| Show A CURIOUS t LEGAL legan eoal edal rios rion the courts of new mexico have decided that the tho pueblo indians in that territory are citizens the united states this decision has led to a curious complication between the in indian djan bureau people and the regularly constituted authorities of the country if they are citizens they are free to trade an any y one but if indians simply they ey pare re debarred debarres de barred from trading wit vit with other hother than the re regularly li ceased censed trader the government agents serving the indian bureau seem to be determined 11 ed ji not of to recognize pueblo citizenship and en deavor to prevent these aboriginal villagers from trading with merchants lantsas as other citizens do under the laws of intercourse with the indians a heavy penalty is denounced I 1 against the sellers of intoxicating liquors to the redskin red skin ned wards of the nation A new lew rew mexican alexica n merchant sold whiskey to a pueblo and an indian agent caused his arrest for violating the intercourse laws the merchant sued out a writ of habeas co corpus apus and was discharged subsequent Subs subsequently equen y he was again arrested and committed this is the latest phase of the case so far as our information goes st louis Be Ite republican publican a |
