When Government officials sot about extorting from the Ponce Indians. at the point of the bayonet. their consent to leave the home of their fathers deeded to them by that same Government. those officials encountered the strong and uncompromising opposition of two men of the tribe. They were brothers. horn leaders of meu. intelligent. bold. brave. chivalric. and patriotic. They could neither be persuaded out of their homes by soft words. deceived by false ones. corrupted by promises. or moved by threats. Their influence with their fellows was. accordingly. very great. and proved a serions obstacle to the forcible deportation of the tribe in which those officials were engaged. That obstacle could not be overcome. and it was necessary. therefore. to crush it. The heavy hand of the Government was laid upon these two men. and has never been taken off.
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