Indians of North America -- Washington (State); Yakama Indians -- Government relations
Same and the Rest have and I will die same. No difference I am
talking about my Rights.
Very truly your friend,
LOUIS MANN, R. 4, Box 233.
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Yakima, Wash., July 22, 1920.
Dear McWhorter My white Brother: I am not feeling good yet. I
cannot forget my Dearest Child in my poor Family, one that was
loved by all in my family, and it will take some time to get
over this Lamentations over the loss of the beloved Dearest Son.
I know that I am to Die yet myself but I cannot help this my
dearest white brother. We all of course have to Die on this
Earth, and if honest on this earth we may meet our loved one
gone before us. well brother I was over to see F. J. MAPES to my
old ranch yesterday, and I have seen my Irrigation water none on
my head gate, and I am wondering could any man on this face of
the Earth Irrigate 80 acres with one inch by 18 inches of water,
now they have Done me Dirtiest Trick them Reclamation Service
outfit. I Don't give A Damn who ever is in this Service all of
course they come from the old world where white people are
Starving, this is my understanding from the papers I read. Now
If I was Sleeping Indian I would Loose all my crops over there
all of it, but as my Neighbors carry water through my Premises
and if my hired man maybe to steal water this our own water, and
this awful shame way of using Reclamation Service Tricks, To
CIVILIZE me. Oh What A white mans Rulings. Very soon he will run
me Down, and what is the Right way to bringing me to
Citizenship? learn me First To steal? which I never like it in
my life, well brother No man can Civilize me this way, bad
whites are combined to run Down Indians like a Wolf Runs Down
deer when wolf is awful hungry, I have been Studying these
things, and one of my Neighbor crops went to hell there
adjoining my place, that is Mr GUY HOWARD he is an Injun man. I
wish you would make a trip with me there and see that GUY
HOWARDS Crops, and have it taken a Picture, what a Damn Nice
piece of the work the Reclamation Service done with this Injun,
Starve the mans crops because no money in advance, while the
Reclamation Service Committed a crime enter their water into our
Ditch without our Consent. Piute Ditch was build with Indian
money for the Piute Indians who were brought here from Malhiuer
from Oregon by the Agent JAMES H. WILBUR, and with help by some
of our Yakima Indians with Teams and wagons. I have forgotten
now, may be old man Peter Klickitat was in that trip, well
brother may be to Damn white Rullers in this Reclamation
Service, and to Dirty heart Tricks with this Service, this
Government is Polished with Black when Such Water Lords are in
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