| Show INDI US INS arizona dispatches is state tate that tho the 0 gil ila river on the sacaton reservation er Is again dry and this being the source of irrigation no grain trill will by the rim 1 indians indiana great destitution the dis dispatch patel ea es elate state will ensue and government go aid will be to relieve tho the situation this was the proposition which con grasa was asked to take up last session but refused for centuries as far back as we hao baie any these indians had grown their irrigated crops one of the few indian tribes 11 which had never cost the united stafe states go government a moment of anxiety some year years ago the white set tiera began to divert the waters watern f t the oil rl ei u above tho ian 12 of the rima indiana indians they wen were even een encouraged to do so by the government there has not been enough water for both and as the indians ore are not citizens but only wards ards of the government their rights he haie nan totally neglected and for seral yeara years past as more and more water has been taken out abo above e r crops have ben practically uj solute fallar fal lur VAS was aske askee at its recent session to biake some permanent provision v whereby ml girnas could be restored their birthright given back the water stolen from them through the construction or of a storage reser reservoir air at aling jug lines approved by go government experts ei but no action could be ile secured so tho the indians are going on retrograding being forced to become wine begeam beg gora thieves and government go pau pere where on 0 eo tho 3 owned their own farms reared thir own families and had their 0 xu tribal government it ills Is hoped by every one ith the its subject that coders will see am the justice wisdom and absolute absolu tn economy of ra snaking these indians eok self ing through substantial irrigation construction |
