Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-01
AN ODD VESSEL.
The Ola of the Indians of Southern Arl
IONA.


this part of Arizona-the Mohaves and
Hualapais CWal-a-pi. The Mohave In
dams resemble the Apaches in appear
ance, being tall and straight-in fact,
they are branch of that tribe. Both
the men and squaws wear their hair in
long false curls made of kind of mud
or clay.
The squaw's dress consists of skirt
of calico coming just below the knee, a
short calico waist, long shawl, which
is worn both in summer apd winter,
moccasins, and necklace Of blue and
white beads, ten-cent pieces, or shells.
The Hualapais are different in every
respect from the Mohaves. They wear
long unkempt hair, which has never
known comb unless it is on the head
of one of the bellies of the tribe). When
ever squaw's hair is cut short, she is
in mourning for pappoose, and when
it is clipped close to the head, her buck
has died.
The squaws are very untidy-looking,
wearing about a dozen gaudy calico
skirts of different lengths, kind of
blouse waist Of different material, an
old red calico or flannel shawl, and a
necklace of beads of every size, shape
and color imaginable. They very often
go barefooted, but sometimes they can
boast of pair of old shoes, and occa-
sionally you will see them wearing
moccasins. Their houses are generally
made Of old railroad ties, boxes and
sacks, making a very untidy appear
ance. Some Of them have old stoves,
but rarely cook on them, using them
chiefly for heat.
The Mohaves are very industrious,
thrifty and much more intelligent than
the Hualapais They raise corn, mel
ons and pumpkins on the shores of the
Colorado river, and exchange them
with the Hualapais for beef and -four
which the government supplies. Their
melons and pumpkins are not very de-
sirable for food, because they so often
get the seeds mixed. They also make
baskets, bows and arrows, all kinds of
pottery, and ollas (o-yahs.) Their
pottery is very unique, and finds
ready sale among the passengers on
the trains. Their ola is an article
white peoples dwellings. It is a large
earthen bowl, made of clay and lined
with pitch, which holds water, and is
kept cool when hung where the wind
san strike it. Most people prefer it to
ice water, as it is nearly as cold and
much more healthy e.
Jowan, in Harper's Young People.
USES OE TEAK-WOOD.
Much Valued In India as Building Ma
terial.
The gathering of this timber store
has been an industry ever since man of
my color inhabited the country. Teak
grows only in India and Burmah, and
in old palaces and temples it has held
indestructible place for many genera
lions. From the color of sandal wood
1t changes with age to walnut brown.
Big implanted bungalows standing up
IN pillars of the wood, sided with it,
singled with it, latticed with it, defy
heat and rain, and grow rich upon
their poverty of oil and varnish. They
stand, as brown as autumn, out of
green compounds against summer it.
self. Vines wrap them, flowers garnish
;hem, years add moss and lichen, but
nothing destroys save flame. Railroad
Ear wheels, spikes for laying track,
pegs for boats, implements of all sorts,
are made of teak. No one save ship
wright knows just how many parts Of
ship are built from this muscle of ma
cure, but every one who has walked
The deck of bark or steamer has con-.
sciousness that no amount of holyston-
ing, or dragging of cargo over, or wear
and tear of feet and traffic, can in any
ordinary sense affect teak-wood floor.
The Burmese wood carver knows his
art is always hewn in stone when he
coaxes leaf and flower, sacred COW and
festival cart, grotesque sprites and
elves, gods and Buddhas, out Of rugged
trunks. The little PROV of the sampan,
shaped like wishbone, the stern Of
the paddy boat as brown with age as
the naked figure upon it is with the
elements, the strange plinths of stran-
ger pillars, the mbellishments Of the
temples, the play things Of the children
all these are carved from teak Cen
fury.
Red Ponnor Stin,u1ou<