The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-05-05
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Interesting Facts About a wealthy
Tribe of Indians.
Some interesting testimony has been
ELECTED by the Holman committee at Wash.
ington. A good witness was Navajo Sam.
He admitted having been born in New York
city and to having been chsistened Samuel
Dittenhoffer. When Mr.. Holman inquired,
Please state what knowledge You have Of
the Navajo Indians, = Sam turned loose his
tongue on subject in which he was evi-
IDENTIFY well up. He replied:
They can do anything that you and /
can do. They arc good silyersmiths and
blacksmiths, shoemakers and farmers.
They want to be citizens of the United
States. They pay taxes to Arizona in horses
and blankets. The Moqui tribe of Indian
people claim to be rich. They are big
towards, but terrible workers; they have a
number of thousand of sheep and some
goats they have not got any running
streams. The agent is in with the contrac-
tors. They are peaceable and very indus
trious, and all they need is education to
make them the best of citizens. The chill
dren are employed in watching sheep and
goats. The men only own their own ponies
The women own the houses. If woman's
husband dies, she goes home to her hus-
bands brother, If be is living They have
no war-iikc dances, but have corn dances
and rain dances. They are not nation tc
take scalps."
What portion Of the Nayajos ARE ON their
reservation? About IA, 900 on, and about
Ii, 900 off the reservation
Aren't they having trouble with Arizona
by getting off their reservation They
charge them taxes, and il they get good
range they steal it from them and one
thing they want is the right to buy sup
plies. You take a flock of sheep and run
them across tract of land and they will
burn everything they have got to have
water for them. The trouble is they have
not water enough. They have got $685.
worth of silyerware among them. They
will drink whiskey, but they will not buy it.
Do they go from one house to another.
They keep some one in the house. They
are without doubt the richest class of pee
pie we have in America. As people, the,
win out-valne any other people. There arr
none Of them poor; all have something
You start boy out with ten sheep, and
when he is 25 he will have big herd.
Tho Navajos were fond of roasting cars,
4 were they not Yes, that is great time
for them. The Nayaios sell at lenst $780,
600 of corn throughout the country. Mr..
Beaumont predicted that their corn would
equal fifty bushels to each Navajo. They
dry it in the sun, and do not feed it to theil
stock any. They have 10000 horses anc
1 $500, 900 sheep. Among the Nayajoa ths
woman is boss. When shearing timc come
she carries the wool TO market, and if sh,
4 wants 10 give the buck anything she does II
If there is divorce the man has to GO
Yes, sir.
Does she take another man? She can
They like their children. s
Don't they whip their children? No, sir
they shove the child, and the child will
pout awhile, and then they will pet it.
Have they still great faith in their medi
cine man. Yes, sir; but they have stone,
some medicine men to death. They extermi
mated o whole tribe of medicine men. Tha
was six or seven years ago. These ney
men are very successful in herbs. If an,
of them have contagious diseases they leav
| them to die,