Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-17
AMONG THE NAVAJOS
 AGENTS CAPTURE
Deputy U. S. Marshal Gregory De-
 seribes Fort Defiance Affair.
(Phoenix Republican.l

(PhoeniX Repuoican-)
 Walter Gregory. deputy United States marshal, returned home yester- day morning from a trip of two or three weeks that took him all over northern Arizona. He had various missions in various places and on one of them he found himself in the midst of an incident that looked very like the days of old when there really was 6 frontier line in Arizona. This incl dent has been referred to briefly in the northern papers and some of them coupled MT Gregory's name with the story in an official capacity. He had nothing to do with it, however. except that he was there and saw what was going on.
 It was the case of the trouble on the Navajo reservation between the agent at Fort Defiance, R. Perry, and number of recalcitrant braves. Agent Perry had occasion to visit an outly- ing Indian settlement and when he got there a number of the redskins took him prisoner, holding him captive for a short time. MT. Perry never flinched proceeding to explain to his captors that while they had him temporarily it was only for a short time and that whatever they might do to him would avail them little for in the end they would have the whole government to resist. a fact the older heads apprecl- ated very fully. His talk went and they liberated him. thinking they had better patch the thing up before 1t went too far. As soon as MT. Perry got back to the agency he wired to Fort Wingate for a troop of cavalry. The soldiers arrived at Fort Defiance the evening before Mir. Gregory got there. The troops are now busy round ing up the bad men who will be given such punishment as is deemed will fit their crimes.
 Various newspaper stories were tele- graphed that gave wrong impressions though they were fully warranted at the time. Though it did not material ize there was considerable fear of an outbreak and should one really occur it might prove serious, for the Maya jos number about 2O,0OO and they might kill somebody before they were subdued But those who understand the situation say there is no fear of a general uprising and the worst that may happen will be individual cases of deviltry by the shiftless and de signing youths of the tribe. The en- tire tribe is more prosperous now than it has been for years. There are fewer blankets now being made than usual for wool Is 50 high many of the Indians have sold the raw wool rather than to manufacture it. They have there fore more money and more provisions than usual and less work to do than usual and the same old adage about Satan finding something for idle hands applies to the Indian as well as the paleface The prevailing weakness of all Indians IS a love of fireWater. With their prosperity there are more opportunities for securing it and the government has not always been sue cessful in catching and punishing of lenders. all of which makes the situa- tion more complicated.
 MT Gregory's trip to Fort Defiance was for the arrest of an Indian who wears with pride the very aesthetic name of Roan Horse, the charge be- ing that hs had supplied his fellow tribesmen with liquor. He was ar rested and tried but could not be cen victed. He did rot deny that his friends had drunk his whiskey but he claimed that he was not lnstrumentaL in giving 1t 70 them and was powerless to keep it from them. He had secured whiskey. where he wouldn't disclose, nor how. 50 there iwad no action against his accomplice. But having secured what he wanted himself he went to his hogan, filling himself up until he was helpless and probably almost speeches.. There was still a bottleful there when number Of his tribesmen passed that way, and ac cording to custom, without even belng asked, they helped themselves 10 Roan Horses liquor and joined him ID hlS big drunk. The action against nm was dismissed.
 MT. Gregory says that all the noun tain country in the north IS covered with snow.