The argus., 1896-01-16

was ON this wise: In the spring Of '66
after long speen of sickness, and
the Zufis had reasons to believe that
I would fully recover, they held a
big pow-wow at the house of the war
chief -Salvador-at which all the
Caciqes wore present including the
Tah-poop. Here they discussed
the pros and cons rs to what effect
eating meat ON certain days would
have upon me; and, having arrived
at the conclusion. that 1 being an
Amsriean H. old Zuni law or tra-
dition could not effect my case; that
1 had eaten meat through ignorance,
therefore the Great Spirit allowed
me to recover my health; that i
then and at once must become Zu-
f1i. this and I abjured eating meats
at certain times 1 wonld "never be
sick any moro and would be prosper
ous," )" ect. ect. Twas then formerly
adopted into the tribe and chYisten-
ed Too-loosh-too-loo. Sufiiceto say
1 "shore" eat no meat for the first
four days of the New Year, nor made
any smokes in the open air for the
first ten days of the New Year.
Going back to the time we started on
this somewhat notorious trip into
Apaeheria; the Zuhis held one of
their big Councils at which Es-cah-
pah and his braves were present, also
the writer of this narrative. The
Zuhis then and there made
known to the Apaches the fact that 1
Too o-looh-too-loo-was one Of their
tribe, and made the Apaches pledge
themselves that no harm should
come to me; otherwise, it would be
war on sight thereafter; and futher-
more, the old treaty relationships
had with the ancestors of both tribes
were gone over with, and again as
was done two hundred years before,
mutual pledges and expressions were
indulged in, and the Council broke
up at a late hour in the night.
This II my "explanation," and al
though 1 could go on much further
into the subject in a delineation of
the ''habits and traditions" of those
mysterious people, 1 have neither
time nor space to do so at this time.
We will now return to our camp
on the Carlo creek in the Apache
ria.
About sunset the troops fled past
our camp at distance of fifty or
sixty yards, and pitched camp about
one hundred and fifty yards above
us on the Carlo. Not until this
was done did we see any one of our
''peace party" but when all return
ed safely into camp the Indians
were rejoiced that no treachery had
been committed by the soldiery. OF
the officers with this troop of horse
were Captain Barry, Lieutenants
Calhoun and F. X. Upham, two or
three civilians, one of whom was Mr..
George Cooler, now of Tucson; also
Chief Manuel, with twelve of his
(tame) Apache braves. These so
called tame Apaches were along
with Colonel Green to do trailing and
as the circumstances of
the case required. That evening
the officers came down to our camp
and had supper with us, the squaws
doing the culinary act. After sup
per talk was kept up until late
hour, and in the meantime, Huero
came to me two or three times to
ask "if the soldiers were good"
During the whole time we were
with the Apaches I made it a rule to
be always on the alert and prepared
Tor any sudden attack, by securing
ny horse within easy reach Of myt'
hand; and, with a little sack filed
With dried pounded meat q small
,anteen filed with water and my
life and six-shooter beneath the
blankets of my bedding, I was al
ways ready at a moments notice.
The little sack of meat and canteen
we're always tied fast to the saddle
which was used for a pillow at night.
Sometime between one and two
o'clock that night after all had re-
,ired Cooley said to me: "What do
vou suppose the troops came up