Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23
INDI ROT
uAMl " ARDEN
They iOlating me laws
b. "A iag Gome and
Cattle.
sOatI IsG NUS De OOst

~unless lie authorities At wash.
fnEfnn tthe action az once a. prevent
the Wholesale killing Of same aud rat
tie BY inalaus from the Pueblo and
Apache reservations In this territory,
there viii undoubtedly be a clash be.
tween ranchmen and settlers and the
Indian which will rosuh IN blood
shed"
Thia statement was made the other
evening ~ Page h. Otero, territorial
game aisd hsh warden, alter a confer
ence With Captain J. y. Fullerton OF
enc mounted police.
y have repeatedly advised the
WashinSion government regarding the
situation, bus have received no reply.
Settlers IN a number OF places are or
kanIHing with the eattlemen. and make
40 secret Of the fact that they Intend
10 act II the government does not give
them relief. I have received a num-
her OF reports from different sections
where tire indiana have left their res.
ervatiOna and taken up their abode
many miles distant. Others band 20.
gether, travelling over the country,
huntinR all kinds OF game without re
gard 10 the laws, and then steal back
20 resume their former life. The prin'
clpai trouble has been 10 Socorro,
Grant and Sierra counties, where
game has been killed in large Quantls
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 Rernalillo county, ] understand,
ssfH fastnHU aInffWNNW H4Na
tant.
"From members Of the mounted 20.
lice / have received information that
fresh hides Of deer have been found In
tho possession OF Indians recently.
These hides and what fresh deer meat
the Indians had, we're connscated. II
has been reported 20 me that a mum.
her OF these indiana had a form Of
permit. which they believed entitled
them 20 hunt "a they pleased. Per
mits giving them permission 70 leave
the reservation. ! understand, nave
been issued by James X Allen, Of the
United States Indian school at Alton.
guerque. one being dated as late a.
October 25. and as the hunting season
closes October 81, this would only
allow these indians Ave days In which
20 travel several hundred miles "a
hunting grounds.
"The mounted police have been sent
out recently after these Indians, and
the officers drove them back TO theft
reservations. have received "a
msny reports from settlers and cat
tiemen that | consider the situation
grave, II something Is not done soor
10 force the Indians 20 remain upon
their reservations and obey the gam'
laws Of the territory"
In speaking Of the situation Cap
ealn Fullerton said.
= have been making a personal In
terest aud hnd that game Is helms
KILLED In large quantities regardless
al the laws. The indiana In pArticu
lar are killing antelope aud deer Th'
antelope suffer more heavily than an
other game, because they run Il
punches. The Indians mill them an,
Min every one in the herd Recent!
rode ug to a band of Indians hunter
and found In lielr possession thi
fresh skins OF four does They als'
had meat which was 80 fresh that
would swear u had heen' killed sine
the close 81 the game season.
"AbOui thirty Indians. whose name
my men have secured. have ALREADY
been indicted at Sororro and we hops
Ca make an example of them. | an
now undertaking the dlfficult task o
arresting al Indians breaking thi
game law Il Ii hard 20 do. however
because they are on the alert TIL
mounted police will do al IN lhei
power To stop the wholesale kllling o
gamo and number Of arrests are q
be- made soug