Image 1 of Santa Fe new Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.), August 22, 1904

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SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN VOL 41 SANTA FE N M MONDAY AUGUST 22 1904 NO 156 THREATEN TO USEJORCE Governors of the Pueblo Indians Assert They Will Resist Taxation TO GOTO WASHINGTON Representatives From the Nineteen Pueblos to Ask for Relief A congress of representatives of fourteen of the nineteen Indian Pueb los was held at the U S Indian Indu strial School in Santa Fe on last Sat urday for the purpose of considering what action should be taken with le gard to the recent decision of the su preme court which decided that the Indians were citizens of the United States and as such would be obliged to pay taxes It was decided by the congress that a representative from each pueblo would be sent to Washing ton during the short session of the United States Congress in January Judge A J Abbott United States At torney for the Pueblos Superintend ent C J Crandall of the Indian School here and Superintendent James K Allen of the U S Indian School at Albuquerque will it is thought accompany the Indians to Washington Decision of Supreme Court The decision recently handed down by the supreme court of New Mexico