Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1915 — Squaws’ Bowis “Old Relies.” [ARTICLE]

Squaws’ Bowis “Old Relies.”

Juan Segura did a thriving trade in “prehistoric Indian relics” until recently. He sat on the platform of the Santa Fe depot at Riverside and peddled the "relics” to tourists at fancy figures. Segura might have grown rich had not Unde Sam taken a hand, because he discovered the Mexican was raising the cost of living for many Indians in the vicinity. Many a squaw was forced to go miles to purchase bread because Segura, it is alleged, had taken her bread bowl and disposed of it as a “relic.” His practice threatened to denude the district of bread bowls. So he was arrested and pleaded guilty in the United States district court—Los Angeles Times.