Indians For Mexico

INDIANS FOR MEXICO.

Remnants of Three Tribes Anxious to Leave Indian Territory.

Lone Wolf, the big chief of the Comanches, has arrived in Washington from the Indian Territory as the representative of the Caddo, Wichita, Apache and Comanche Indians. The object of his visit, according to the New York World, is to induce the government to purchase lands for the tribes named in old Mexico.

A special council of the tribes interested was held recently at Anadarko, Okla., to consider the matter of removal to Mexico and the purchase of 2,000,000 acres of land on which to settle. The tract desired begins at the northeast corner of the state of Chihuahua, touching the Rio Grande river, and extends far into the interior. It Is valued at $1,000,000.

"The Indians I represent," said Lone Wolf the other morning, "want a home where they will be undisturbed by the white man for generations to come and where there is plenty of game. We are free to admit that our race is about run, that our finish is near at hand, but in the meantime we desire to live and die as did our fathers.

"We have an option on the lands in question, and i f we can induce the government to buy them and take in exchange the lands allotted to the tribes I represent we shall turn our backs on our old homes tomorrow."