Drought Threatens Zuni Indians

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 19, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 51.

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Drought Threatens Zuni Indians

ON account of the severe drought in New Mexico the Zuni Indians have been reduced to subsistence on the roots of grasses and herbs growing in the dry beds of the river and its tributaries. Unless substantial and continued assistance is given by the government, starvation will be the portion of many of them before spring.