The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-17


swooning to tho floor
Meanwhile Yavnpai WINS borno to his
tcnt. The Indians, being somewhat skilled
IN these forms of injuries, stopped tho
How of blood and cared for him so faith
fully that it seemed for n time ms If no
would get we'll. But he did not live and
ono morning tho others could be seen car
rying him to his burial. At the summit
OF hill they stopped to rest 4 cool wind
was blowing, and suddenly the form Of
Yovapai was seen to move. The sayagos
were moro scared at this than they had
been ut the lion. Then the dead man
spoke, Take mo homc''
AT this resurrection OF the CORPSE tho
supcrstitious ones fled away in terror, but
1avapai's old wife, true and faithful and
loving in death rs in life. remained with
him and half bore, half dragged, his form
back to tho tent.
Then the injured Indian commanded the
woman, go to the door and bring in the
buffalo meat
But there IS no meat there" she re-
piled.
1t is on pony at the door" he persist
cd.
'There's no pony there" sho returned.
"You are dreaming"
But the old man still repeated: "It Is
there, for have been riding and hunting
with others. L have been away to that
other country, the happy hunting
grounds"
Tho ncws was spread, and all the rest of
the tribe came to hear of Yavapai's Won
derful journey to the other world and his
strange return. He described the place he
had seen and told of tho hunt in which he
had slain buffalo. He spoke of meeting
many old friends. Did you sec Arkaytah
thcrc" inquired one of his hearers Ar.
kaytah was an old medicine man of the
trlbc who had been dead many years. He
had been wonderful parsonage among
them, and there had been confidence and
reliance in tho supernatural powers he was
supposed to have possessed. Yes l SAW
Arkaytah," answered Yavapai, land /
told him of our fight with the lion and
that many of tho wild animals had been
driven from the hills by the great storm
he said n stranger thing would happen
that before summer this town would be
deserted by all its inhabitants and that
wild beasts would roam its streets as of
old before the white man came to Arizona
to mine for gold and to irrigato tho val.
legs"
That night Yavapai passed away, OF
died again, rs the Indians said and the
next morning, news of this having spread
l
Pioneer. 1t was supposed by the intclli
gent whites that the old Indian had in his
weak state sunkcn into u trance and that
tho fresh air and motion had revived him
mt the timc of the first attempt to carry
him to his grave. But he was dead at last
The white physician, after examination
testified to that, and the poor man S burial
was held some distance from town and
was of rather mixed description Tho only
minister In the place preached short ser.
mon, and the Indians chantcd death song
Then Iavapai's painted body was laid at
rest not according to the custom of any
other tribe, rs each has its own methods;
not placed in Il canoo and left to float down
the river, nor OH funeral pyre to be
burned, nor shut out under clods of earth
from the world he had loved, but with his
blankets tightly girdcd around his body
was fastened in the strong branches of the
tallcst tree, with his faco to the FREQ winds
Of heaven.
Tho Ave Suapais have shown a remark.
able disposition for Indians in rcfusinp
rntions OF other supplies from the govern.
mcnt, MS this course would compel them
to remain upon reservation. They love
their liberty above all things and appear
TO wish oven in death to be untrammcled
and unincloscd by any space. 1t is touch
iiisS 'iShe w s'c tilciI OH journey StOT
under some tree where lost one has beer
swung to rest. Tho body may have dried
up ard blown away, perhaps S7ily y fo1
Tutoring rags are there, but the mourncrs
will chant tho death song and will Law
around branches of their sacred plant. the
yucca, which is their pathetic way of sig
nliylnS to tho heaven assembled spirit that
they desire still to DC remembered.
The snow melted, and the Ave Suapais
returned To their canyon home The
Indian prophecy of the abandonment of
tho mining town WAS repeated to the
whites and received with ridiculc. Tho
gold of the great mine on which tho life
OF the town depended. seemed incxhausti.
bic. What could happen to disturb their
increasing prosperity? 1t was only coin.
cidcncc, of course, that before summc,
lived again, from secret and unexpected
channels among tho hills there camo
delugc which flooded minc and town with
water. Many persons wcrc drowned, and
those saved, siclicncd and DISCOURAGED left
tho place. The great expense of removing
debris and tho fear of that hidden danger
OF Hood have prevented the rcopcning of
tho mine. For all know the coyote and
the lion may prowl unhindcrcd now amid
the graves of the forgotten dead upon tho
hillside, making their lair in deserted
houses along the dcsolatc streets or in the
abandoned prospect holes among those
lonely hills.-Francitn Trujillo in Phila
dclphia Times
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