The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-12

utteranoes were true. II was only known
that he had lived among the Pimas, and
| had been considered 8 sort of superhumRn
| being. The mysterious Indian maiden had
not been heard of except through Walker
and what he said was not explicit. Under
these conditions the jury found Walker IN
sane and declared the marriage In Tucson
invalid. From this an appeal was taken to
! the supreme court.
THE GIRL FOUND.
! While this case was progressing there
were attorneys in the case whe believed
that It was highly improbable that Walker
has led the life of celibate during his
residence among the Indians. and that per
haps the alleged Indian maiden really ex-
listed. search was begun and continued
over seven months. Their labor was re-
warded. The girl, no other than Juana
Walker, daughter of John d. Walker aid
an Indian mother, was found at Mesa City.
Mormon colony In this valley, where she
lived under the protection of a Miss
Rosette Pomeroy, a maiden lady. The girl
Is now Il years old and the image OF her
father. She was placed under Miss Pom
eroy's charge several years ago, and hat
lady has quantity OF letters from Walker
acknowledging Juana as his child.
These letters are tender missives, such as
father would inscribe TO a child. Besides
this evidence there have come forward
witnesses, both among the white and Indian
residents or Final county, who claim to be
witnesses to the tribal ceremonies which
united John d. Walker and Juana's mother.
The latter was always looked upon as the
wife OF their chief by the Pimss. It was
further learned that while Walker was In
custody in Los Angeles Juana did corre-
spond with him and furnish him informa-
tlon regarding the condition Of his mines
and other property in the territory. Juuna's
legal right as a half-breed remains yet to
be established, and some very MOE points
OF law are involved.9
QUEER INDIAN CUSTOM.
One OF the most pathetic portions Of this
romantic story is yet TO be told.
Walker, upon the occasion Of his first
seizure, was spirited away in the night.
bis departure was as mysterious to the
average Indian mind as was his advent
thirty years before. For some time the
Indians waited for his return and then a
priest brought the intelligence that he was
dead The statement became confused in
their minds with the old prophecy that
Montezuma would leave them in the night
to return to his home in the sun. While
walker worked assiduously to remove from
their thoughts all ideas as to his being a
superior being, yet many, under the in
huence OF his strange departure, have re-
turned TO their primal worship and belief
Their traditions say that Montezuma
nA'SE his second appearance on earth Will
leave suddenly for his home in the sun, 60
prepare a place for all good Pimss. On
Dec. II each year all those who still adhere
TO the faith ascend the highest mountain
points In the vicinity and build sacred fire.
The flames are fed till dawn, amp then all
the devotees kneel with their faces TO the
east to await the rays of the rising
sun. If the embers of the
sacred hearth are extin- guished by
the sunlight, then they know that the
time has come to JOIN their Mes
slab in the skies. If not, they return to
their homes and their fields, and with a
patient faith take up the plodding Of an-
other year. To these people the man whose
body lies mcldering in the cemetery at,.Napa
Is an imperial king who holds the thunder
and lightning and all the elements, as we'll
as their eternal life, in the palm of his
hand. So much for kindness