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Show - 25- DL: That's one thing they done it for. GT: Um hum. DL: Still, they got no grass dovm there. GT: Still no grass, hum. DL: Uh huh. FO: Did the herds ruin it? Was there grass before? DL: Yah, there was a lot of grass before them Navajos came in but the Navajo they didn't used to live over there. They came about maybe 1932 or 33. GT: Started coming in there. DL: Started to move in there. FO: With too many sheep, huh? DL: With too many horses and too many stock. That's xvhy, they xvere against the Paiutes but the Paiutes they got quite a good country but nox^ days they got everything. FO: The Navajos have everything. DL: Yah, they get hold of everything. FO: Did they get hold of Douglas Mesa? DL: Yah, the Utes sold it I heard, I don't know. And when they owned Douglas Mesa they sold it to some outfit. To the Navajo. GT: When they were buying the sheep and cattle at 250 and 35C and 50C a head, x^ hat x<? as the going price for cattle then, do you recall? DL: It xvras $ 15.00. GT: A head? DL: Um hum. |
