The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-04-15
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Ats# Ri.ya u lie Hayden 81.
Fi.aaue explorations iu s9all.wcslsru
Colorado al.s lg nIl3wpg
Aside from aa aicrcti attaching to
ta n arWiygs. there sfe thrown
aaaf ,aa osA and is ,arrrauudlugs tho
tausn sa3 charm at sgtadary sssocia.
eou I9a tafF rans Tins as given by
uf EHjo Formerly the aborlalpos iu.
bsnise3 asllb country so have been
eyr as far wcs, d. the hoadwa,ors of the
s3a 1aan. as iaFu north as the Rio Dolores,
,yr some distance iato Utah, and south
ald au0a-we throughout AfiIona sud
on down Into Mexico.
They bad lived there trom time i'm.
memarial- since TIC earth Was small Il.
land, wheh augmented as its inhabitants
multiplied They cultivated the valley,
fashioned whatever utensils and tools
they desired very utslly and handsomely
out Of clay, wood and stone, not knew.
ng suy of the useful metals bull, their
houses sal kept their 1acks aud herds IN
Gle fertile river bottoms, aud worshlped
the au They were an emiucntlY peace.
fal aud pro plrou4 people, living by az.
ucaItore fatbortli by the chase.
About a thousand wears ago, however,
ghoy were visited b. savage strangers
from lbe north, whom they treated hos.
pItably. soon these visits became more
ircquont aud annoying, Then their trou.
blcgma ntighOors rs--anceslors of the pres.
cnl lcs began 10 forage upon them,
and al last. % massacre them aud devas.
tate tBoir Brmsi SO to save their lives al
least, tber bnilt houses high up tho ciiiis,
where they could store food and hide
away unHl The raiders left.
But one summer tie invaders dld not
go back 70 thaig mountains As tho people
expected, bui brought their families with
tBcm and settled down So driven from
their holue. ana lands. starving Ia their
latle inches on the high ellis, they could
only sieal away during tho night and
wander acfoes tlie cheefless uplands. To
ono WHO has travelled these steppes such
a dght seems terrible, and the mind bcs.
tatcs to picture
Atthe ofistonc they halted aud proba-
bly found friends, for tho rocks aud
caves are fall Of The nests of these human
wrcns and swallows ler9 they collect.
ei, erected sand Notifications and watch
towers, dug reservoirs in tho rocks 10
bold 3 supply Of water which IN all cases
is precarious IN this latitude, and once
more stood at bay. Their foes came, aud
for one long month fought and were
beaten back, aud returned day after day
to attack, as meroiloss and inevitable a.
tic tide
Meanwhile the families Of The defenders
we're ovacualing aud moving south, and
bravely did their protectors shield them
till they were all safely hundred miles
away. The besiegers were beaten back
aud went away Bat The narrative tells
us That The holows Of the rocks were iil-
cd to the brim with the mingled blood OF
conquerors and conquered, and the red
veins Of 10 rau down into the canon.
1t was such a victory as they could not
afford to gai again, and they were glad
when the long fight was over to follow
their wives and lite ones to the south.--
There In the desert Of Arizona, on well
nigh unapproachablo isolated bluffs, they
built new towns, and their few descend.
ants, The Moquis, live IN them to this day,
preserving more carefully and purely the
history aud yeneration Of their forefath-
cr5 than their skill or wisdom. II was
rom one Of their old men that this lradi.
tioual sketch was obtained.