68 SADDLE AND CAMP 



Roosevelt will be in to-morrow, and you'll 

 have an opportunity to meet him." 



Sure enough Teddy came, bandanna hand- 

 kerchief around his neck and all. He was an 

 Apache Indian policeman. Another check was 

 shown me upon which the endorsement was 

 witnessed by Abraham Lincoln and Oliver 

 Cromwell, and still another which bore the 

 name of George Washington. 



While here I visited with Coleman an In- 

 dian school where an official was engaged in 

 taking the census. A mass of Indians, men, 

 women and children, old and young, were gath- 

 ered about the building. In addition to a name, 

 each Indian has a letter and number by which 

 he is designated by the agent. For example, 

 the head of a family is known as A i, and the 

 various members of his family as A 2, A 3, A 4, 

 and so on. The head of another family would 

 accordingly be known as B 1, and the various 

 members of his family as B 2, B 3 or B 4. 

 Those who own stock brand it with their 

 number. 



On the morning following my arrival at 

 Coleman's Logan Jaques, a young sheep ranch- 

 man, rode in from his camp to join us in our 

 hunt. Long before daylight Coleman, Jaques 

 and I were up. I was very ill from assimilat- 



