Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-14

children were attacked, all the set lers
armed and gathered in groups for be ter
protection
Troops from Sante Fe and other points
ordered Yesterday were due to arrive this
but in the meantime a general
was feared as authentic news
came that fifty or more Of the warriors
OF the San Juan and other tribes were
wearing war paint and engaged in war
dances. None of the older bucks had
donned the war bonnet. but many OF the
young ones are reported as having joined
the uprising.
Cause of Uprising.
Several causes are given as the possible
reason for the outbreak. Opposition to
census taking and general dissatisfaction
with the whites because of what the In
dians believe to be encrcachments OIL
their rights. are generally ACCEPTED as
the cause of the trouble. An attack upon
the ranch of l.. l.. Myers is explained
section OF land wnicn the Inaians GAINED.
Troops Leave Santa Fe.
SANTA F'E. n. NJ, May I-Sixty men
of the 1st Regiment Infantry, National
Guard. accompanied by Adjt. Gen. A. S.
Brooke left here early today for Taos,
where the Pueblo Indians have been
threatening trouble.
Early advices from Taos were that all
was quiet with the exception that the
renegaoe Indians for whom bench war
rants were out were still resisting arrest
ana were protected by their associates.
1t PROBABLY will be necessary for the
troops TO serve the bench warrants and
make the arrests. but no bloodshed is an
tlclpated. The indians, including women
and children, numoer four hundred.
State Troops Ordered to Scene.
Advices from East Las Vegas are that
the governor Immediately ordered fifty
men of the National Guard to Taos. The
guardsmen were expcc.ed to reach Taos
today. Gen. brooke, i'm command of the
National Guard, has also ordered another
company to be i'm readiness to march at
a moments notice.
The uprising of the Pueblos, who for
years have Dern peaceful, is believed to
nave been partly caused by the punish
ment OF fueDius by terri.orlal om,ers.
For years the PueDios have governed
themselves, erected their own cnIefs and
village councillors, who tried and pun
ished maieIactors of the tribe without
appeal to the terr.orial officers.
Several months ago an lnuian Of ISlet
VINO mad been imprisoned by an Indian
officer Appealed to the territorial courts
and the Indian chief and the councillors
of the village were put in jail. Since that
time the Indians have been uEruiy, and
it is believed the present outbreak is the
result of fear by the Puebios that they
may lose their independence.
For several we As rancners near Taos
have found tueir fences cut and their
Suck misSing. The oiscontent OF the In
dians cuimInated yesterday in the at
tack on the Myers household.
Object to Census Taking.
The taking of the census is also be-
lieved to have caused much unrest among
the Indians When the enumerators
reached Santo Domingo and San Dia the
liz lans refused all information concern
ing members of the tribe and threatened
the enumeratorS with violence. 1T was
only after the census takers had threat
ened to bring troops and former Gov
Curry had gone personally to the chiefs
and reassured them about the purpose
or the census that the Indians Were per-
Suaded to answer questions.
Several eastern artists are believed to
be i'm or near Taos. which once was the
sketches of Indian life. Taos isrhe old
est and most picturesque town OF the
PuebloS.
Cody Expresses Views.
NEW YORK, May l2.-Col. W. r.
Cody said last night at Madison Square
Garden that he knew the Taos country
well, as it was where Kit Carson was
buried and where Gen Fremont recu-
perated after his most costly experience
in pathfinding in the Rockies and be-
yond.
+" have never thought much Of the In
dians there he said, for they were not
the splendid physical specimens found
farther north. they are a farming peo-
PIE, descended from the ancient Aexicans.
and not closely allied with the North
American tribes.
There are only about 1000 whites in
Taos and only 10000 in the county OF
which it is the capital. l think these In
dians must have got into a squabble
among themselves over their lands, which
they occupy by grant from the old Span
ism governors, confirmed later by the
United States government. They are
poor fighters, although some of them
were once freebooters son the cd Spanish
trail leading from Taos down to Monte