Show I rJ l ST L EF R Ill E M NAVAJOS V J J I I w w w U U II U U u u U U UI I I It t I may adapt the language of a gen who draws hi Inta ineta phone from the Prise ring the President of the United States has hae not merely given a black C eye to certain despoilers of the Indian but he han baa completely knocked them out They ha have not yet recovered d from the of the J veto message which took them off their feet Everybody who knows kaow Wiliam William McKinley knows know that he to do jUllo justice to al all the wars wards ot of the naton nation And thOe those who ae are In In the welfare of the India Indian rejoiced pot not a little at the effective way In which he came to the help o the NavajO Navajo 0 This Thle tribe of Indians Indian wa was some m ye years AO ago hOUI and Ind formidable able ot Of r recent lt yal years the they hae have been peaceful an and gIven the government PO no trouble l lie log Ing nomadic in their habits It w was found Q uey to encourage them In cheep raising and for year eat they devot devoted ed themselves to this wih with much lue CI cese Owing however to the barren nere of th the land which thy they lucId held In Arizona the they were nero constantly going or oft their r reservation for the sake of get getting t ting tater aler for their flocks A large trat tract wal was added to It In 11 1814 under President Athur Arthur and nd Secretary TIr Teller The Ut lie II in the northwestern portion of Athena and was wae originally set In In tul ul of tret truty obligations Though enlarged I it was N found insufficient for or their fol flocks both as to a and nd water Lt Last summer Bummer hitter complaints were received from rota a fe few settlers Ule at I a place cale called Tb Tuba Jut just west of th ha reservation that the Indin Indians were en on their rights An Indin Indian inspector Wi was accordingly sent out to look into the affaIr Ater Alter negotiating wih with U the white hU some twenty tat families In all n the government compounded wih with them for tor th the gross sum of U buyinG buying out all their rights In order to further conserve te the Interests of the NavajO Navajo An orde order was taue Issued by President McKinley January lt 1st 11 extending the reservation from th thi southwest cne corner due wt west to the Col Coloda Colorado orado oda river ad and following It to Its ito li in wih with the Grand Canyon For Forestry estry tr reservation then noth nob to tn te the northeastern corner of tb the Forestry reservation Turning due west weal th the new tract extended 1 to the Colorado Colordo river and D I it north to the Utah ln line Tl This new hew tract tok took In abut shout 1200 acre rr The tribe numbers souls loul lt Leet lear they 80 acres They own It i is estimated fully a am m m milon million sheep 20 oatE 11 tl tIe 12 1200 swine 1 lne and nd A a hUll large F Fhone h hol hone and ponies They P Ire are 1110 i OUt on and peaceable and for Ilar nIu the government ha has given ti I Itt little ad aid rEn J Everything was a going on al all tt he r til some white man wih with a n II rP Metals discovered or rather 11 t the he ha bad discovered copper In th them I Ier er em part ot of the reservation h ha F Fa a quiet as little noise it 1 ble ce came thIs bi bill proposing t I Ia ta a vat vast tract of the northwest northe l I I I this reservatIon TI The bi bill went 1 bause because I it full purport woe U u r I or Understood No report WH Ik k j I fon form the Indin Indian bureau buu on th ui II T The bil went through a ac e a g 1 nw measure J go through t i CUI cause a few people fre are very fr mis 11 h In Interested In getting them 1 ui tb the great at majority are re tn trw l t 1 r n teete In other bli bus to give t hI I l McKinley 1 r sign a bi bill unil unless he haM first It to the hed head of the I which It relate Te The bi Wa was r ri referred to Secretary Jl lilt ic and nd b by him to the Indian turea o lh I tUI full significance of the mla II a I promptly revealed Telegram C 11 r aiso from the Navajo reservation i In that the Indians were excitement on account of Ii Iia Ii Iia I a counci council of at the olf chief hd had to tn t h I H 1 to Jacle placate them Here was A a 11 t tn tine of oft fore than half or of th t r lon tion opened to them by y the If t i 1 January ht 1st 19 1900 and the Int IndI not ben been consulted Tl The Ir I his hll veto m message I says I Th The F I I could rould not understand how laef 1501 r I Ito to them In JanuAr January as al n nee their use should be taken ken b aay awa I previous notice In May Mar of tilt Hili yer year President veto elo ha lq V 0 spoken a of wih with approval in both bolh I 1 and nd wi will ta be More It Itman 11 n man h hag Id said It If I hid had knI n at atthe the bi bill w was I would no not ha havo F 1 my mr vote But It only F tran of leters letters to 10 I hi I vote Into a veto and 1111 this 0 the I President h has n Wisely WIly mil Indian Ih there is 18 no reason to doubt that i F nr ore alow allowed to g go 01 ob tt cheep raIsing In five years t thle have four or nv five of I M lowing tour four pound tn in a 11 V would ral raise from fourteen tu ti F U million of wool stool |