The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-03
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-,, ,v,,-,ys oy WASHINGTON SERIOUSLY
pIsrrKBrSg THEIR PEACE or MIND.
Washington dispatch to the New York
yerojd says: That the society and inilu-
cnces Of this brilliant capital have proved
enticinp and bewiidering TO more than one
man whose affections have not wandered
heyond ifsown hearthstone before Wis ing
Washington is a welI-known fact. b' It's
effects have lately been felt in remote
uuarter. which might have been supposed
10 no exempt from all outside influence,
md cspecally from the destinations OF
Washiugton's society and lis ladies. ii Is
even rrfmored that divorce, or its equiva-
lent I'm the customs OF the people OF the
most ancient race on our continent. may
occur in high life among The Zuni Indians
In consequence Of the visit the CHIEF men
of the tribe paid 10 Washington last spring.
These Rho have read '.'GullivcTs Ira
yels" have seen nothing therein more In
credible than the Zuni Indians have found
the stories told by the aged Pedro Pine and
Others OF their tribe who visited Washing
ton last spring. When Mr.. Stevenson, OF
the Bureau OF Ethnology, and his wife, his.
inestimabie belpmeet in his researches,
visited Zuni IN the early autumn. they did
not see Pedro, who, In spite OF his nearly
fourscorc and ten years, was out OF the
town at work on his farm. They, how
ever, heard much OF his wonderful narra-
tfyes since hisretlrn. those who had stayed
at home saving that Pedro had "talked in
eessantly since he came back, and had told
many lies." He had told them OF the water
he had seen run in the bathrooms, and the
gas and OF the fine things in the Washing
ton houses, and they would not believe
word OF ii all.
Worse than ALL he had told the Zuni wo-
men that the plainest white woman he saw
in Washingtos was handsomer than the
prettiest Zuni woman. This naturally
aroused their indignation. which they eX-
pressed freely TO Mrs. Stevenson, asking
her IL 1t could be true. The wife Of Pc
dro's son. "the Governor" is passionately
in love with her husband, and anXiously
asked Mrs. Stevenson IL he fell in love with
any Washington ladies, rs his father said
they were so beautiful.
The handsome young Moqui, who had
quite a career as ''masher" IN Washing
ton, and thought he had undoubtedly won
The heart OF q certain young girl whom he
calls Meenie-1lnnie being her name--is
married man. and besought Mrs. Steven
son to be silent as to his career in WASH
ington, especially In his wfe's presence.
" nen asked WHAT Dau DCCOUlc OF TIC
trinkets ladies in Washington had given
him, which be had worn when he left and
while here, he admitted with some show Of
feeling that his wife had taken them from
him after he got home and she heard what
old Pedro said Of the beauty Of the ladies
he had seen in Washington and their atten-
tions to him. Ii was also told by Mr.. Ste
yenson that since his wife heard all this
from Pedro the Moqui's domestic relations
had been decidedly unpleasant.
Pedro, il seems, had not intended TO make
mischief, but merely being carried away
himself by the force Of the facts he had to
narrate, wished to impress his people as
strongly as possible with the superiority Of
those he, had met in his travels and the
warmth of the reception given him and his
companions by such superior beings,
which, OF course, added greatly to his
.own importance. 1t does seem somewhat
ludicrous to think OF the wlles OF WASH
fngton society having had disturbing
influence upon that OF distant Zuni,
town unlike any other IN the world and
differing in manners, language, and race
from the inhabitants OF any other. Pedro's
own wife is old, like himself, and has not
apparently thought Of his making any con-
quests while absent or Of his affections
straying after white ladies, but the other
married women whose husbands were here
will not be willing TO have them travel
SOOn apain