Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-03-12

amendment be adopted by the con
gress Of the United States.
II senators want 10 know why the
| hcadmcn Of the Mcscalcro Indians
agreed that the Fort sill Apache In.
dlans might be sent back thcrc and
| that they would receive them. I viii
say that ! have the documents here,
coming from the Office Of the score.
tary OF the interior himself. showing
exactly Why II IN because the ga.
perintondent OF that agency has told
! these people that no would secure for
thcm--the Mescaleros--33,0O 100000 TO.
be distributed among them " they
would agree To receive the Fort sill
! Apnchcs. | hold IN my hand a letter
from the present agent of the Mes
calero Indians, in which he says that
"a present. u the lands OF the Mesca-
lcro Indians wore allotted in sever
atty to the $50 Mescaleros now re-
| siding on the reservation, there would
| only be from ten u fifteen acres ~
land which Il would be possible for
| them a. use for agricultural purposes.
1 Now II IL proposed to place upon that
reservation POO Indians more, who
never belorgcd there. who never
were any part 90 the Mosculcro tribe.
and who have no rights there what
socvcr u is held out 60 them nnally
in this letter Go the secretary OF the
interior or 60 tue commissioner Of
Indian affairs. that IL this move is
made. then $500. coo must be oppro-
prutod for the Mcscalcro ndians:
and the commissioner OF Indian az
I fairs writes back g. him that it IT,
z a fsf
! ihcl can NOT Ect 10 through this con-
gross. pUt should they move tho In
diJus Go Mos,uloru, then hereafter
they could come before congress aud
usk an appropriation of from $500
600 Ca s3.upo,Uuu Co rc!ubursc the
Morcalero-
Al their h,udmon have agreed 10
these people coming back because
they hove been told that Immediately
they would rccciy, $500. unu from tho
government ot the United states. This
Is IN" tru, iuvurdncss OF this lropO.
sitiOu.
W. have no objection TO the Fort
~ill ApIch,s being removed from the
Fort sin reservation, 1911, haN, ubso-
lutck no objection go their being dis
charged as prisoners of war. uui We
do object most seriously To- receiving
them back in NyV Mcxiuu. where
they themselves and uhcu fathers
made the ground run rcd with the
blood of Americans. descendants ot
Whom are set living around the Mes.
cul"ru reserve. know whereof /
speak. because the reservation BIZ IN
my own county he New Mexico,
Around this r,sorvdtiua there are
lit'i" cairns ul stones thrown up
Wh,r" Americans ana MrAicnus may
see them ls they pass by O." indicate
where Some man or some woman ~
some ohild was murdered by these
ApUch,s. Thos, plies or stones have
been erected. in accordance with the
Mexican custom. to the memory ol
the deceased
I Mr. President when I originally
. went Geo N'w Mexico the first town
, That { went into was Silver city. and
JAS ! got un th, train uu the street,
. "G silver city uu, uf tho first thing,
. { saw was an Au,p,uu holding bon
his hand th. bleeding scalp ui u vu.
! man vhp bad been hiI,d Do, uu, ul
ih,s, Fort sin Npurhra within mil,
OF the cIUuhuus. rf silver city thll
. Afternoon. The Indian who sulp,u
her hal been shot
can you NOT gud some other place,
Co take these Indians ls DO pussihI,
p there b. not sufficient Mud iu ull th,-,
sruut United states 90 which Indian.
b lean De- taken ana whore they .au u,
kept without forcing them uuyh q,
i've among ihr U,upl, whose relative.
they murdered WHY should tncs
uuI oyyup, Oh, IuI which hIs ur,r
given Co. tu,U 1uIu.niug the Fort Sil
military reservation 100 oklahoma
. What usD 's 60 Np wud, ul lh. uu,
from which These Nurrucs ur" o. %,
Withdrawn. ", care nothing uuou
Chat Nu agreed Ji tuc h~t .psstui
ui ,pugl,ts with tu, representative
ui oklahoma on the Indian commit
! tee ln conference that uu part of thp
money should hc used under any cir
lcumstunrus 90 locate THESE indians 70
Ncw Mexico. I Wut the scuutu'
from Minnesota Who had thI, nl
100 charge at that Time. will boar m,
b l"U m 90" assertion that uu pant q"
. tme mono, was Go %, used Tor tmt
, purpos''
J AR Dupr Nv President
The President Pro Trwp"r,. u,u
the senator from New MrNiru ,lrl,
q" Ga, senator from Mnnosult"
NJ Mr. Fan 0 do.
d Mr. Cnup Their. Is o.. . .tIol
as tu tH" ,urr,.tu'-. ul 'N. -juu.m,u
{ the senator makes.
r. Mr. Fan { Dhauh lho senator nuu
Minnesota. Sow, shop, that th
. chairman Of the committee hly,ul
ID this bin iu rhurg, win not insist upoi
"a the point ~ order
ID Mr. President 30 b. au outue, upoi
- tho people ot N,v Mexico. aud % &
b bad flith upon the part ct the Score
y t"y of the interior, vino has had tht
d matter brought before him. ia ,i,t, O.
Z e. record shown here made In mn
Z body Wt the last session, 60 insist tina
d hc Will mlsapply these funds und tan
{, these Indians back dcspit, the pro
e. test 81 the Legislature. aud eft the PEG
n pie ul New McNico and OF their repro
n scntatlycs Ia vougYrss hope tina
- IN" senator viii not Insist upon hi
a. point al order.
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