Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-22
DRANK GALLON
OF BAD WH|SKEY
Santa Clara Indian
Then Dropped
Dead.
BRAVE BEATEN TO DEATH
BY Redman From San Juan
Pueblo At Espanola- Big
Drinking Bout.

AS the result of drinking nearly a
gallon of whisky in Il continuous
drunken spree lasting nearly Il week,
Jose Reyes Naranjo, Santa Clara In
dian thirty years of age, dropped dead
in the pueblo yesterday morning. This
is according to information received
here today by Superintendent Clinton
J. Crandall, of the U. S. Indian Train.
ing School south of the city. Another
Indian, Jose Maria Cisneros thirty
years of age, ii resident of the Santa
Clara Pueblo, was beaten to death In
fight with San Juan Indian few
days ago at Espanola, while both were
drunk. Superintendent Crandall does
not know the name OF the San Juan
Indian but has been informed that he
was arrested and is now in Jail at
TERRA Amarillo charged with murder.
Superintendent Crandall says that
he has been informed both deaths
were due to weeks drunken spree
and gambling bout among a number of
the Indians of the Santa Clara Pueblo,
northern Santa F'e County, and the
San Juan Pueblo in southeastern Rio
Arriba County.
Were Celebrating la Pale Face.
Having harvested their crops after
a prosperous year and having complet-
e.. the green corn dances in ceebra-
tion thereof, after the Indian fashion.
few of the braves started out to
do justice to the occasion after the
manner of their white brethren.
They first began drinking bad whis-
key. For several days this was con-
tinued and then they began to gamble
among each other. Numerous quar-
rels followed but the bad" Indians
We're held in check by the better ele-
ment of both pueblos. AS the de-
bauchery continued however, they be-
came more unruly.
Naranjo MiscaIcuIated His TanI
Capacity.
Naranjo's death. it is said, wa
rectly due to his own pride In hi
pacity for holding bad war medic
lie boasted that he could out
any brave in the Santa Clara Pu
He tried to demonstrate the fact
consumed almost gallon of
whisky. He became half unconst
and remained in that state for se'
hours. Yesterday morning, how
he revived sufficiently to get to
feet and started to walk about
pueblo.
The whisky, however, had don
deadly work and the poor Indian
denly threw up his arms and fell
the ground. BY the time others re
ed him he was dead.
Cisneros, who was killed at Esl
la. had reputation of being
Indian" He. was drinking and
IDENTIFY looking for trouble when he
1t. The San Juan Indian was
partly intoxicated.
He met CisnerOs on the streets
Espanola and they quarreled over
vial matters.
The San Juan brave struck Cisn
breaking his jaw and telling hir
the ground In the struggle that
lowed Cisneros was so badly be
that he died in short time. An
Ger arrested the San Juan Indian
took him to TERRA Amarillo. He
that he killed Cisneros in self
fense.
officers to PuebIos to Arrest Ind
The debauchery of the Indians
become so bad that the citizens II
near the Pueblos of Santa Clara
San Juan, have asked the officers
stop it. Superintendent G. ]. Graf
said that contrary to the usual
tom the Indians will be arrested
this occasion under the territ
laws and will be prosecuted in
district court Officers have air