Smyrna times., 1886-07-07

ful eyes. They have not yet been suff
GENTLY civilized to have fiat chests
round shoulders or crooked spines
They have a keen sense of humor,
should say, for they laughed heartily
at one another's jokes, exchanged il
their own musical tongue. 1 mus
confess that, though 1 listened closely
did not hear anything in the way o.
a TOltos joke that seemed funny enough
to make me laugh, but that may be
owing TO the fact that TOltos humor is
new to me.
The PueblOs are now surrounded by
a young and vigorous civilization, but
they are still honest, truthful and gen
erous. But civilization will doubtless
do its work, and the time will come
when the Pueblo Indian will be
afraid to lend his umbrella to a warm
personal friend and deacon in his own
church.
You eat dinner at H0lbrook, Arizona
You have now crossed the Continental
divide and are on the Pacific Slope.
To the north are the Navajo and Moeui
Indian reservations. twenty-five miles
away are the famous petriied forests
OF Arizona, embracing several thousand
acres. Many tourists stop over at Hol-
brook to visit this interesting work OF
nature and bring away valise full OF
specimens.
The line between New Mexico and
Arizona is crossed between Manuelito
and AllantOwn. Arizona, the next lar
gest Territory to New Mexico, is about
three times the size of the State of New
York and has within its wide domain
nearly every climate. There is much
desert, but some sections are very pro-
ductive. There are many thousands
of square miles of grazing lands and
the mining interests are large. Gold,
silver and copper are found in various
sections of the territory. The A. and
T. road passes through large part of
the best laIrls of Arizona, but gives
you a view of its desert section as well.
Late in the afternoon you cross the
Canyon Diabolo, a hideous zig-zag
chasm in the face of the world. The
bridge, an iron structure that cost
100000, is 54l feet long and 223 feet
above the bottom of the abyss.
The magnificent San Francisco
Mountains, group of lofty, snow-clad
peaks which rise few miles north of
the railroad, near Flagstaff, will attract
your attention. There are three
sharp peaks Of purest white, supported
by dark shoulders of cedar and pine-
covered heights. The main peaks are
Humphrey, Agassiz and Humboldt.
Mount Humphrey is 1855 feet high.
The mountains northeast of the San
Francisco group are known as the CO.
conino Range, They are mainly ex-
tnct volcanoes. In one of the Cocoon
inc hills is group of sixty-fve of the
mysterious cave dwellings, which are
supposed to antedatc the prehistoric
cIh dwellings, an extensive collection
OF which are found near Flagstaff.
Near Flagstaff the railroad enters a
fine timber region and the country as
sumes beautiful park-like appearance.
A Chicago firm has extensive sawmills
at Flagstaff, employing about 300 men.
During nearly half the night the train
glides swiftly through this magnificent
pine forest, and puts you at The Need
els in time fOran early breakfast. Now
you are on the California side of the
Colorado river, here broad and rapid
stream, spanned by a substantial bridge.
You are only AT feet above sea level
and at one of the two hottest places in
the United States. The otheris Yuma.
also on the Colorado river, where the
Southern Pacific railroad crosses il.
John Phoenix originated the story of
the wicked soldier who, dying at
Yuma, went to the hottest place named
in sacred or prOfance history, and at
once telegraphed to his friends for his
evercOat and Winter clothes. It is a
very old story but men will tell it to
you in the West if you will suffer them.
A man sat down by me and told this
old story in all its horrible detail. but
he was a tall man with big fists and
carried a pistol in each bootleg. and 7
spared him.
AT Yuma l35 in the shade is good
Summer weather. At The Needles
about 1913 is the highest Summer record.
l got so thoroughly frozen in Delaware
last Winter that am not yet thawed
out. When heard of the way the
mercury crawls up in the thermometer
to look over the mountains at Tho
Needles | was anxious to get there.
When l got there the thermometer reg
isiered only 96 in the shade, and | went
back to the car and put on my Spring
Overcoat.
There are always a lot of Mojave In
dians loafng about the depot at The
Needles. Sometimes they are a hun
dred strong. They make business of
seeing the trains come in. That is the
hardest work they do. Beyond that.
they toll not, neither do they spin.
They lie or sit about in cool and airv
costumes and seem to be the happiest
people on the face of the earth. They
are too lazy to steal anything they
can't eat or drink ON the spot. saw
one finely-built young brave who was
clothed only in cool, self-satisfed air
and gauze undershirt. He seemed
perfectly Indifferent to the fact that his
tout ensemble might occasion remark.
None of the Mojaves that saw were
over-dressed. Fashion dictates, how
ever. that the Moiave women must
wear three stripes of dark paint reach
ing from the underlip to the chin. A
Mojave belle, moving in the circles of
Mojave society, must wear her three
stripes of dark paint or be the object of
harsh and cruel remark from the rest
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