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...cornerstone laying. Resplendent in black velvet and heavy gold braid and accompanied by his official sword-bearer and macebearer, he was honored by Governor Jack Williams at a dinner for 400, including that noted Tory Barry Go Id water. Next day Jesus Esquerra, an Indian chief whose Chemehuevi tribe once owned the land, presented Sir Gilbert with a robe and headdress and rechristened him "Ha-utu-nu-wu-mu-hwint," meaning "Leader of a Noble People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 4, 1968 | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

...uranium and alfalfa, was a godsend to the Indian Affairs Bureau officials. They signed him up just one day before expiration of an act enabling Interior to lease 67,000 parched Arizona acres with the expectation of turning them into a desert garden for some 1,500 Mojave and Chemehuevi tribesmen, who would get the land back in 25 years. As first installment on the $28 million deal, which promised handsome profits to Developer Barton from subleases to cotton growers after he irrigated the land, Barton plunked down a $40,000 personal check with a $5,000,000 performance bond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: The $40,000 Bounce | 9/16/1957 | See Source »

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