Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-14
VISITING THE MOQtIS.
a CALL FROM ST RANGERS WHICH
THEY DID NOT Al ALL RELISH.

a CALL FROM ST RANGERS WHICH
THEY DID NOT AT ALL RELISH.
Pueblo Indians ResentinG the Presence
of white.-CoL Stevenson and His
Wife Return from Arizona with Cnri".
and a Rcadahi" Story OF Adventure.
Col jaime, Stevenson II The bureau n
ethno ugS has rrturu" to Washington after
snlourn Of about six month"; among tn"
Indians Of ArI nua. bring NJ Il car load Of
rare and Valuable rur o. illustrative" uf IN,
50 Ial hahits Sur hip aui iudu-trrr, of va
riou~ tri e., of which httir Is known II,
WAS accompanied in his travels hv Mrs
Stevenson, and the Iai- had adventure
among the Pueblo luti ,n- Int unusual IN
Its character. Having t. llurrd -"mr newly
discovered cave Villages in tn vicinity Of
r la staff. \ 7, thy gathered small
party, struck across the d,"ert t. the north
east for the MoGui towns, several lay
journey distant They arrived 81. ely. ami
enramI-i at the 70 Il of hlgh mesa. at the
top OF viii Ii stand or"Ii the Arrest.
wcsternmust, and least known o. all the
. "ru bio towts Its p'pulaIon Is about : "
souls. and the village H. "A compact mas ut
rubble struC ur,s. staining on" upon an
other, like plc Of PITY t"Nrs and with
Hs llttl" gari u any plan nl arrhl'@turG
The p, ople, like all vi ln.,o In lInnS, arr com
larative!y han mles,, ut, unlike tn nnJ"r-
ity, have a strong aversion 10 contact with
the VIII te>
Some Of the lea ling men of the town came
down to the camp and. aitor cousllerah g
palaver. ga.e ,onsrnt that their villnE"
might be- visited. but >tpulate tnat no cf-
fort should be made to convert tine PcoIl-
( TO Ch:i,,ianity. Thr next day Nh and
Mrs Stevenson, ac umpanici 10y their four
friendly No us from other villnrr, and rs
many Nav. &C., 30 OF g top If the nrs 1,
dlsuuunteI " ..hcI Ilu III, vIlln-" pia "A,
and thence climbed IA n.!dor to tn to- of
the oJiques, or high prlc7t's, hods".
THRONGs or IN, TIED RARHAKIANS
When the presenc, of the stranger 10
came known there mers signs Of eX Itemcnt
throughout the village Tn" n"ighbnriug
houSetuIs and the plaza were thr nSel by
eXcitoi harbarians, VIII" chatt"r'd in load
voices and male threatening gestures enc
burly savage upon roof Just above tn"
co.ique dangIed larint suggcstiyoly
noused at the end and loudly demanded
that the whites lie tlAcu to the - u a, or
underground ,hara. of the villa se, ami there
sumnarily dealt with tine or two demon
- ;,ii,iI,,aIs oI,,, t..r..d 10 h. tb,.
tirst to apply the knife. The friendly
Moquis stood their ground only few
ninuts AMI then disappeared. but the
Navajoes. who ure made ui hrmer material,
.,,,,a;,,J
CoI Stava,son say. that while the si-u,-
ton was highly int resting it was probably
is. sI,r,nipp than /. ,,|uId hav, Ia..n IN
r..or,Ic ma .uaint..d with the natural
,,iI;,y Of tba p,.br,s Nrs Stavar.,u
who ha, 40 ourued with her husband among
,nany wi 4 trit..s and knows the In,I,,n
character well. created an opportune di
var,ion hv shaking her fist in the fac, Of a
bunch hac.eI ,ayare who's, win. iictive rlo-
nnance saarnei to ax..rt a most m srhiryouS
inlueuc, over his fellows addressing Tn him
q, t,, s,u,s ti,,,,. sa,...,,I bri.f Iut yi.,,r,s
r.usrLs in English and Sponish when he
,yas of ours, init, unahI,. IN understand
R.Tn-. tho ma, b,d r,.o,,ra1 hi. .,If-r,.-
ss.s,n, tb.. s,r,nrars had h,r;cd down th.
IadJor a,,J th..u .lo,,Iy ,,,',Ja ,b.ir ,yav
,yi,h tho Who'll how iny n,rk men and
woman hiIdr.n and dos, at their heels. u
their nori,.s mnuutet and rode DOWN to
,.,rp Tboe found tho cook who was tn,
only other white nerson in the Marty COZ
s,,rrouri,d -o,p after their deporture hy-
many friendly InliauS, but when the Molu
desert rs reached them AMI told the story %.
the proceedings on the mesa all mountei
their ponies and made haste 10 get away.
/ he cook feared his companions had Teen
made prisoners perhaps murdered
PARTY To THE his ,UE
The marty remained in the neirhborhnod
several dars visiting the other MnIui vii
lng,s. tn all of which tn v WEE welcomed.
and many times they were visited surrcptl-
tiously at night by people from Urcibe, who
brought cures for sale, which they dared
not offer Openly. In this way a fair col