Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-09-12

and child of the tribe know Bass. ht has also interested himself succe si fully in securing government aid f. )f them in the way of clothing.
 As yet they have learned to manu~ facture nothing but moccasins. The saddles for their ponies they get from the Navajoe Indians, while their blankets are obtained from the Moquis and Navajoes with both of which tribes they are on friendly terms.
 The high perpendicular bluffs which hem the valley attracts ones admiration, as he enters it. Stand ing away up there on those dizzy heights can be seen rocks of various forms in imitation of images, as perfect almost as though they had
 been carved by the hand of man instead of by nature. The days are short even in summer and quite warm. It was niue o'clock before the sun reached a point in the heavens where it could peep over the edge of the blud. into the mid dle of the valley, when we were there, and very soon after noon the shadows commence to fall on its western side and by four or five o'clock have heightened until they strike the base of the eastern wall, up which they slowly climb. The radiation of heat is very great when the sun goes down and the nights
 become quite cool, the difference in temperature between day night being very great.
 The Indians are very thinly clad, and sorely in need of clothing, although it was a noticeable fact that some of the young bucks had three pairs of pants on. The smaller children were almost invariably en- tirely naked.
 Every year, when the peaches commence t) ripen and the corn gets mature enough to eat, they have a religious dance called the peach and corn dance. Our party had hoped to reach there in time to witness this, but were several days too late, as the Indians were already growing fat on peaches and corn, while the squaws were busy carry ing the former to the rocks at the sides of the canyon to dry for future use.
 The last night of our visit though they had a sick dance. When one of their number is very sick. or about to die, the medicine man summons the principal men and women of the camp to dance around him. in the hopes of driving away his disease. It so happened that during our visit one of the young bucks was very sick, and a dance was ordered for Saturday evening. IL was quite distance away from our camp, and Yes ma, the sub-chief. whose guests We were on that night, informed us that We would not be welcome. The welcome would have been overlooked bat for our need of rest, but as 1t was q mile or tSo away, it was decided not to attend, although we could hear their mean tations at intervals during the night. The dance was explained to us though. The sick man is placed in the open air and a circle is formed around him, while slow and solemn dance is indulged in by those in the cirle, and all participate in a chant ing sort of incantation. This is kept up during the entire night, their voices at times being pitched to a very high key. As soon as one in the circle grows tired. he drops out and another one takes his place, but the dance and chant never ceases. If the sick man survives the noise and din and wakefulness of this until morning, it is probable | that his vitality may carry him 1 through, and he may get we'll.
 Our party had the opportunity of | enjoying Indian hospitality, which i differs materially from that of the | white man. The sub-chief invited l us to camp the second night at his wickiup, and was quite displeased | when we passed it to camp at the upper end of the village. So marked i was his displeasure, that Mir. Bass decided that we should return and | accept his invitation. He invited | us to turn our animals out in his alfalfa field, as he is the possessor of | the only quarter acre patch of | alfalfa in the village. No sooner were they in there, than Mir. Chisf said: My boy be want three dollar for feeding the horses" We com i promised for two and paid it. Then "my squaw she want money for Two bits satisfied her want. After levying this tribute on us to enjoy his offered hospitality, he went to his melon patch and | picked large ripe melon, which he | gave to us and refused to accept any remuneration for it,
 Just below the Indian village are the celebrated Bridal Veil falls of Cataract creek, over which the 2OOO inch volume of water falls vertically In i've or six different bodies a dis tance of l75 feet. About three Iourths of a mile below them are Mooney falls, where it falls in one solid, unbroken mass, distance of 300 feet. A view of these alone is worth the trip there, as they are nagni6cently grand.
 On the return trip another night md a half day was spent at the rim 'f the Grand Canyon, where we net T. E. Sullivan, of the Chicago Tribune, and F. J. Loesch, attorney or the Postal Telegraph Company. | yho were there to view its wonders. ! he return trip was uneventful, so | he party bids the reader adieu,