Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-23
PRESERVE THE RELICS
Bill Now Before Congress
Aims to Protect Historic and
Prehistoric Remains.
EDUCATING THE INDIAN

Many of tHH eminent mon zoo fHr
cuuaIry arn OFF fhr opinion chat .f
forte should Do. madu fo preserve the
ancient relics uf tH. Indians and iHa
settlers ot Jhs section uf the country
ur Frederick D. Nousen. o. prominent
gthuuluE.aJ and lecturer of Washing
'on. who BIAS been mailing bn ov.
haustIyo study oft .he Taos pueblo Zoo
northern Sew NDN5U. saJs
200 is o. shame how any pot hunter
can Hu AND IIH Boo re- grand oId ruin aud
leave BE- in such q condition that tha
sincere arcbaDuiuEIst Ia unable t1 nb.
tain results There Is "a 900 uoo before
Coo uousy ui representative aimed fl
protect the old buildings and rr'Iea
NtHCh are Che only source of possible
lisht Uu toe hy gone day This bUu
would keep tha Frouni sacred ana
have @ owned hy Ibo government huf
Now Mexico herself should DO slmu
th.uE Boa che matter
"rho value of THESE seeming conn
mon ruins viii only be realized aH0u
thoy are uo moro They are iasI lis.
nppoar.ng and COINS into decay ANY
nQu..r.Fo person can destroy NhHt
can mower hu replaced anil soon rl.H
iug VIII remain uf The oafIy Hag nj
fhn southwest bUf fiction hauIal
Down
The indian an Attraction.
The pUUpI. uI Sow WeNcI IH Unt
realize VHut fu,, Har. loo tbr.r ssry
midst loo fbp person Uf fHr Indian Tho
r,IsKm a 900 attraction fo lh, .1.t
uuogunlui hy anything besides .ha r'.
mate. liU Ie picturesque aud uluI0
study. those E0t being In constant con
tact with him approaching him as tHo
NDw Mexican cannot Tourists flock
|tl fblH country fo are Rim. ana vu1
would suUu find that 10 tuu removed
ihp Indian your visitors would in.
crease Iu numbers Tho Santa Fo ruaI.
D Ilr. tUiH. aud hy fbo airuulsiuE 1f
[ the Indian have secured u large 10.
crosse in traffic
"ThD efforts being made fo cIf.I.zo
/ fho Indian are wrour They are MOI
/ conducive to the best results. The
I government should educate them 500
| fhuy viii De- good farmers Swing Thorn
/ "a rudImpuiHTy knowledge Boo rouIIuF
. writing aud arithmetic in order that
thoy may become good citizens Boo
their own way Their property should
. ur protected aud lhny should ho 600.
/ p1umFod lu every way They orc 1000.
. anI. to compete with tho Americans.
/ luI should mot hu expected tu II #I.
indian as a Tax Payer
/ @ hear much oft one efforts being
made f1 serur, nzoH from tha Pueblo
Indian and therefore uecUHar.Iy
mako him % voter This should hn
. stopped. and tho friends Ui tho Indian
should worI, together to combat thIs
OWL They ug chat tho "utH'oH WorH
Ibo original settlers. thn. after ho
coming of tho Spanish they secured
. thelr lands by ancient spanish rnufs
Tho MrX.CHu rule thpn confirmed che
spanish grants, making Thorn MeEIc1u
grants. aud tho uu.fDI siales upon
acquiring 'lo property rumIrmoi ue
Ne,iclu grants Uy tH.H Zine uf rel1.
Uu.Hs th.g claim That IHo Indian o. "a
. cas- payer and affura ar. hoIus made
lu forro thn abUr.Hua into public
Ufs
"Ths should uUg0r uH IuHe THr
Indian .a O. more child and canau conn
ueJo with tho Vhf0. Tho rDIHN.n
would uuIpf those circumstance. ao0u
fud himself unable t1 cope with con
l.fI1ug and would become DISCOURAGED
ana restless llo I8 NOT nt t1 aa 500
Hr and hn iH Nero child compared
with h.s white brother Tho Indian
r..i.H on agriculture and nature fUr
H.H uafUuauce How long would hU
7 HHf u tHo bH.v WhIr' uf our I.fa2
An interesting Race
'TH. American Indian Dr. IEa Wl.t
Interesting OFF uII tbo aboriginal raous
boz tho world UH mental qualities
compared with other races arc iar au.
n.Hur while Iu amy other country l0
would ba penaiunaI O. o., would b0
allowed t1 conduct h.H 1Wu affairs Iu
h|s oVn say and preserve h.H peculiar
Individuality here he would HH DONOR
allied and fubIorfrd f0 % civilization
which hn .H NOT capable Uf understand.
ing while be- would hu "a drawing
card Iu hIa natural state io thla H.e.
ton. ho cannot but ho rDpu.sIyo in 900
unnatural condition Tho Mar1.s of
Sow Zealand arc p0uH.0utl by fle
government and arc tbo strongest ass
saf 1f that island This VIII aI he
realized when alas. It ia Zoo Bate
"rbo Indian. property cared far
win bring Thousands Of dollars in'1
New Meylc0. boat Otherwise BE- wiz Ho
70 constant thorn 'n tbe siio of lla
country and uu'rW precautions arr
taken vim become problem such aa
Ia now tHo coloTgl race
Mr. D. D. Gatewo0i. who BIAS boon
connected with the New Waglc0.Arir