New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

T% HE curtain has gone up on real drama
in the Four Corners country of the
h Southwest, where Tse-ne-gat, Piute
radical, has been asserting himself in
away that is troublesome to the peace Of mind
Of sheriffs, Indian agents and other upholders
Of law and order.
The Four Corners country-where Utah.
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meets
she greatest theater Of Indian drama for the
reason that within the segments formed by the
joining Of those states are to be found more
Indians numerically and Of more tribal
varieties than in any other part Of the West.
In northwestern Arizona--their reservation
Mexco-the Navajo Indians are to be
found. Not far from the eastern edge
Of their great reservation is the home of the
Jiearila Apaches, who, according to Curtis,
the photographer, have the finest physique of
any North American Indians Adjoining the
Four Corners in southwestern Colorado are the
Southern Utes. In Utah and Nevada are the
Flutes, who are related TO the Utes ethnolog-
eaily, but speak different language. Not far
70 the north, as distances go in great coun-
ny, Is tho reservation of the Uncompahgre
otes, who were forced out of their ideal home
Colorado following the Meeker massacre in
io1s, and who have been compelled since then
% live in semi-desert country, where their
condition has been the subject of much inquiry.
Aeeplng these various tribes on their reser-
!, vsuons Is not always as easy as it sounds.
Inc Indian Is pretty we'll impressed with the
slse and power of the white population by now,
" iS true, but there are occasional flashes of
sne oid independence. Not SO many years ago
Dig delegation Of the Uncompahgre Utes
picked up and left their reservation and trav-
seo across country to the Cheyenne reserva-
aoa IN Montana. Not because of any spirit
oS rebellion, but simply out of the desperation
p0fn OF despair. They were in sterile coun-
1y and had faced starvation and disease.
iney thought they could find better conditions
smong their Cheyenne brethren. They were
aesaed back to their reservation. Their plight
souehed the hearts of those who had them in
.aafge' White people along their route, so
iar from being alarmed at the Indian "inva-
o~'S ViiSlii iiSSUSQ did, OlIlCe LucL LuolT
.0naitlon has been bettered and they have
useh able to exist on their reservation Also
@e pltlable condition of the Jicarilla Apache
4as Deen somewhat improved.
INDIVIDUAL malcontents, however, have been
W ale cause Of most of the Indian troubles in
N'e Four Corners country. 1t is the same
opposition that confronts the police in the big
saes. Certain leaders crop up in certain dis
&c They are individuals with more than
v'uinafy resource and daring. When they
s~,ieVe something successful in the way of
s''ahce OF authority, the chief harm is not
: much in what they have actually done as
= = 'ne example they have set. Thus the sher-
no ana Indian agents, when some individual
.''oian like Tse-ne-gat begins to make trouble,
:, se fearful Of the effect on the thousands of
ss.aia aiahs' wao have their own means of trans
4s'''hg news and who are always well posted
sesarding the happenings on and off.the res
ervations.
senegal first came into the public prints
= i9ia, when he was indicted by Federal
s'shd jury in Denver for killing a Mexican
asspnerder on the Ute reservation. Tse-
ssgat took to the hills, which are numerous
aaa rugged in the Four Corners country. He
saa nis Piute followers fought battle with
J" 'ussans posse In the region Of Bluff, Utah,