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Umax Powerlook 2100XL, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 12,027,824 bytesour own living if we can. I am no thief, and I will not beg, but my wife and children were hungry and I must either steal or they must starve. So I took the horses and traded them for grain, and hunger of my family was satisfied. You can do with me what you will. I have spoken.’’' NATHAN OAKES MURPHY--Governor N. O. Murphy recommended the construction of the San Carlos Dam in his annual report for the year 1899: "At San Carlos, on the Apache Reservation, there is another site, to which much attention has been directed during this year's series of investigations. The conditions there are exceptionally favorable for economical construction. "The Gila River Reservation embraces 357,120 acres and at least 200,000 acres can be covered by irrigating canals. Under a storage system this reservation could be made to support all the civilized Indians in the territory and still afford a large surplus of land for white settlers. It being an Executive order reservation, the land controlled by the Indians could be curtailed to the area actually required for their support, and the remainder thrown open to public settlement simply by the order of the President. ‘‘It would seem that here is an exceptional situation which warrants Congress in making the necessary appropriation for the construction of a reservoir, quite independently of the broad question as to the advisability of the Government adopting a general policy of reservoir construction. The wisdom of enabling the Indians to become self-supporting is universally admitted. When, as in this case, that policy can be carried out on lines financially profitable as well, there can be no objection urged on any valid ground. Not only would the Indians gladly pay for water but the farmers in the valley between any reservoir and the reservation would be good customers for any surplus.’’ JOHN FRANK WILSON--The first bill to authorize the construction of the San Carlos Dam was introduced by Hon. J. F. Wilson, Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Arizona, on December 12, 1899. The preamble of the bill is in part as follows: "Whereas the Indians located upon the Sacaton Reservation have since time immemorial supported themselves by agriculture through utilizing for irrigation the waters of Gila River; and "Whereas these Indians have at all times been friends of the whites against the attacks of the Apaches, and through this fact the whites have been encouraged to settle near the reservation and utilize the waters of Gila River; and "Whereas the development of irrigation along Gila River consequent upon the settlement of the public lands has diminished the flow in that stream until the Indians have been deprived of water and are forced to become dependent upon the charity of the Government for food; and "Whereas the result of the investigation shows that water can be obtained in an economical manner only by means of storage reservoirs; and ‘‘Whereas suitable locations for these have been found at a number of places--notably at the Buttes, Riverside, San Carlos, and Guthrie