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RANGERS AND SOVEREIGNTY.
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nuities, made indigent sluggards of them, and they
took it as a sort of peace offering, to be good. The
strong arm of the government was a little too passive,
in not teaching them to earn a living. However, we
recall the action of Lieutenant Stotler, who was Indian
agent on the Mescalero reservation, in Otero County,
New Mexico. Whether this action was upon his own initiative,
or advised by the management, I do not know.
He first rounded them up, and had their long hair
cut, put hats on them, gave them wagons and teams,
and farming implements, helped them to pick out
good spots of land that could be irrigated, and had
a farmer to show them how to sow wheat, plant corn,
or any crops they wished to raise. In the fall following
their first effort, you could see "Mr. Injun"
driving his team around through the country with
grain to sell. Lieutenant Stotler conceived the idea
of putting them up a saw mill, as they have plenty of
fine timber on their reservations, and the lumber
could be used by the govevrnment in building and repairing
buildings on the agency. The Indians got pay
for this work; just imagine a "buck Indian" cutting
and hauling saw logs and working around the mill.
Axle grease was substituted for his war paint, and his
hatchet had grown to be a chopping axe. They have
some cattle, horses, and sheep, and they all use one
brand for their stock which is a bow and arrow symbolizing
their primitive means of killing game. They
still have game on their reservation. The White
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Roberts, Dan W. Rangers and sovereignty, book, 1914; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5833/m1/156/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.