
Why the indians Dance