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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-27
GUANN.
GUANG. ,t
GOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO. Is
TO THE PLANTERS. AND FARMERS OF
i'!tNs aEyA,fr $50 VIRGINIA. z. + rrz '
RICHMOND, VA, January 9Th, 1879

VIRGINIA.,
d RICHMOND, VA, january 9Th, 1879.
We have this Gay resigned the agency for the sale
Of the Pacific Gpano Company's brands.
Under the terms OF settlement between the Pacific
Guano Company and ourselves: ali the unsettled bu-
siness OF 1875 Including collections &c, Is 80 be
managed by our SUCCESSORS, MeSsrs. JOHN ). RERSE
& Co, of Baltimore. whom We commend to you. be-
ievIng your relations with them will be both plea
''''t' any Wakes, SAUNDERS & co.
From the above card you win please note that the
Agency of the Pacific Guano Company will be coa-
Quoted hereafter by the undersigned from Bait more
as well as Richmond. The spleadrd reputation OF
Soluble Pacific Guano, earned by It's superior excel
iepce and remarkable adaptabity to the soil OF Vir-
ginia, especially on cotton corn and tobacco !ct
continue to be sustuirsed guarantee being afford
ed in the wise management OF the Pacific sGnant
Company, which has practically unlimited sesource
ct It's communicative ample capital Isl COOS O9l
extensive works, most approved machiaery, lRrs
denosits of Phosphate. best scientific atssty, to
of wEici, add long experience In the business ],
correction With The nudersfgIea as General agents
illattfe lyick to 1856. 4Wejwilt keep a. supply o
Gnsno On band AZ Norfolk, PortsFmopsh, Petsfsenr
'@.'0 NJ JOHN 3. REESE 81 co.. General Agents,
4 a,2a-3m ii .,st III tlIlore and Richmond.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-27

hCgTWO HUNDRED. PIECES BROWN
COTTON, slightly dauagcd by water-cach piece
containing ON 40 to 80 gards-to be sold 1T Sl.4S
:. piece 1T .-.. .r.... ... ...r.
fe1s COHEN BROTHERS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-27

We have the speech OF Senator CokE, OF
Texas, Oh the bill to. extend the railroad
system Of tue United States 70 the Rio
Grande. The Senator urges tue work{a Q
military necessity.
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EUENsTERE.

He NOR STR EEr. offer tDducements. Goth Us "a
10 prices and terms 10 AL In need Of EURNl- S3
TURE Of any Kind. such rs 10 make Il 10 their
Interest 10 examine stock before purchasing. Fine
WalEut Suits Wi III Tennessee and gray marble:
Sideboards with dark marble Parsor Suits In cate
line and raw siik-yery handsome: Reps and fs1sir-
Cioik Suifsycry cheap: Pine and Poplar Furniture
OF every kind. Our stock will be found eonaste IN
every particular. Don't fail 10 eall. Satisfaction
guaranteed. lie Gor3N
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EDUCATl0N Al

cELECT SCHOOL.--We are n rnr,ns 81
y pare,g to receive persons OF all a:.TIy CRIES
EsrSt:fi. DRAWING. PASTEL b O'''-'
cas- In PRACTICAL DV9AN'
formed .,
'rEEAss. Very reaeons Sfe. -, ,ol Nr,i '.
For further snrormasaon cal al, AZ ns0 Ir ~
street. or address J'h n, IN, sDo,c y,
IL ss-eodl2ts 81
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4. e a. sTax-Payer,' Of Culpeper, forgot to
send us his name. E;s Is. 800. 4. W
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aa.rrrcrss,XEYIEs, sc.

DURE CANDiEs.-I va, L io,' .Sssr u x
L daily my iDim liable pase srxkc nct'c' y,
HIS fur who,esai 10 purposes than Any aud 10
eonn:ry-warssn,ea perfecsly ir ran, -,,.far t'
raiions. We don't USE any rnces !; i uccr 0'..,
aaSnped, whiirr, brighter, iirnirr' anu
10 sand iirrn IN any climate; rootrciSner.
y ''"N LOUIS J. BoSSlEuN;.l IsSM ala ,lnI q,
IN 40 #-t L-----.--- =
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yUS'r TRY II.

Price. Toe. SOiu DS all uTu-~!S'S. -
4 II MEADE Il BAKERS
u2rGsTpiE
AR-CUSiEOSS FOX !NTALl!''.
AIn-PILLOWS FOR TRAVELLERS
HOT-WATER Bags.
ICE BAGS FOR Tiia: HEAD.
RUBBER CLOPil FOX iNFANI>'
SOTr.RUEBER BE!'-PA&>,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
SPONGE-EhGS,
POCKET-STOVES.
uDRSE-IItIR FLESH GLOW -
FLESH BRUSHES,
POCKET-!SHAl.ERS,
STEAM-lSiIALERS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
... NASAL DOUCHES,
Observation-Disclosures
HARD-RUDDER TEus~ss.
za FEYE2-TEkMOMErE
GALYANIC-DATrEHltS.
And oil SURGICAL and
MEDICAL APPLIAScF> 81" 4
MEADE & BAhEE> ~ ~ .,-,,,.
VIU NJ re-.
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ENDORSED BY MEDICAL PRoFE>>irN.
THE ALUM AND IRON MASS AND WAITE
FROM THE

THE ALUM AND IRON MASS AND WATER
FROM THE
BEDFORD CyA.) ALUM AND IRON SrEiNG>.
ESTABLISHED TwESTr-SiN lEtEr.
Efficiency proved hy actual results IL t!lTl,H'I. 4
cases of Dyspepsia. Debility, Diseases prrH..tr p,
Women, Chronic DiairnTa. licaGJciir. >cr".r. s"t
Cutaieeus Affections. Sore Throat AMI DiiIl'rr.s
Chils and hlpar!al Fever. Extracts trHp 49,
monials:
Best niady Cor InGlmnIatory Sore Thl - 81
Diphthera ever used 10y NETS have icr'"l '''rI
practice OF forty ycars.-aCts a. ton". ai'-..tf.
and feDrituSc; prgferah. to ch!prsic 81 T,''"'
l.. \. SiFrERp. v. H., Ne.
After practice % many years nae i..., ~
| Watc: and Mass FOX Chronic dStascs nn'':..'-'''
Join L. MErrHAuR. V. D., IL. y..Tl.
| rcces.fui!y used In Dyspepsia and ',s. Z;
| Diarrnuu. "
0'''' PROT. SAN'L JACKSON. u. -. Univ. ~ n.
| "Surpas~iug any remedy that H;Ipw uI r. e. -
rulou5 affections: Have used Il tor t'''
| i'm nv practice" T.. l.. WALKER. W. -. -.
| "Af,er All experience Of mar lhiriy ear iai'
rOunG no treatment tQIai 10 this water nnh iss
Scroiua Cu'aucous Affections. hhtm iuar l"fl. 80
| lncnt. Chronic iTita'ions "f til" .;a'd'r. III. -
and Urethra; Liberation. and rrr':iH i"r;n,"
| pop>ta.'' PrDr. }. j. NoORNAN. VI. - 49,
| vl;ISESs' VA. MEDICAL hOSIli,.
| richmond. y.
Used with unpaniIe s"crc;;;;. IA ncm"rgal-..
Ex-Iicc-pgcai.iyut Ga. M"! -. ~.
"ENTInELY CURED or ellis ~ -. ~
! I. ihksf . 1 : y. .
Directions analv Is. and full p."Ci % ID '."'. .'
| sent with each pa"sagc. BOD.
| Water. 80 cents per gallon - iS' &c..
dozen bali gallon b1ttes; % Elr "Ic-s7I Il '.'.'
| john. .,.,... :.
| StasS, so cents and Il p.- bott'r; 80. ..'''
rCr half dozen, according To s..r-scE' i"-'-i'.,
| Fun proof II al claimed sent Itrc ny H.'i ~
ton. Liberal terms 10 dealers. l"T4h., 'E' .'' '
mndatcd al ,ilc>r Springs AZ all TINES ~ "a. '.'
| address 4. M. DAVIES. pre-ttcG: 4 10 '.'''
paUy. LyuchyuI;:, Va. ,,,.., q. ~,
Sold by lpi IL MI''ht' " ''
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lGaT,THREAD BOBBINa EDGE.-Genu-
Inc Handmade goods; piece of eighteen
f., yards for zoe. worth Sea yard; Z, 49,.
INVISIBLE HIn.PINs, fifty ina box, -for5c.;
INDIA-BUBBER DREssING-CoMBs at 8. 10,
:, Is, and 25c, worth more than double the mo-
H. ney: G.t5i fGh Tgd: ~ ,a@'ssad a'i'.j
rND1A.RuBBER ROUND COMBS at 3. 10, and
IN 1904 inst half tile price they were selling for
| - shotttirne ago; :-.''.''' - -
large variety Of uIGH-ToP COMES very cheap
TIDES at l5c.wort Soc, at Il. b. <au@s5:
.4.1,,.,..,r.. LEVY BROTHERS.
ToRCHoN EDGINGs and INsERTlNGs:
:. .,r. a. .-...1 80 :. - TO
NJ ANOTHER ARRIYAL.oF' SILKS,
oAsHMEREs, ALPACAs, MoHAIRs, and other
seausona adj, DRESS GOODS at
fe,ls Grrra ~ LEVY BROTHERS.
Ii M. NOTTINGHAM L ACE CUR
TAINs, WINDoW-sHADES, CARPETS, RUGS.
OIL CLOTHS, MATS, and MATTlNGSa at
fe IS ..,.3."s.:, LEVY BROTHERS.
MT UMBRELLAS! UMBRELLAS !!
UMBRELLAS! silk, ALPACA, SERGE, CAM
ERIC, and GINGHAM UMBRELLAS can be had
If s, RE Isl. LEVY BROTHERS..
NJ WATERPROOF CLOAKS TO BE
so,d yt ono half Of rec Mar prices:
BEAyER-CLOTH CLOAKS at sc worth So;
BEAVER CLOTH CLOAKS at So worth sl4;
BEAVER CLOTH CLOAKS at 50 worth sl5;
GEAvER-CL0THC LOAKS at $40 worth SIS;
BEAvER-CLOTH CLoAKS at s12 worth $40;
BEAvER-CLoTuC L0AKs at s14 worth $25;
CHILDREN's CLoAKs at $3.50, Sc, $3.50, "a,
$3.50, and So. at LEVY BROTHERS..
... lfc Isl .-..s ....t.
GeY~ ONE HUNDRED NEW PAT
TERMS of HAMBURG EDGiNGs and INSERT
lNGS.
EVERLASTING EMBROIDERY EDGINGS in
great variety. very cheap. 81. ...-
CAsH's COVENTRY RUFFLlNGS at lower
prices than ever.
WIRE and BRISTLE HAiR-BRusHES.
| CLoTfEs-BRUsHEs,
;, COMES of every description,
POCKET-BOoKS, PURSES,
MEMORANDA. BOOKS,
RUFFLES, RUFFLINGS,
LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS. ut
fc1s 3. LEVY BROTHERS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-27

DOCK AND JOB WORK NEATLY Elk,
ID ECUTED at the DISPATCH PRINTING
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-27

These goods we're purchased at 4 great sacrifice,
ard will be offered at G. small advance. They COLI
sist IN part of $3.50. rr
WHITE a7a CoLoRED TABIE?DAMAsK;
LINEN and COTTON sHEETlNG and SHIRT
ING;
PRINTS, LINEN HANDkERCHIEFS;
LINEN DIAPER:
DRESS LINENS, LINEN DRILLS;
BLAz LINENS;
FURNITURE LINENS, In plain and fancy;
TABLE-COVERS, SHIETING-LINENS,
TOWELS, HAMBURGER EAIBBOlDERIEs,
TABLE NAPKINS, ..g... ... .-
and many other goods.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-27

SAVE MONEY! i
as the season Is advanced and the wapfso OF trade
ae few, are de;erned to keep up our sales. ane
10 do 50 have marked down our tsi III g4slr'a /
ENTIRE STOCK, TIVE NTY PER CENT!
bringing all goods very low, and Inary at than
'.'s' PRIatE.COST. Il, st.a,.syg
.s...t Il DON'T fail to call2this month on
BROWNE & ROWE,
and thereby saYe yourself So out of SO spent with
them. Remember all Of their fresh ana desirable
goods, including t,!5 u - j r." 2ti +
:. -. DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. ,,a,f
- NOVELTIES. ETC, 49,. ;,+.ns-.
are to be sold without exception at
- - PRICES THAT WILL TELL. 80
Give them call at their popular store, 507 Broad
street. us tt1s.EiE!ht ii I6-eod
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COHEN BROTHERS
D f 7 G. O 0 ID 5 d,

DAMAGED DY WATER ONLY AT THE GREAT FIRE
.... .... IN NEW YORK. - .. 80. .....
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-27

COHEN BROTHERS would also state that they
are row receiving heavy shipments OF
GOODS FOR THE COMING SEASON.
Their store has recently been reftted and very
much enlarged so that the heretofore Inconvenience
experienced by being too dense will be IN greater
part oDviated. re IS
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-27
NATURES REMEDY!

corner of Erord aud Ninth -'u.s
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-23

Notes and Querieshore Notes and Queries -Lsaring to
smoke-The Little Men-The Confessions of Bbli-
maniac-Piutes, Milliners and Boys-Somewhat Owlisk
-Gleanngs-Dates and Mares Milk-A Chapter Oh
Canes, Etc.-Tom Thumb, Etc-Somethng Critical
Random s-Scraps--Finding Money in the Ashes
Our Good Takers of the Far West-BlHs Monday y
Man q Barometer
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-23
PROSPECTUS.

The subscriber herewith his forthcsmi 81
volume Of literary odds and ends Letters &C. the
be entitled,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
Late kilograms.

The benefit for the orphan chill.
dren of General Hood Mt Baldwin's
Theater, Saturday night, was a
great success. The net receipts will
reach $1,000.
Since our last, two suicides and
murder are reported in San Fran
cisco.
Sheriff Moore, of Mendocino, and
o party, traced the fugitive outlaws
from his county to Butte Creek
Canon, in Butte county. On Fri
day morning they surrounded a
cabin in the brush and suddenly
appeared before it. The outlaws,
who were there, broke for the
brush, and Billings was mortally
wounded by the posse. Gountz
was subsequently captured, and
Brown is still at large, but nearly
run down.
The rains have been very heavy
in the northern part of the State.
The streams are swelled over their
banks and staging has been inter-
rupted. The upper Sacramento
rose seventeen feet in one day. A
dispatch from Yreka says 3.SG
inches fell i'm eighteen hours.
During the recent cyclone in the
Bay of Bengal storm wave swept
over Monkishtal Island, drowning
several hundred persons.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
Collaboration of the Sexes.

Michigan University has one
h hundred and thirty-four lady stud.
ents, and President Angel says or
the experiment of educating the
sexes together: "After our nine
years. experience in co-education,
we have become SO accustomed to
see women take up any kind OF
university work, carry it on sue
cessfully, graduate in good health,
cause no embarrassment in the
administration of the institution,
and awaken no especial solicitude
| in the minds of their friends or of
their teachers, that many of the
theoretical discussions of co-educa-
ton, by those who have no oppor-
tunity to examine it carefully, read
strangely to us here on the ground.
1t is q cause of sincere congratula-
ton that, both in this country and
Europe, the opportunities fol
women to obtain as extended an
education as men are rapidly null
tiplying."
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
The Hygienic Filter
........ AND ........
Water Cooler.

This invention places within the reach
of every family the means OF procuring
pure and wholesome water. IL will re-
move all decayed animal, vegetable or
foreign matter, mud, sand, alkali, etc.,
thoroughly cleansing aud also cooling
the water, by reason of its being made OF
porous pottery, to degree healthier and
pleasanter to drink than ice water.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09

| SIR:-The Legisla ture of this
State, assuming that it was desira-
BILE that the wishes of the people of
the State. upon the subject of Chi
nese immigration, should be un-
mistably expressed, passed an Act,
approved December 81, 1877, enti-
tied "An Act to ascertain aud eX-
press the will of the people of sthe
State of California on the subject
of Chinese Immigration" This
Act provided for the submission to
the electors OF the State, at the
next general election, the question
of the continuance or prohibition
s& Chinese immigration. It pro-
vided that such electors as should
desire the continuance of Chinese
immigration might express such
desire by placing on their ballots
the words: ''For Chinese Immi-
gration;n and that such electors as
should desire the prohibition of
Chinese immigration might place
on their ballots the words:
against Chinese immigration"
This question was submitted to
the voters of the State, in pursu-
ance of the Act above mentioned,
at the general election, held on the
Sd day of September, 1879. AT said
| general election there were chosen
all State and county officers and
members of the United States
House of Representatives The
total vote cast at such election was
one hundred and sixty-one thous-
/ l,, a n Al II (1t1 10El
vot9s, which is several thousand
more than the votes cast at any
previous election in the State. 1t
is probable, therefore, that the
vote was as nearly full as it would
be possible, under any circum-
stances, to secure. The vote was:
For Chinese Immigration. ......... 1888
| Against Chinese immigration. .154, ,638
Voters who do not express 1any wish
| on the subject. ................... OOH
The conclusion from this vote is
unavoidable, to-wit: that the citi-
zens of the State are substantially
unanimous against the continuance
of Chinese immigration.
The Act above referred to further
provides that the Governor shall,
| dIttT tUt NOto OI bH0 IuGStioh vi
Chinese immigration shall have
been taken, make statement of
the question submitted to the elect
ors, and of the vote thereon, and
forward copies of such statement,
properly certified, to the President
and Vice President of the United
States, to each Cabinet Minister,
Senator, Member of the House of
Representatives, and to the Gov
ernor of each State and Territory.
Now, for your Information as to
the actual sentiment of the citizens
of this State, touching the question
of the continuance of Chinese i'm
migration, and in pursuance OF
law, have the honor to transm II
to you the foregoing statement.
| Very respectfully.
WIN. IRWIN, Governor.
Attest: THoS. BECK,
Secretary of State.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
Tho Newspaper Beat Heard From
ISanta Barbara Press, 5th.l

[Santa Barbara Press, 5th.l
A plausible individual named
Chas. II. Bell, representing himself
as the agent of the San francisco
Journal of Commerce, has been VIC
timizing some of the business men
of this city. His plan is to solicit
subscriptions for the paper and to
collect the pay for the same, which,
it is needless to say, never finds its
way into the hands of the propri-
etors of the paper. The journal
has advertised him, and last even
ing two of his victims waited upon
him at the hotel and made him re-
fund the cash he had received from
them. He is an Englishman, tall,
fair, and rather fine looking, with
a gentlemanly address, and is well
calculated to deceive the unwary.
One gentleman, who was beaten by
him out of five dollars, said last
evening that he would have him
arrested to-day if he could find him,
and unless he has already skipped
the town he will have chance TO
try the fare at the Hotel de Brown.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS.

posals will be received by the Odd Fel-
lows Building Association at Downey up
to P. NJ. on FRIDAY, 18th inst, for the
erection of A TWO STORY BRICK
specifications to be seen at the store of
Messrs. Baruch & Loew, in Downey: the
work to be completed by February Goth,
1880.
The Association reserves the right TO
reject any and all bids.
w. p. MCDONALD, Sec,y.
Downey, Dec. /, 1879. d2-td
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09

The Governors Memorial Attest
ing the Vote on Chinese. I,nIni-
grafton.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
i0SANGELES WEEKLY HERALD

Unpublished every Saturday morning
TERMS.
One year by mail or ex press one y..ssGss y
Blk months, . 4, - m
Three T" "'A w
Advertisement inserted at ressohnpie
rates.
AZ. Utyds of JOb.yYOrk dome TO
OOm 1ete with San EranctscO IN
price style, and Elegance OF WORKS
ulanslfiD.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
TO OWNERS OF LANDS.

The undersigned will be happy to re-
ceiye particulars and plans of land tor
sale in this county, v tn a view to intro
duce the same to the II )tice of intending
immigrants. Samples of any kind OF
produce will be useful and can be left at
my office, No. 10 Sprin street.
EDW ARD L. GOAD.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
Arre.s Of Lottery managers.

NEW York, Dec. 7.-Yesterday
afternoon thirteen participants in
the management and Office OF the
louisiana State Lottery Company
were arrested, and the books, tick
cts and other paraphernalia OF the
business closed.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
Coming South Going North

Both steamships call at Port Hartford
(SanLuisObispo)and Santa Barbara. On
The down trips they stop at Anaheim
Landing, for freight only.
R6-Passengers for san Francisco take
the train for Wilmington that leaves
Los Angeles at 800 O'Clock p. NJ, Los An
geles time.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-09
HOW THE WATER IS CLEANsED.

HOW THE WATER IS CLEANSED.
First the water passes down through
four inches of assorted Marine Gravel,
then through eight inches OF Patent
White Willow and Animal Charaoai;
then ascends twelve inches through
Fresh Water Sand and Marble Dust;
then descends again through twelve
inches of Charcoal.
The Filter. with all its tubes. Is made
of Terra Gotta, and is so arranged that
all the filtering material can be re-
moved and repacked entirely with new
material, at a trihing expense.
They are manufactured in two sizes
viz: The Family Size, to contain four
gallons, and the Office Size, to contain
| two gallons. of filtered water. The Fam
| lily Size will filter thirty and the Off1ce
| Size fiftee n gallons OF water In twenty
| four hours.
In Oakland alone there are about hve
hundred of these filters now In use, CIV
| ing perfect satisfaction, and a testimon1.
al from the owner of each one can be had
| at any time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-03-14
Oomanche Peouliarities.

An American who has been studying
the life, habits and traits of the Conan
ches thinks there are at present from
10000 to $4,000, of whom about $500
are warriors. Wholly nomadic, they
have no villages or fixed habitations,
but roam and plunder 800 to 900 miles
from north to south and 700 from east
to west. They own large herds of
horses and mules, obtaining horned
cattle only for their immediate wants,
because they cannot drive these as fast
as they want to move. All their ami
mails are procured by robbing the Mexi-
cans and Americans, and all their wars
are undertaken more for plunder of this
sort than for any other purpose. They
never take men prisoners, though they
kill and scalp them; but they carry off
women and children; make wives of
the former, and rear the latter as their
own. They have never had any per-
manent places of abode, as the absence
of all mounds and tumuli in the terri
tory they range over clearly proves.
They seem to have been born on horse
back, where they do all their fighting,
and in attacking trains they always en-
deavor to stampede the animals by cries
and war-whoops-a stampede render
ing destruction of train almost GER
tain. If they attack village, they kill
everybody they encounter, and then
drive off the stock. The Chiefs of these
Indians do not inherit their authority,
but acquire it by superior knowledge,
personal bravery, or success in war.
Any social disagreement is adjusted by
a council of Chiefs and Seniors of the
lodges; but these disagreements are
few, and family feuds are rare. In
deed, they live together more har-
moniously than many civilized people
do. Of law they have no notion, nor
have they any conception of national
policy. They never observe treaties
any longer than self-interest prompts,
in which they resemble most enlight-
ened people. Their religious ideas are
veIy crude and indefinite. In an evil
spirit they do not believe, but ascribe
both good and evil to the good spirit.
Their conception of future life is in
distinct; but they hold that men who
have stolen the most horses and taken
the most scalps will have the best
chance of happy hunting grounds in
duOIu6I WOIlu. rlTc Is SdCI0u VIII
them, and used in all their religious OBJ.
servances. Ties of kindred are very
strong, and extend not only to relatives
by blood, but by marriage. Offenses
against any member of a family are
avenged by all or any one connected
with it. They are polygamists, some
Chiefs having ten or twelve wives. In
fidelity on the part of wife is punished
by cutting off the nose, and the seducer
is obliged to give up his available prop.
erty to the injured woman. The hus.
band exercises absolute dominion over
the wife, who does all the work while
he fights and steals. Going into a fight
they divest themselves of everything
except breech-cloth and leggings. They
call themselves Natini, meaning live,
| Or firSt-aliVp naOnlp