Show fourth of july good wenith health etc 13 CAMP sun bun ebb et crossing little colorado niver biver arizona july 6 1876 1 editor deserea news the glorious fourth was celebrated at this camp in an appropriate manner we were awoke from our slumbers by a volley of musketry from captain jee JET knowls knowla co at daybreak day break also at sunrise sun rise at which time the stars and stripes were hoisted in the tho air when another salute was given at 9 tho the deop people 0 drove from camp to a dry lake lah where the boys had a good game of ball also foot races and other amusements until 12 when they returned to camp ani and and partook of a good order dinner dianer at 2 oye ole look p m the people assembled ia in the bowery when meeting opened by singing by the choir prayer by the chaplain and singing by the choir the declaration of independence was re read ad by john bT morgan organ followed by an oration by president Balen balenger gerr songs J speeches and appropriate toasts A very good spirit pro prevailed throughout the day an ain original song composed by 0 ii christeneen een entitled arizona and sung by himself went oft well the I 1 meeting was dismissed by prayer by gerome adams A dance was held in the evening at ut early candlelight candle light at 0 L chris hensens ten sens hall and closed at 11 nv when hen all retired to their several places of abode well satisfied with the doings of the day committee of arrangements arrangement sJohn john evans jerome adams henry Rn knowles yours truly in the gospel of truth jesse 0 BALENGER P S the tha health of the camp is all good we have two wells about twenty four feet deep which afford very good water the tho river has been dry at this camp for three weeks but we expect it to rain soon J 0 B another indian outrage on saturday last a deputation of coquilla Cohu illa indians led by their head chief manuel largo called upon us and earnestly requested that we should through the medium of the times lay jay before the people of the country the story of the wrongs a of his people and pray them to do a all ali 11 in their power to assist him in getting redress his story was pathetic in the tho extreme and although we cannot give it as he did we wo here hero relate its substance he stated that for years he and his ancestors have been located on the land they now occupy that his people have cultivated it for their living and they have repeatedly been assured by indian commissioners that they were secure in their possession of it and that it would be set apart for them A reservation has lately been set apart for them in another part of the valley but upon it there is nob not a drop of water and nothing will grow to bastain sustain life the only vegetation to be found upon it leing being a scrubby chemise brush the lands they have heretofore occupied and cultivated have been surveyed and opened to preemption pre emption and already white men are squatting upon them the indians away and forcing them to abandon their growing crops upon which they are dependent for their living ra the h a old man complained bitterly of the fact that the squatters were even plowing up the bones of his deceased relatives and ancestors he then rehearsed the number of good services he had performed for the whites the culprits he had brought to justice and stated that whenever a member of his own tribe or any one within his reach had committed any depredations he had invariably delivered him u up p to the proper authorities or dealt out summa summary ry justice to him with his own band I 1 that for all these services he had never demanded or received from the government any remuneration whatever that he respects the government ern ment aad will obey it and arid while he cannot believe it will drive him from his home his farms and the graves of his people still if jt it la Is the case he will ac acquiesce in it and go out upon tb the tho a desert although ho he knows that starvation awaits him for himself ho he says bays lie he is old and nearly blin blind and to drive him away will bo be hard bard indeed he has over been friendly to the whites has ro re dered them innumerable good services and does not intend to allow this new outrage upon him to alter ils lis liis friendship for the whites ho he believes that the movement is being don dono done a through ignorance on the par part of tho the authorities it washington and makes this appeal to the people of san ban bernardino county that they may send a remonstrance to the proper quarter and if it is then determined that he he ia b to quit he will go out upon tho the desert and die such was the substance of his remarks mr H A ham is is doing all in his power to assist these indians and to that ond end wrote to indian agent dryden dry den for help for them from tho the answer of the latter gentleman we extract the following 1 IT I am sorry to say bay I 1 can sa say y nothing for the poor pooi indians all my hopes for an appropriation have failed the present congress has not only refused any appropriation but has resolved to turn the whole indian service over to the war department and I 1 have aa as rances su from washington that tho the senate will concur so in a few weeks I 1 may be out ol 01 of tho the agency altogether and I 1 h have ave about made up my mind to resign any way ag I 1 see no chance of doing anything for those poor people and my situation as agent ia IS wholly unsatisfactory you YA may say to Solo olon solo t that t n considerable sid erable reservation of public land laud has been made for the coh nilla indians in cahuilla valley vailey han san balle diego county ib it may m g be this thia remer rener reservation will take in some soma of the tho land where his people live or in case they should bo be ejected they may find a home on the reservation reserva tien should I 1 continue in the agency I 1 will be down about the of july should the captain call on you before that time tell him to find wheeler the surveyor at Cohu illa llla valley and he will tell him hm all about the lands lauds there reserved for the indians Ind lans laus J our government has a very peculiar way of treatie tre treating atin the indians when they are committing depredations ns against the whites they are fed and taken care of instead of being severely punished as they should be and when they become peaceable and settle upon lands to cultis cultivate a t 0 them for an honest 11 living they are driven from them into ving t the desert instead of being protected in their rights and being rewarded for their industry the consequence of this is apparent in the number of indian difficulties constantly occurring the whole people of southern california should take this matter in hand immediately and petition congress to allow these indians to rema remain in on the lands they now occupy they have for years cultivated them have always been friendly to the people of this county and should now be protected in their rights by us our own safety also demands it for whatever the protestations or intention of the chief may be in regard to going out upon the desert set apart for them and starve it is not in nature to do so they have got gob to live and if the means of getting their own livelihood are taken away from them they will have to be supported by us either by con contributions tribu eions on our part or theft on theirs and the government will find it cheaper to say nothing of its justice to leave them in peace than to drive them to depredations and then bring them to justice let our people take this matter in hand at once and see if it it is not possible to get justice done these poor people san ber Ser bernardino nardino times july 3 ma 0 judge 4 havo you anything to offer to tho the court batore basore sentence sen een tenee tence Is pasel pa sei sed en cia you prisoner noy no nog jud judge 9 e I 1 hud hullo hui hul sio 10 but my lawyers took tools that A woman in macon ala had twins twice and then triplets and after the last lot her husband ran rin away and has not re ree turned y tho the bug already figures in a lawsuit in new jersey jorsey inhere acoman charges her neighbor with throwing a lot ot of them vec over ver her fences fence and poisoning her fowls it will be in order however for tho the counsel for tor the prosecution to establish the identity ot of the bugs eaten with those that were thrown over the fen ren tence cc two neighbors had a and envenomed litt gallon about a small spring which they both claimed the luwe lume wearied out with the case at last said what 1 h the use of making malting so much tuss fuss about a little wat wai er your honor bonor will see the use of lt it replied one or 0 the lawyers when I 1 inso info inform FM you that tho parties are alboth both milkmen mii mil kmen |