Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-11

:. There's no pony there, ;" she returned.
&N ou are dreaming
- But the odd man still repeated: IL is
thuro, fOr I haye bcon riding and hunting
with others / have been away To that
other country, tho happy hunting
grounds"
The news was spread, and all the rest OF
the tribe came 20 hear OF Yavapai's won
dcrful journey 90 the other world and his
strange return. He described the place he
had seen and told OF the hunt In which he
had slain buffalo. He spoke of meeting
many old friends. 'Did you see Arkaytah
1horcY" inquired one Of his hearers. Ar
kuytah was an old medicine man OF the
tribe who had been dead many years He
had been wonderful parsonage among
them, and there had been confidence and
reliance In the supernatural powers he was
supposed TO have possessed. Yes, l saw
Arkaytah," answered Yavapai, and
told him Of our lght with the lion and
that many of the wild animals had been
driven from the hills by the great storm.
He said a stranger thing would happen
that before summer this town would be
deserted 10y all its inhabitants and that
wild boasts would roam its streets as OF
old before the white man came TO Arizona
20 mino for gold and to irrigate the val
leys. "
That night Yavapai passed away, or
"diCd again, as the Indians said, and the
next morning, news of this having spread.
his funeral was attended by every one In
Pioneer. II was supposed by the intelli-
gent whites that the old Indian had in his
weak state sunken into trance and that
the fresh air and motion had revived him
at the time Of the first attempt TO carry
him 20 his grave. But he was dead at last.
The white physician, after examination,
testified TO that, and the poor mans burial
was held some distance from town and
was Of rather mixed description. The only
minister in the place preached a short SER
mon, and the Indians ohanted death song.
Then Yavapais painted body was laid at
rest, not according to the custom Of any
other tribe, IA each has its own methods;
not placed In a canoe and left 20 float down
the river nor on funeral pyre TO be
burned, nor shut out under clods OF earth
from the world he had loved, but with his
blankets tightly girded around his body
was fastened In the strong branches of the
tallcst tree, with his face TO the free winds
OF heaven.
The Ave Suapais have shown a remark
ablo disposition for Indians I'm refusing
rntions or other supplies from the govern
ment, as this course would compel them
90 remain upon a reservation. They love
their liberty above all things and appear
TO wish even in death 70 be untrammeled
and uninclosed 10y any space. IL is a touch
ing sight TO SEQ them on a journey stop
under some tree where lost one has been
swung 20 rest. The body may have dried
up and blown away, perhaps only few
Huttorfrt 90 m % ARA thpro but the 1nOurnprs
will chant tho death song and will lay
around branches of their sacred plant, the
yucca, which is their pathetic way Of sig
nifying TO the heaven assembled spirit that
they desire still Co be remembered.
The snow melted, and the Ave Suapais
returned 20 their canyon home. The
Indian prophecy OF the Abandonment Of
the mining town was repeated TO the
whites and received with ridiculo. The
gold Of the great mine, on which the life
OF the town depended, seemed inexhausti-
bic What could ~sppen 60 disturb their
increasing prosperity 1t was only a coin
oidence, Of course, that before summer
lived again, from secret and unexpected
channels among the hills, there came a
dCluge which flooded mine and town with
water, Many persons We're drowned, and
those saved, sickened and discouraged, left
the place. The great expense Of removing
debris and the fear of that hidden danger
of food have prevented the reopening Of
the mine For all l know the coyote and
the lion may prowi unhindercd now amid
the graves of the forgotten dead upon the
hillside making thoir lair I'm deserted
houses along the dosolAte streets or I'm the
abandoned prospect holes among those
lonely hil.s-