New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-11
THREE FAIR FLAG-MAKERS
CALIFORNIA; FIRST STARS AND STRIPES
INDIANS-AIINING.


1000 - occ ,s,osAt CORRESPONDENT OF TIE Tribune
lbs Angeles cal. Aug 3.--IIere in southern can
fornia to-day are living three ladies who' III ioi''
made the first United states flag which ever was u"'
hrled I'm California. Don Juan Bandni IN that you
lived on his ranch of thousands OF acres al "H"' "
now known as Old Town san Diego ms i WIZ"
the mission was established and is adjacent W w
present city of san Diego. Don Bandim WIS I
sighted and perhaps trine d,saected' he iKsu 20 20
Amertcanosp and he know that this fair lana "ou''
Inevitably come under the domination of the Stars au
stripes He had three lovely daughters Aro"i'',
Josefa and Ysdora. all Of whom duuiuN .,.
their fathers views In the old days IL "@'
for the young women Of Spanish blood TO hhu su''iY,
alliances The rigid rule of caste precluded msfrias
with Young men whose blood was mixed WIN ""
Indian or Aztec, but the adventurous Americans W."
came gold hunting were considered good catche'' e'
~ tbcv could not tell who their grandiathcrs "0
After events proved that these three young 'p"nl,'
girls needed no considerable amount Of argument o"
their father to convince them that inc "ni''''
possessed remarkable attractions. ~
AS things more and more strongly polh'c' " -
coming supremacy Of the United states Don
Juan grew more and more eager Publicly
Indicate that his allegiance would be gady CIV" ~
the new order when It should be asked ior' why ~
fly an American flag! This was a cap'Si 'o"' 49,,
where was he 10 get the standard Inc 'n',N
put their pretty heads together and oo'cIii''
make a flag with their fingers at the cos' VI 80
sacrifice And they did: ono contributed coquet.,,"
red petticoat; another slashel up her prcues' W..
skirt and the third took from her shapcN sho"'''l
a bue silk shawl and sacrificed it on the ai''i "
patriotism. The result was very crcoi'apio Ill,
which was displayed on the outer wall oi W. -,
honse-thc first which ever carcssed by oaio'''''
semLtrOplcal breczcs. ,,. and
Mark the happy result. Scnorltas Nro"'''" -
ysidora both marrcd Americans The former j. Nv"
u nalp
latter IS the widow of Colonel Cave ). oou's' y, ad
ruls Dcv Senorlta Josefa, however, was "ooc" a.
iron bv q handsome and wealthy spanlaTl' Don i'o
Ic Carrclo of Los Angeles, who before MS u',,."
acquired great landed interests. Inoso ''lu. AMI
ar, uyipr here in the midst Of the progress "i''
activity of a great State, at whose christening It ~
be said that they assisted
The Westerncr thinks no on, knows any
the Indian problem but himself; he Is app I" 10
clusIons from prejudice rather than oec Va.
often cites practical examples, which Knock tlc Vi
of pbilanthropists sadly out OF JOINT i"0
Reristers Of Gallup, y. NJ, mentions the re'"r'
rurber Of Indian children from the C4rll'ie S"o 49,,
vbcro tloy had been for six years. The cdl.or "''
t,e echool is not the place for young lhh'",'
encals a. follows of one case which cam' u""0'
observation: ,,. how
Among these unforunatcs IS NaVaJ' u"i
renbcw NJ Watchman John, Waterman at the NaNaJo
T.
able 10 speak one word of his mother tohe"'' arn
English but brokenly. He has no means Tor his """
eunnorf no knowledge Of Indian cfatt, no ""'o
nrarti,cd among the Indians with which 10 supp'i
himself TO means TO g. out among the "n'Us an
earn a living, no friends and IS leit' ue'erV' III
decd among the savagcs TO siarvc' lhere j. no PO
vision for the support Of this boy. yet but Doy
vhat i 70 heroine of him! lie IS the laughing stock
NJ the Indians the Upward of low whites, pitlcd
only by agency employees who have no means Oh
aiding him. This Is the work OF the cruel loois WIZ
take Indian children from their tribe paftany euucao
until they forgot their mother tongue, ana sent 'hem
out to the wild tribes that have forgotten theh' I"
starvc TO tugn thieves
There have been similar instances brought to my
own observation Of mission Indian boys III Oalor-
MIA who after receiving an education and becoming
fairly civilized, were returned 10 their people only 10
become oucasts among them and Of no use among the
whites.
The recent newspaper story about the reputed dis
covcry of herd Of mastodons I'm ALASKA has excited
an interest in the search for fossils I'm southern Cali
forna. which Is remarkably rich IN such treasures
In grading the streets In Ventura recently number
of teeth and bones Of trcmendou, size we're I'm
eartIcd. stephen Bowers. OF thai city, who is some
thing Of a student supposed them 10 BE- hose OF a
fossil llama. Santa Ba blra h0wcv'r, has an THOR
ity on prehistoric monsteis in Or. Lorenzo Yates,
who at pronounced the teeth 10 De The cusps Of
a mastodon and the bone. 10 dong TO ;hc same
animal. Tha doctor ma, In nine parcs
in the STATE found romans Of ma,o-
dons comprising two specie, and from
twenty has collected portions Of fossil elephants.
The mines at the Alamo. IN Lower California, the
scene Of last springs mining craze, continue 10 pan
out. something over a thousand people are at me
camp, AND capitalists investing cOnsd lablc
money in quartz lands The only mill there yet
Is little horsepower affair." belonging American
named Butler, who writes to friends In this city that
he l. clearing with IL from $50 TO 800 day. The
International Company. however which + now wholly
British In lis construction and policy, makes things
decidedly unpleasant for American, I'm the peninsula,
more ~ now. in fact. than before Congressman VIII
lam Nandcrver, Of this district. came out strongly
United states. In point Of fact, that territory
geographically belongs 10 California, and would be
decided acquisition. for n j. far from being the
desert waste which many suppose IL j.. When II IS
acquired. II ever that come about the NOV" To crcae
the state Of South California VIII take definite form
and I'm all probability be carried through. Tho Union
he's immediate need just now OF a now Rcpul-
lean state. the friends OF The movement would
agiatc Il more vigorously.