Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-11
MANA. THE APACHE CHIEF.
Pen For.rsis or the Terror of the Isri;o--os

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 Nana is not hcreditarily chief, but
 has probably more influence with the Mescaleros, tribeof Apaches-s called
 pW their foqdness, ef msss ,,,,s,, the Amer | really tried to be good once, I believe, | that IS, as good as an Apache can ever | hope tO be, but with all his influence l that of the bucks under him was strong CT and he had to obey their behests or l lcse his power. Like all his nation, Mana is short of statue, wears short hair, has full, round face, eyes that dart tiendish light whenever he looks at you, Q slight body, thin arms and well devel- oped calves, the latter peculiarly com ing from the habit of running early, in-
 culcated among all those Indians. I
 first saw him at Fort Grant, a post at
 the junction of the San Pedro and Ari-
 vipa rivers, in Arlzona, iu lst5, and
 should judge him to have been 32 years
 old at that time. He and his Mescaleros
 with lot of Spanish for fools
 another tribe of Apaches, came to the
 fort and camped, saving they wanted to
 be helped and taught to farm. There
 must have been 2tO of them in all. and
 my men dug ditch t0 ITiigate land for
 them, but they only stayed a shr.t time.
 To some further question relative to the
 ApGches the Major replied ti at in 1Sfj
 they were not un reservations and were
 armed for She most part with bows and
 arrows, which are not effective at g. dis
 tance greater than thirty yards, but
 since then they have secured the best
 kind of Winchester or other magazine
 guns, and seem to have no trouble in
 procuring cartridges ad libitm. They
 are puny race, filthy as the Diggers in
 habits and appearance, and wear shirt
 and belt and moccgsins made of ante
 iOTC or coyote hides, and are utterly des-
 tit .e of tinery of any description. They will eat, steal or kill anything possible,
 aE don't know the meaning ,f the word faith. The Savaj0s, some of whom are
 saiI tO have joined the MescalerCs, are just tLe reverse of the ApacLes so far as
 physique and appearance are concerned, and are tai, weil-fOrued, muscular and handsome.
 "i will tell you" went on inc Majcr, 'uIe incident ttat came under my per sOnal observation that shows the mar vel0us endurance and vigor of the Apache squaws. During one of the ab- sences of the band from For Grant I | desired to induce them tO retl rn and 90 to work, and the only messenger I could get was young woman, sister-iu-law of Mana himself. She started for the mountain camp on horseback riding a la ciOthespin-andr returned in just forty eight hours, having been successful in her mission. She travelled 1J0 miles. ! and during the trip she gave lnrth to a child, which she brought back alive. The Indians called the yoangster La Pace, {. because Its mother had acted as a peace . maker. One more incident, this one about poor Calhoun. He vas lying in !. my tent one dGy when one of the big ]. medicine men of the trlhe camo in. I | am going to play sick said ne; see what he will do Accordir gly he grUaned as if in great pain. and the in- terpreter explained to the nntive physi- 1. cian that he was very sick The aborig- !. mal Esculapius advanced slowly to the . bedside, made a lot of passes over Cal 1 nouns person and then spat full in his . lace. The way that pseudo sick man . kicked hls doctor out of the tent would . have made you laugh until sick your self. St. Paul Pioneer Press.