The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-12
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THE NAVAJO INDIANS;

A very excellent account of these Indians ap-
pears in the last number of the Doylestown (Pa.)
Democrat, Fl ON the pen of Major DAVIS, IoI sSne %
years acting Governor Of the Territory Oh NC"
Mexico:
In many respects the Navajos are the most IN,
terestng tribe of Indians in our country, ana
their history, manners, and customs are not un-
worthy investigation They appear superior
in intelligence to all the other North American
tribes and differ from them in their habits ana
traditions They live in the very heart OF the
continent, and from time immemorlal nave
roamed over both the Pacific and Atlantic slopes;
They have ever been known pastoral and
peaceful race of men, and live by raising 10cks
and herds, instead of hunting and fishing. They
own some two hundred thousand sheep, and more
than ten thousand head of horses, and at
times single chief is worth as much as hiteen
thousand dollars in stock, owning thousands Oh
sheep and hundreds of horses. They raise corn;
wheat, beans, pumpkins, melons, peaches, wild
potatoes, etc. They sometimes grow as many as
sixty thousand bushels Of corn in single season,
and the present year (lS5S) they are supposed 10
have five thousand acres under cultivation. Ihey
number about twelve thousand souls, and can mus
ter twenty-five hundred mounted warriors. Ihey
are industrious and aborious, and the men, women,
and children are generally kept employed. they
manufacture all their own wearing apparel, ana
make their arms, such bows, arrows, and lances;
they also weave beautiful article of blankets, and
knit wooden stockings They dress with greater
comfort than any other tribe, and wear woolen and
well tanned buckskn. The skin breeches come
down to the knees, where they are met by blue
stockings that the lower half of the leg; the
breeches fit tight to the limb, and the outer seams
adorned with silver or brass buttons. The coat
reaches below the hips with hole at the top to thrust
the head through and open at the sides; 1t IS made OF
wool, woven in bright colors and is fastened around
the waist by leather belt, highly ornamented with
silver when the can afford it, They wear
numerous strings of fine coral, and many valuable
belts of silver, and generally appear with hand
some blanket thrown the shoulder in the style
of mantle.
Tbo T,I;o = ,oI1 foot horse
being indispensable to him to an Arab of the
desert. They manufacture their own saddles and
brides, bits, stirrups, etc. as also the looms on
which they weave their handsome blankets, which
are quite ingenious affair. 1t is a noted tact
that they treat their women with more respect than
any other tribe, and make companions OF them
instead of slaves Navajo never SENDS M rs
wife to saddle his horse, but does 1t himself II he
has peou The modern doctrine OF ''W omans
Rights" may be said to prevail among them TO a
very general extent. The women are the real
owners of all the Sheep and the men dare not dis
pose of them without their permission; nor do the
husbands ever make an important bargain without
! first consulting their wives. They admit women
| into their councils, who sometimes control their
| deliberations and they also eat with them. Ihey
are mild in disposition, and very seldom commit
murder; but they consider theft one of the
greatest human virtues, and one is thought to
be at all accomplished unless he can steal with
adroitness.
| From RIO DE JANEIRO-The New York Tribune
has papers from Rio de Janero to October D. The
weather has been very severe all over the empire,
and heavy gales of wind and storms of rain had
! prevailed
Dates from Pernambuco to September % give
the following version of the difficulty there between
the French Consul and the President of the Prov
! incc
"a French subject named Chardon, having died,
leaving orphan children, the proper Judge under
took to make an inventory of his effects. To this
the Consul objected, asserting that it his bust
ness to take charge of the property of the deceased
| Quite a correspondence followed, and the President
| of the Province, ST. Jaques, decided the question
in accordance with the opinion of the Judge of Or
phans The Consul protested at the decision, which
disinterested persons declared to have been just,
| and suspended his relations with the Presidency,
going so far as to forbid the French vessels in port
to hoist the Brazilian colors the 7th Of Septem
berthe national holiday. The affair remains in
this state, awaiting the decision of the General
Government"
| According to observations made at the Marine
Arsenal in Pernambuco, the great solar eclipse
commenced there ON Sept. 6, at p hours Y min
utes AZ seconds; reached its greatest observation
| and terminated on Sept. Z, at hour 81 minutes 10
seconds. The surface of the obscured was 10
minutes &c seconds or 40 digits After the eclipse
! the weather for five six days of the most
rigorous description, and cOpOus rains fell inces-
sanity. All the rivers in the northern part of the
empire had overhowed their banks, and the cane
plantations had been severely damaged. Travel on
| the Pernambuco Railroad was suspended for day
| on account of the freshets.
| The exports of Coffee during the month of Sep
tember reached 2l3,672 bags. During the first five
days of October the exports were 81, $50 bags, of
which 1902 were shipped on the 5th nearly all for
| the United States.
Cleared Oct. 4, for Baltimore, bark Winifred,
with $50 bags coffee; for New York. bark Roe
! buck, with 5,677 bags coffee.