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Show PUEBLOS GO I TO CAPITAL Indian Delegates to Deed Property to United States as Trustee Chicaco, Feb. 1 Fifteen officials! of the tribes of Pueblo Indians In New Mexico passed through this city today; enroute for ashington. The Pueblo i Officials represent the owners of 600,000 acres of tribal lands which have been in their possession sinre they were granted r- the Spanish cro.vn In 1690 The Indians most of whom were ,n blankets and moccasins, were Bllght-lv Bllght-lv amused at effortB of fellow passengers pas-sengers in the railway station to patronize them "Heap cold, Tohn." said one travelling travel-ling man to a tall Pueblo in a red and blue blanket ' Yes. it rather col(i hut we are accustomed to extremes and don't mind ii much.' replied the Indian who was Juan Antonio Martin, alcalde al-calde of Acoma "Heap Wg Injun on war path, laughed a station porter coming up to the group. "Here boj take this bag to the smoking room. I II be there in a minute," ordered one of the Indians Pal-lo Abeita. one of the chief men of Puebls Isleta The porter obeved in 1 dazed manner The Pueblos are delegates to the l ulled States government. s their mission to deed their property to the United States as trustee for twenty-five twenty-five years to ensure continuance of their policv of keeping liquor out of their bonndaiies and (preventing the sale of the lands to individual white men They are acfomuanied b, Francis (J. Wilson an attorney |