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Show wrote a memo to the Superintendent at Zuni, George A. Trotter, asking him to "investigate with reference to the Zuni sacred lakes and to find how they could be acquired for the Zunis." Trotter determined that title to the area in question rested with the Tucker Livestock Company, which was in receivership. He met with Mr. Art Saunders, receiver for the company, and discussed purchasing that portion of the ranch on which Kolhu/wala:wa and K/a:tulhlhanna were found. But Saunders replied that his stockholders would be unwilling to sell just part of the 95,000 acre ranch and that the government would have to purchase the entire tract (at approximately $200,000.00) or nothing at all.1 61 Mr. Saunders informed the Zunis' superintendent that he thought it would be but a short time until the ranch was sold, because of the "financial condition of the stockholders." Because of that impending sale, he said the owners were unwilling to set aside a part of the ranch for the Zunis' use, but he said the Zuni people had "no reason for any uneasiness" in regard to their "periodic visits to these sacred lakes and springs." In turn, Trotter and the regional Area Supervisor, Forrest M. Parker, suggested that the entire ranch be purchased and that the extra portions of the land which did not have Zuni shrines on it should be made into a 161. Trotter to Collier, December 16, 1933, with enclosure, Central Classified Files #310-54806, 1933, Zuni, "Zuni Sacred Lakes Area," Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75, National Archives. - 113 - |
