The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-11

Meanwhile Yavapai was borno to his
tent. The Indians, being somewhat skilled
In these forms of injuries, stopped the
flow of blood and cared for him so faith
fully that it seemed for n time as if no
would get well. But he did not live, and
ono morning the others could be seen car
rying him to his burial. At the summit
of n hill they stopped to rest. y cool wind
was blowing, and suddenly the form of
Yavapai was seen to move. The savages
were moro scared mt this than thoy had
been ut tho lion. Then the dead man
spoke, Take mo home!"
At this resurrection of the corpse tho
superstitious ones fled away in terror, but
Yavapai's old wife, true and faithful and
loving in death us in life, remained with
him and half bore, half dragged, his form
back to tho tent.
Then the injured Indian commanded tho
woman, go to tho door and bring in the
buffalo meat
But there is no meat there" she re-
piled.
ut is on a pony at the door" he persist
ed.
There's no pony there" sho returned.
"You arc dreaming"
But the old man still repeated: sit is
there, for have been riding and hunting
with others. L have been away to that
other country, tho happy hunting
grounds
The nows was spread, and all the rest of
the tribe camc 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 the hunt in which he
had slain n buffalo. He spoke of meeting
many old friends. did you sec Arkaytah
thcref' 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, saw
Arkaytah," answered Yavapni, land i
told him of our fight with tho lion and
that many of the wild animals had been
driven from the hills by the great storm.
He said Il stranger thing would happen
that before summer this town would be
deserted by I'LL it's inhabitants and that
wild beasts would roam its streets rs OF
old before the white man came to Arizona
to mine for gold and to irrigate the val
legs"
That night Yavapai passed away, OF
died again, rs the Indians said, and the
next morning, news of this having spread,
his funeral was attended by every ono in
gent whites that the Old Indian had in his
weak state sunkcn into trance and that
tho fresh air and motion had revived him
at the time 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 tho poor man S burial
was held some distance from town and
was of rather mixed description. Tho only
minister in the place preached II short ser
mon, and tho Indians chantcd n death song.
Then Yavapai's painted body was laid at
rest, not according to the custom of any
other tribe, us each has it's own methods;
not placed in Il canoe and left to float down
tho river, nor on funeral pyro to be
burned, nor shut out undor 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 face to the free winds
of heaven.
The Ave Suapais have shown a remark.
able disposition for Indians in refusing
rations or other supplies from the govern
mcnt, rs this course would compel them
to remain upon n reservation. They love
their liberty above all things and appear
to wish even in death to be untrammcled
and uninclosed by any space. 1t is n touch.
ing sight to sec them ON a journey stor
uHucT SOiIc IrcC WHcTc II lOSU ono mas Dccn
swung to rest The body may have dried
up and blown away, perhaps only n few
futtcring rags arc there, but the mourners
will chant the death song and will lay
around branches of their sacred plant, the
yucca which is their pathetic way of sig.
nlfying to tho heaven assembled spirit TINT
they desire still to be remembered.
The snow melted, and tho Avo Suapaif
returned to their canyon home. The
Indian prophecy of the abandonment OF
the mining town was repeated to the
whites and received with ridicule. The
gold of the great mine, on which tho life
of tho town depended, seemed incxhausti.
bic. What could happen to disturb their
increasing prosperity? 1t was only a coin.
cidcncc, of course, that before summer
lived again. from secret and unexpected
channels among the hills, there came a
delugc which flooded mine and town with
water. Many persons were drowned, and
those saved, sickcncd and discouraged, loft
tho place. The great expense of removing
debris and the fear of that hidden danger
of flood have prevented the rcopcning OF
the mine. For all 1 know the coyote and
the lion may prowl unhindercd now amid
the graves of the forgotten dead upon the
hillside, making their lair in deserted
houses along the desolate streets or in the
abandoned prospect holes among those
lonely hillS.-Francita Trujillo in PhiIa
delphia Times.
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