Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-22
90 BURRO LOADS
Of DEER MEAT FILL
A BOX CAR
Lagunas Make Big Haul Claim
Agent Told Them They Could
XIII All They Wanted.

The Indians have killed at least
| five hundred deer In the past month
| ia western New Mexico, according to
the Magdalena News. which has the
! following interesting story Of recent
events down there;
The arrest and conviction of the
| twenty-seyen Indians Saturday re-
fleets credit on the efficiency Of Ter
ritorial Game Warden Thomas f.
Gable. and his deputies. ably assist
ed by the Datil forest rangers.
There has been a number of COM
plants from people who live in the
section OF the county where the whole
sale slaughter Of deer and other game
has been going on. but it seemed al
most impossible to catch the yiolators
with the goods The Indians have a
way Of hiding all evidence of Violat-
ing the Law. and at their camps only
enough meat for their actual use can
be found Then when ready To return
home the hidden meat IS brought
forth and carried away II is estimat-
ed that within the past month over
five hundred leGc alone have been
killed by these fsuc hooters and wards
Of Uncle sam.
when the tWcnty-scNen Laguna In
tians were brought to Magdaiona
Saturday in charge Of Ray Morley,
Mounted Policeman r. w. Lewis and
Forest Rangers L. c. Haynes, ID. +.
wells and Silas Shanks they present.
ed an appearance not soon to be Tor
gotten They had about forty burros
ALI of thom loaded with deer meat,
horns and skins.
All Of their goods. including their
saddles brides, blankets and the
confiscated deer meat and hides were
put into o box ear almost filling It,
The trial was held before Justice
of the Peace Flores. The Indians al
plead guilty to violating the game law,
but offered as an excuse mat their
agent had told them while II was
against the law to XIII more than one
deer no one would bother them tor
killing more. II this statemnt Is true
The indians are not to blame as much
as their agent
Nevertheless. they should be held
accountable for violating the law and
are as amenable To punishment as
other persons II is reported that
these Indians who have all the clNll
rights sor his white brother have had
q complete crop failure this year ana
that they are almost on starvation
and the deer they Killed was to tur-
nish them meat for the winter ana
I'm this way there are many VINO are
inclined to let their sympathy over
ride their Judgment I'm dealing with
fhcm. This sympathy, however i"r
.por Lo" is. ii we are correctly m
formed. not deserved because OF tne
fact that for years, in good ana bas
rrop seasons, these Indians have been
killing deer and other game Just lle
same. c,,,
Justice Flores held up sentence rom
saturday until Tuesday IN order 70
,rive the Indians an opportunity 10
communicate with members ol t1t
tribe at Laguna. They were llned saw
and costs and 80 days in jail ne
fail sentence was held up on pronilse
or future good behavior. Ihe llle
u-as paid and the Indians were gwen
the meat and they left town Wcdnes-
dav morning for Laguna.
Game Warden Gable was instfu-
mental i'm the Indians receiving such
a light fine. he using his Influence III
their favor Mr. Gable says ne is ue-
termined to do all in his power 10
hrepk up the wholesale slaughter OF
came. He has arrested fifty-nine ~
.dions so far and every one has btth
convicted ard fined. lie SAYS the IN
dians gro practically the only ones
who have 40 regard for the game Jaws
ana he is 70 be commended on the
stand he has taken and should nave
Inc siip,Ort OF all good citizens III ms
efforts to nrotect our game.
The patil forest rangers have ar
rested number ~ Indians this sea-
son and have otherwise done ciiicienl
service rs game warocns.