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Show PITIFUL STORY OF HUNGER. Red Lien in Reserve in California Are Starving to Death. SAN DIEGO, Cal:, -Nov. 1C. A pitiful story of hunger and destitution comes from the Eastern mountains of this county by men who have been Investigating Investi-gating the conditions of the Indians on tho Government reservations near Campo. Indian Agent Charles E. Scliell of Pala-and Pala-and Charles F. Luinmls, the well-known author, have spent six days among the red men. They aay that in the five reservations reser-vations near Campo. on the edge of the desert, there are at the- present time nearly near-ly 200 Indians, hard working, Intelligent farming people, who eultlvute every possible pos-sible square Inch of a he land reserved for them by the nation. No rain has fallen lo start the seed planted, no water Is at hand for irrigating, irri-gating, no largt; reserve food' supply 19 ever possible, and the unfortunates are now subsisting chiefly upon acorns. "Unless relief comes," said Mr. Lum-mls, Lum-mls, "nil the Indiana will be dead before New Year's day." |