The broad ax., 1896-11-14

W
enc a this typical Indian village So
eminent an authority as President r.
lot Of Harvard university is quoted as
having said. during his visit In South
ern California. two winters ago, that
the most profitable day he had spent
In months was that on which he Wis
tied the Indian village at Sabobe-
The name Of the village which. In
the mouths Of the Indians, who are Its
sole inhabitants. takes on q far more
musical sound than its appearance In
cold type would appear TO make posi-
HE. Is familiar enough 70 all readers
or Helen Hunt Jackson's romance.
Ramona" some of whose most thrih-
ing though apccryphal scenes are To-
Gated there The greater number Of
those readers doubtless have set down
the village Of Saboha as being as
much the fiction Of the imagination as
the remainder Of the tale which gives
II fame. and they may be surprised to
learn that such q place actually ex-
lists. Exist IL does. nevertheless, and
In one of the loveliest valleys Of the
Golden State.
Thousands Of people come and 90 to
San Jacinto. the thriving town OF
modern build. tJur miles or 80 distant.
without knowing that close at hand Is
this ancient Indian rancheria, and the
oldest inhabItant' receives with an
expression Of surprise any inquiry con-
corning the place. He cannot, for the
life Of him, see why anybody should
care to concern himself with the abid
ing place Of a lot of Indians. Some
there are. however. in the town who
take the liveliest and friendliest inter
ests in the remnant Of the tribe OF
Mission Indians who cling % tena-
ciously 10 the spot where their fore
fathers dwslt from time immemorial
A gentleman chanced TO have q few
spare hours at his disposal on the oc-
caeion Of q recent visit to this locality,
some time ago. and the subject Of
Ramona" having been preached. II
was suggested that q visit to Saboba
and q possible call on Sonora Ramona
herself, who In a resident OF that
neighborhood. night afford an agreed
hle experience.
II was a lovely morning In midwin-
ter n the semitropics. The hills that
surround the valley Ike an amphithe-
alter were green with the growth Of
Wild grasses. the plain was carpeted
with flowers OF varied hue. which
filed the air with their fragrance. The
atmosphere was fresh with the breeze
from the pine-clad mountains. whose
snowy submits lowered 1000 and
5000 feet high In the near distance
Orange groves. olive orchards, and
fields Of alfalfa stretched across the
valley from mountain base to foot
hills. From San Jacinto the road runs
ND the valley for q short distance, and
soon enters the thickets Of gnatemote
that line the bed Of the San Jacinto
river. With q watchful ere for quick
sands. the stream In crossed. then a
belt Of willow jungle 10 traversed- the
road being only a single track. almost
overgrown with brush. and when this
b passed q belt Of cleared land Is
reached. and We are On the outskirts
Of Saboba-
There are some little VINEYARDS and
orchards, the vines and trees Of which
appear TO have been planted In hap
hazard fashion. without regard 20
Stnigkt lines, or. mayhan II n BE-
cause the b1lk Of them have died that
Tie survivors look rs II they had been
struck into the ground In the footsteps
of some one who had been dogging the
footsteps Of jack rabest across ths
fed There are q couple Of Indians
blowing In thrir little nields That =.
20 say. they srs supposed 20 be doing
- But ths horsss stand with heads
down. apparently asleep. While IN the
shade q the klossominr peseh tres
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