Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-18
INDIANS TROUBLE
GAME WARDEN
They are Violating the Laws
By Killing Game and
Cattle.
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE

sUnless the authorities at Wash
irgton take action at once to prevent
the wholesale killing of game and cat
tie by Indians from the Pueblo and
Apache reservations in this territory,
there will undoubtedly be a clash be-
tween ranchmen and settlers and the
Indians which will result in blood
she'd"
This statement was made the other
yenin by Page b. Otero, territorial
game and fish warden. after a confer
ence with Captain J.. F. Fullerton of
the mounted police.
II have repeatedly advised the
washington government regarding the
situation. but have received no reply.
Settlers in a number of places are or
ganizing with the cattlemen, and make
no secret of the fact that they intend
to act If the government does not give
them relief. have received a num-
Der of reports from different sections
where the Indians have left their res
ervations and taken up their abode
many miles distant. Others band to-
gether, travelling over the country,
hunting all kinds of game without re-
gard to the laws, and then steal back
to resume their former life. The prtn-
cipal trouble has been in Socorro,
Grant and Sierra counties, where
game has been killed in large quanti-
ties by the Indians. In some instances
where game was scarce, | am In
formed that the Indians killed cat
tie. Now some of these Indians came
from Bernalillo county, | understand,
and from other points equally dis
tant.
From members of the mounted po-
lice | have received information that
fresh hides of deer have been found in
the possession of Indians recently.
These hides and what fresh deer meat
the Indians had, were c~oniscated. II
has been reported to MI that a mum
Der of these Indians had a form of
permit, which they believed entitled
them to hunt as they pleased. Per
mits giving them permission to leave
the reservation, | understand, have
been issued by James X. Allen, of the
United States Indian school at Albu
querque, one being dated as late as
October %, and as the hunting season
closes October 81, this would : only
allow these Indians five days in which
TO travel several hundred miles L
hunting grounds.
The mounted police have been sen
out recently after these Indians, ant
the officers drove them back to thei'
reservations. | have received 81
many reports from settlers and cat
tlemen that | consider the situation
grave, If something is not done sool
to force the Indians to remain upol
their reservations and obey the gam
laws of the territory"
In speaking of the situation, Car
tain Fullerton said:
81 have been making a personal in
terest and find that game is bein.
killed in large quantities regardless
of the laws. The Indians in particl
lar are killing antelope and deer. TIL
antelope suffer more heavily than an
other game, because they run /
punches. The Indians mill them an
kill every one in the herd. Recent
! rode up to a band of Indians hunter
and found in their possession tn
fresh skins of foul does. They ais
had meat which was so fresh that
would swear 1t had beer killed sine
the close of the game season.
About thirty Indians, whose name
my men have secured, have alread
been indicted at Socorro and we hoI
10 make an example of them. | al
now undertaking the difficult task
arresting all Indians breaking I'll
game law. 1t is hard to do, howeve
because they are on the alert. tn
mounted police will do all in the
power to stop the wholesale killing
game and a number of arrests are
be made soon"