Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-07
had the peculiar Indian odor.

tiers and travellers gradually obtained more and more firearms, that theil dwelling places were situated among inaccessible mountain crags; that the scarcity of water for the greater parl of the year precluded Il successful ex- petition against them; that the troops i lacked the experience necessary for such peculiar warfare and that good trailers could not always be obtained in sufficient numbers; seeing all these difficulties, 1t is easily understood that the subjugation of these Indians caused the government great deal oi trouble and expense. Even the Chiri. cahuas had surrendered themselves and been located, together with the other tribes, on the San Carlos reseT- vation, there was no real quiet or peace, because that unruly and rest less tribe would break out again from time to time and resume it's former career of bloodshed and robbery, until in 1886 General Miles with about 5000 troops and the judicious use of the heliograph succeeded in capturing the | principal chiefs and their warriors
 He sent the whole tribe with bag and baggage to Florida whence every chance of their return was impossible. Arizona is now, after years and years of constant suffering and impending danger, enjoying an era of peace and quiet, progressing in every branch of industry in a degree that must astonish the world at large,
 Of San Carlos reservation 1 sha.i say nothing. Sanguine people like to believe that the Apaches will there be made self-supporting and civilized I have every reason to believe that the officers in charge, both civil and mili- tary are doing their very best in their respective places which are by no means sinecures; but the very exist ence of an Indian reservation of 6000 square miles in the heart of terri tory whose population have given their hearts blood in their efforts to- wards its settlement, is gross in justice. Not only because many bona tide settlers are prevented from estab- fishing their homesteads on this red mans land, but also because 1t is an utter impossibility to guard such a number of Apsches on so extensive a reservation and as long as there is a live Apache in Arizona, he will breathe mischief. Or can you change the leopard's spots, the tigers stripes?
 It is impossible to form q definite idea of the religious belief, if may SO call the inner life of savage people
 of the Apache Indian; they are very i retlcent in this respect. It is however manifest that they believe in a Great Spirit and future life of some sort all are very superstitious and kind of spiritualists; they believe that the cry of the cuckoo Is the voice of g de parted soul coMe to call one of them away. Their medicine men, in order to better influence them, encourage them constantly in their superstitions
 Many outbreaks have been caused by these sorcerers who claimed from time to time to have had visions of the coming utter destruction of the white, and absolute supremacy of the red race. Every Apache has, like nearly all Indians, q so-called good medicine or talisman, which he carries with him generally in g small buckskin bag; il
 consists of a few bears claws, a braid of horse hair, q oolored rag, a dry snake skin, a small sculptured stick
 the tail of some animal or a oombina
 ton of several of these things. Upon the reservation the Apaches, being wei
 fed, are much more tieshy than they
 were when at large, but they do mol
 bring that power of vitality and en
 durance to their peaceful pursuit. which they displayed when roaming at liberty to the detriment of man
 kind. They live in dugouts, huts
 tents, and some have already construe
 ted for themselyes and families houses 1 of adobe. Their manner Qf living i
 not conducive to cleanliness and the,
 are as g rule, infested by vermin; il
 order to rid themselves of their tor
 mentors they beplaster from time t,
 time their heads with a mass of we
 clay which is allowed to dry upon ant
 intermixed with the hair, this they re
 tain like an earthen hood, as 1t were
 for number of days when the clay i washed out together with tse DQi , dead yermip. 4n warm weather the, will hathe quite frequently, but il , winter nothing could induce them t. enter the water or even perform
 copious ablution. All hair growin upon the body is carefully extracte } with small pincers.
 The chase is the main passtim and pleasure of the Indians who aaif almQst without a&teptian exper ! patient and therefore successful hunt | CTS. When stalking the deer the i carry upon their heads dried do t head with which they initiate to pel lection the motions of eating gras 5 etc. Their bodies, in order to repre- s sent the natural color of their pre-, ? are bedecked with g whitish garlr ar
 whossff EFIp,sE E,sIt IS G6yefed hy a ooa g ing of reddish brown clay. In tn l manner they slowly approach and cur l ningly deceive the ever watchful dee T and antelope who seldom escapes the f deadly aim Besides this they use { l food the roasted Agave, the small oil t nuts of species of pine, the acorr l the pods of the mesquite tree, parior 2 berries and the fruit of the diHerer I cacti So abundant in these region E For the celebration of certain fess 7 they put on their hnery helmets d buckskin beautifully and tasteful e adorned with turkey feathers red an s striped cloth and blankets, ankle e and wristlets with rattling and jinglip s- metal bells and mocoasins snd ie d gings with more o1 less elaborate beni e work. ~Their dances aGe6mpained ! s the monatohe nqsie of a reed flute, s- crude fddis and apugl and several ra t ties consisting of hollow gourds part e filled with some pebbles, appear to | y together with their equally monotor n chant, very clumsy and devoid of a ,, elastic or graceful mQtiqn. IA fa' T. they merelg ocpsiSt cf eontih uo, t circlipg round of sik Of eight me s- (@qg!a;%Ss taakg'HHo als aetits BaFb Who vt g bodies bent fofwaFd clap their hant F tagethss aad then slap their thigl
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