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Show lage of the second mesa, Samoprivi, and retused to dlow that village to be cleaned. It was at last found necessary to order troops to that place to overcome the opposition. May 23 a detachment of Troop H of the Ninth Cavalry, under the command of Lieut. M. M. McNamee, arrived at the village. The hos-tiles, who had all congregated in one house, still refused to surrender or to obey orders, and force had to be used before they finally snb-mitted. This was accomplished without serious results, the conduct of the troops being most comrnendablc. Ninc of the leaders of tho hos-tile element were placed under arrest and the nork of disinfecting the village was completed. The ninc Indian prisoners were taken to the Navajo Indian Agency, at Fort Defiaucc, where they were held until September 28, when, by permission of this office, they were released on promiseof future good behavior and returned to theMoquis Reservation. The Zuni and other Pueblo villages were also stricken with the disease, of which details are given in the annual report of the agent, herewith, page 245. Beginning with Islets in January, 1898, it reached Sendia, Santa Ane, Acoma, Laguna, Cochiti, Jemez, and Znfii. At ZnKi it mas especially virulent aud 249 died. Therc were a fcw cases after Febru-ary, 1899,in Sau Felipe, Santo Domingo, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, and San Juan,bntowing to successful vaccination in January the disease did not obtain a foothold among these pueblos, and in the Iast three there mere no deaths. During this terrible scourge great heroism and devo-tion were exhibited by many employees, who remaincd at their posts, doing all in their power to help the miserable sufferers falling around them. MISSIOX IXDIANS, CALIFORNIA. The recent decision of the supreme court of California in favo- of the plaintiffs in the oases of J. Downey Harvey et ccl. v. Allejandro Barker et at., and Samev. Jose Quevas st at., oommodly known ns the Warner's Ranch or Ague Caliente land cases, is likely to prove disastrous to the interests of the defendants, who are Mission Indians, end number several hundred persons. In these suits the plaintit% seek to recover possession of certain tracts of land in the possession of the fndiaus, including certain Indian villages, all within the Rancho San Jose del Valle, otherwise known as Warner's Ranch, in Ban Diego County, Cal. The plaintiffs claim title to the property in controversy through a patent of the United States issued to their predecessor, J. J. Warner, on January 16,1880, which patent was issued pursuant to the provisious of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1851, entitled "An act to ascertain and settle the pri-vate land claims in the State of California," and also through two grants from the Mexican Republic made, respectively, in 1840 and 1844. The defendants claim a po&sessory right in the nature of an easement in, or servitude upon, the property in controversy, basing their claims upon 8896-6 |