West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-03
CALIFORNIA LETTER.
Special correspondence OF the Argds.
MAkrlNuZ INDIAN SCuooL. }
Dee. -. 1891. !

NY "cNr lllenuS OF the mus ana
wales of dear old Preston. If do
not make YOU too tired will give
YOU few Indian items OF the do
lngs and WAYS Of the Red Men Of
the desert.
| will first tel You something
about their Council meetings. They
are generally held on sunday, that
being considered tho most public
day. The Indians know nothing
of Sunday as day oe worship. AS
the poet says:
Tho sound OF tho church going bell
These mountains ana plains navcr
hctrd;
Never heard the sweet sound OF its lSnell
Nor smiled when a Saba TIA appeared"
! have been at some Of their Pow
Vows. and they are little different
from what YOU have read Of their
Councils in the curly history Of our
country. There ia FIRE, although
the temperature may bc lA0 degrees
f. in the sun, also II long siege of
smoking by the braves. They
smoke fine cut and roll it i'm little
paper cigarettes. with only pinch
of tobacco in ench. a ten cent
| prckoge Will do for forty mon.
rhr fire, think, is ouly to light
their cigarettes.
In one way The Council differs
from culy times; the Chief is dress
/ eel in a full officers military suit.
with u watch and gold headed cane,
| presents from United States. lie
seems very proud aud dIgniGed.
| After smoking, each brave has his
say on the subject. and the Chief
is Judge. Sometimes they take
vote on n matter Of great impor-
tance. The vote is taken by all
who vote one way to get to them
/ o'I'toS anu bllti tut tUlclo COuU
heads. The majority then rules
! Questions that they cannot sett'e
themselves are referred to the
Agency.
The Indian in this tropical eli
mate Is not the typical Red Man,
being short. with large chest and
stomach, mill no'e, low forehead
and feshy. Their makeup shows
that they pay more attention to
Ii~r stomach8 than their heads.
The Indian has superstition
concerning anyone dying in house
that has done much to prevent .hcm
building good and substantial
houses. can see where there have
been sheds and wells all over thls
country, and asked the cause, and
was told that when anyone dies in
. house they believe the Evil Spirit
has entered it and will stay az long
rs The house rcmtin5 10 bring trou-
ble TO tho inmates; so they burn the
house, move some distance away
and build another that is only Gt to
be burned again. talked with an
Indian the other day. aud that Is
what he told me. finally got him
to say be did not believe il, and
would build him good adobe
house this winter.
Just nov the Indiaas arc having
- complication of trouble among
themselves. which looks very ugly
and may Cause a good deal of blood
shed ere it. is ended | was given
the history Of it to day by police
Indian, who was here looking after
offenders. lie talks English real
well, and he said the lndilns were
getting to quarrelIng among them
selves just like white people.
will give YOU few points on
The trouble. IT started over year
ago. There was Chief by the
name Of Cabizoue who is biitcrl,
opposed to the whites having any
thing TO do with lbc Indians. lie
would not even allow the Govern
ment 90 give them anything. Some
Of the Indians saw that other rtscr
vations got things, such as wagons.
plows, SC, and they wanted them
too, so they persuaded Chief Cabi
zone TO 90 10 Washington himself
and see the PreHdcut They raised
nearly $500 to pay his expenses.
Tie started and got as far as Los
Angeles aud got drunk and spent
his money ar q came back. Then
some Of them wanted new Chief
aud reported to tho Agency which