National Republican., 1873-10-04

-om Instructive or conscientious promptings;
,r why should they be voluntarily more so
han the men, who arc not so generality The
unishment for iufdelity In the female is the
lifting Of the noee, inflicted arbitrarily by
he husband, without opportunity to the
Vomen OF trial or appeal. A white man can |
ave one or more "wives" on the same terms, |
md some have even been compelled by In |
lian agents and commanders Of military posts
o take and support females whom they had
iecoyed from the path OF virtue, and who
we're consequently outcasts among their kin
ired.
TIE ArAcHE GIRLS.
Tho usual presents to parents are horses,
game, firearms, blankets and trinkets. Some
girls, daughters Of chiefs, cost as much as
twenty-five horses, not on account OF their
beauty, but the honor OF the thing. "A man
can discard or sell his wife. she mas no
voice In the transaction. Physicaliy, tne
Apaches arc probably one OF the bandsomest
OF the Indian race, especially the females:
Their complexion Is nut-brown, many 9i
the women being charming bruncttesi black
hair and ewes, the latter medium In size and
obliquc In shape; noses OF the Italian ssapc;
magnificent teeth; good mouths; the contour
OF the lace UNh huu Cmuttutch !" Wv hNht
round and full In the women. In figure
medium, the men averaging fyo feet five
inches, the women four feet eleven inches;
the men deficient In, the women rcplete with
adipose tissue. The chests, shoulders and
arms OF the men arc very loan, habby and
muscles lily developed; those Of tho women
full and round; the result In the former OF
monopoly Of labor.
The women, with constitutions unimpaircd
by the VICES OF the men, attain greater age,
and are usually heavier In weight. Men at
tain full physical development at twenty to
Twenty-Five; women at fourteen. Many girls
become mothers at from ten TO twelve, and
average 13o pounds in weight at the latter
age. Their health Is usually good, the only
disease prevalent being rheumatism.
The Apaches are decided pedestrians, and
being accustomed 10 running aud climbing
feats from earliest infancy are capable Of
great endurance In this direction. A Mr..
Walker informed me at Camp Apache that he
once made the distance between Zunis and
Camp Apache, one hundred and twenty miles,
with pair Of good mules, In sixteen and a
half hours, but was beaten two and q half
hours by an Apache, who left Zunis on foot
at the same time with himself. He also Offers
TO wager s500 that the same Indian will beat
any horse or mule In Arizona In three hun
drcd and forty miles. At such times the lp
dians keep up a swinging gate, or dog trot,
not relaxing their speed for moment for, I
deer In this manner. A buck starts q deer
and, denuding himself Of all clothing, follow
him all day, managing SO as to compel tn
animal 10 run constantly over "malpain
ground, volcano rocks, &c. At noon the dec
becomes overheated, his hoofs drop of, an,
he lies down, but Is off again when the pur
suer Is upon him. But the Indian knows tn
strategy of his victim, follows him relent
lessly, increases his speed at last and come
up with and lanccs him.
THEIR INTOXICATING BEVERAGE.
They brew beverage called Tish-win, OF
which they love to intoxicate themselves nov
and then, en- mdsse. This Is prepared as fol
lows: A quantity of Indian corn Is cooked !,
/ water and buried In the ground until !
sprouts; 1t Is then ground up fne, boiled y
hours, or little more than from sun to sun
and permitted to stand until II ferments, whe
1t Is ready for use. But whether from " an
OF susceptibility Of their gastric and nervou
functions, or the insipidity Of the nuid, 1t re
qulres fast Of three days to enable them I
experience its intoxicating effects. Think O
II! whole Indian camp indulging in fastin
and prayer-not to invoke the divine aid, Q
appease the divine wrath-but to get joll
drunk" When under the influence Of tn
beverage the Indian Is not himself, and eve
L
, worthy become maniacs.
/ WHAT THE souAws HAVE ON THEIR sEck
Many of the women have an excrescent
! on the back of the neck like q wren, the sii
of q hens egg, from carrying heavy burden
There are sQuaws who carry habitually loa,
. of hay and muscal weighing from three
, four hundred pounds distance Of from Il
! to sixteen miles day. This may sound ma
yclous, but Is authentic. Yet these pitifr
t..I. hal
uninterrupted martyrdom, patiently endure
were the principal sufferers from the alta,
made by the brutal citizens of Tucsoa, Al
zona, upon the Indian reservation near Can
Grant few days ago.
THEIR RELIGION.
They look upon Great Spirit" as the
father, the earth as their mother. BeiI
asked why, an Indian replied, Because Il
earth nourishes me, and everything sec tel
me that there Is q still higher power"
Q They are hospitable to such white men tho
know and have confidence In, but are not
be trusted to any extent, for self-eyident re
D sons. There Is no mixed blood among ther
!, but numerous captive Mexicans, taken VIII,
1 infants, who are now thoroughly assimilat,
Q with the Indians.
Q THE FOOD
! OF the Apachcs Is game, corn, roots, esp
cially the muscal, and berries. They ha
: the best facilities Of any Indians on the CO
|, tlnent for rich and varied dict.
u Their raimant Is still extremely scanty;
i head-covering, cotton or buckskin shirt,
!. fg-leaf apron, and moccasins. The wom
= arc decently covered from head to foot, ar
! = are possessed Of much innate modesty.
Many Of the Apaches still use the bow d.
= arrow, but more from inability TO procu
firearms than from choice. They fully
= cognize the superiority of the white man, ar
v l M. I'm ata hafnra thatr -,
e nearly at an end-the Indian problem near
y y solution.
9 INDIAN SOLDIERS.
~ At Camp Apache company of Indl
II soldiers Is stationed who have the same ID
y rations, &c, as white soldier. They q
~ good scouts, but must bo permitted to flg
,. and scout after their own fashion. They
l. oflicercd by Indians, but do not wear the u
i. form unless they are non-commissioned o
u GERS, In which case you have the spectacle
o fellow with bare head and bare legs, wei
Ing an army coat with brass buttons, q
IN sleeves adorned with sergcant's or corpora
Is chcvrons. They are great gamblers. Z
re- ticcd one OF these warriors into the suite
d store at Camp Apache to increase his sup,
It lative inches" as Carlyle would say. /
n rected by the commanding officer of the TO
n who was present, to do so, he permitted I
: to measure him round the chest, giving
r suit OF 36l inches; but when l motloned
y him to innate his lungs, that might measu
d the difference betwecn inspiration and q
y plratioD, he commenced to, trcmblc Violent
!, his eyes almost protruded from their sock,
o with horror, and making fearful leap
Q the door, he disappeared.
II FILhL AND RELIGIOUS DEVOTION.
The Apaches have strong notlons of fl
. devotion, and hold the aged of the male 8
!, In great respect. In this respect II wou
seem that primitive and barbarous peopl
are our superiors, and that civilization
somewhat cringing; for we, with our chivi
: rous devotion TO the fairer sex, are apt
7 neglect our aged, while they, with their We
: GRAFTON for age, treat their females Us an |
fcrior creation.
They are very superstitious- fceliI
which has often been OF service 70 the whi
8 intruder and no matter how devotcdly O
tached they may have been to wife, parent
or offspring, once dead they arc never 0
luded to. ] once incurred the dire dlsplea
ure Of an Indian by inquiring after his dea
! parents.
, desire to add that not long since Mai,
Randall, commanding Camp Apache, callt
together the chiefs and old men of the Coy,
teros, and informed them that for purpos
. of discipline he was about to appoint oy,
them chief, able and willing, with the q
. slstance Of the military, to maintain pea,
} and order among them. He did so and Il
} result has been satisfactory.
: At certain times all the Indians arc r
quired to present themselves for roll-call al
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