New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-08

tam peaks. and ihey will all be at the spring to
night"
Colonel Donphan says that the Nlyaj's were AZ
that time the noblost Indians be had ever seen.
They Were tall and proud and seil-posscssed. They
had many very beautiful horses and great bands
o sheep and cat c. lie was particularly srrp i'"d
at the beauty Of the women. They also were TAI
ana slender and we-forncl, instead oi lc.Hg
"squatty " and s,nntcd. like the Indian squa" h'
mad seen in the Mississippi Valley. ihe NaNWos
treated their women wi D. great consideration Llst
crn Indians required their wives and dau-h!ers 10
bear The burdens. catch the pon,es gather wood
Tor their camp-rcs fetch wafer and, il short, to do
all the drudgery of the "amp. These Indians, the
Colonel saws. did o ! this work Themselves while
the women performed tn lgitor tasks. made b'an-
kets and cooked The food. The effect Of tins moro
civI I'D Treatment was seen not only in the finer
development # the Navajo women, but m their joF-
Gus disposition. Why" SAID the Colonel III all
my life had never heard an Indian squaw laugh
hut tn women merry ~ white girls, and
tneg made the mountains rcccho with their laugh
ter"
After Colonel Donphan had camped with the
Nayajos one night he had big talk" with the
chief and told him that hc had come 10 make
treaty with him and to put stop 10 the Indian
deprcdatIous on the MeXicans. " ! don't gee how
its any of Your business" replied tho chef Il
have good cause for complaint n your interference
| have no quarrel with You. ! don't know who you
are But these Mcxcans are taking orr pastures
and lun'iur-qrouu is and Won have no right TO come
between us. Go back to your people. We will take
care Of these Mex cans ourselves"
"Hut IT is our business replied Colonel Dauphan.
1--WE have heard about y0d IN our distant home.
You are the most powerful people IN the West and
we are the greatest Nation III the world IN the East.
These poor mis-. rabc devil between us (the Next
caus are Of no consequence. They are only ut to BE-
the slaves o. better men. You here fist, and
could rave taken them If YOU desired, but they
were more numerous than You n@cded more than
you wanted. We have therefore come in and taken
them ourselves. TIey now our property. 1t
was all right for you to make war upon them before,
If you chose, bat now we say you must let our
property alone 1t WAS Il long time before Colonel
Doniphan could make tie chef understand
low the Americans had any interest or
right to interfere III quarrel between las
people and the Mcxicans, but he finally agreed
TO let the Mexcans alone, and signed solemn treaty
to that effect treaty that kept for many years
by the Indians aud was first broken 10y the white
people In ratification of this treaty, the first which
the Navajos ever made with white people, the chief
gave Colonel DOniphan three beautiful blankets
one of which lie sent to the War Department at
Washington one to General Kcarney, and the third
he took home with him.
SKILL IN WEAVING AND FFATs OF HORSFMANsHIP.
General DonIphan describes the manufacture of
fine blankets by the Navajo women he saw it
duriug that visit TO their country. The wool
all spun with the fingers and without the aid OF
wheel the process being very slow and requiring
great skill. The colors all vegetable. AS
two women spun the warp two Others
stretched the yarn upon pegs driven into the
gronnd each thread being "a long as the
blanket was to be. When the warp
made and arranged, the wool or filling was spun III
the same way and each thread woven iii by hand
and with the greatest care In tins manner four
women would make four fine blankets III about
three months. The Nayajos nave not lost the ART of
weaving blankets While the men hunt and herd
cattle and sheep, the women spin and weave
blankets for their own and for sale. Some of
those VII ch have seen here are coarse and can be
purchased lor from three 10 dollars, but others
are So Guc and so tightly woven that they viii hold
water like a rubbcr p0ncho and sci for from twenty
five to seycnty-iye dollars each.
General Doulphau describes the hors ,manship Of
the Navajos az that time as really wonderful. An
exhibition OF il was given in his honor during his
VISIT tO thc Indian country H2it n dozen jack
RABBITS were 4" coInllcd m space OF few acres,
ANA as many NdYdJur MOuLtch On ponies ana carry
ine clubs chased them about, Lot attempting 10
kill them but SIMPLY preventing them from escan-
ing. This, of cOursr required great skill and activity
beta on the part of the PONIES ana tncr IldcIS Alter
tin, sport mad continued Tor some time. the Indians
killed the rabbits with their bows aud ariOW-,
shooting under their horses necks while IN tul
career.
Altrl remaining several months in Santa Fe,
General D1aivIan, having been relieved by fresh
Missouri tTO0p- resumed iis march aud Joined Gen
eIal Wool III ODD Mexico. lie subsequently, went 10
the GdI of Mexico, crossed to NeW-Jrieaus, ana
returned 20 -. Louis after an absence OF thirteen
months. during which he had marched 1900 miles
through a wild hostile country. This the
most remarkable march IN ancient OF modern his-
tOIy. nat described by XoaOpuOu ia his Auaba-
SIS Is not % Dee compared Nt,h o. ! hI, summer, |
since the competitor OF the railroad. General Don't
phan has made another trip 10 santa re, TINS tlme
in "A Pullman paIacc-Car, /, aching the capital OI
NrW-NtX. CO In tlUty->lX hours after leaving The |
Missouri River. Although there has been many
changes since he roCe over the same route |
on horseback. and. as he sand, much To make tie |
priuc he stl met win constant reminders Of las |
march and residence m ths CITY more tuan third
0I accutury ago. ne plains ana mounts aims and can
OPS nave Lot changed. y trW Americans have made |
their homes iu tH fc, aud arc hrg puus not only
to IN reduce American archt. urr auu cu,.on~ |
iut Also b, the oroc OF example iO teach the Mex
icAue tic afia Ol modern oi,uIziuOH. bat the Old /
town remains and VIII stand Ior many years W4tu
It's mud houses ami walls. one of tIc qu iut"-t of al
c.i.s IN the United States inhabited b. civilized |
men. I l. W.
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