The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-16
F|ES IA OF AQUA DULCE.
Miners, Mexicans and Indians
Join in a Carnival of
Sport.
Races, Wrestling, Shooting Matches
and Queer Dances to Amuse
the Spectators.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Sept. 15.--An Indian
runner OF the Cocopah tribe arrived at
Campo this evening with letters from the
miners at Aqua Dulce and Jacalitos, ask
ing everybody along the border to go
down to Aqua Dulce aud join in the fiesta,
which began tonight and Will last
through the week. The Cocopah, who
bears the euphonious name of Red Beans,
and who is famous as runner, says that
all the Cocopah Indians from the Colorado
River and mountains have gathered at
Aqua Dulce and have camp mum bering
several hundred bucks. They took all
their best horses there and are getting
ready to bet everything they haye on
races.
Running races for long distances be-
tween Indians will be one of the sports.
Red Beans and Steps on His Shirt, both of
the same tribe, have tested their powers
many times and seem to be perfectly
matched. They will run with missive
TO Governor Sangines at Ensenada, forty
miles from Aqua Dulce. and return. Red
Beans says he can make the ninety miles
between suns.
The Mexican ranchers for miles around
have trotted out their fancy stock and will
put it up against the hardy MUSTANGS OF
the Indians. The miners have organized
social club, and the bellies of the Coco.
pahs and Santa Catarina tribes and Next
can settlements will be treated to a genu-
inc cotillon by the scions of Eastern aris-
tocracy who have drifted out into the
camps.
General Isidore Canada, chief of all the
Indians IN the peninsula, with headquar-
tiers in Santa Catarina, has moved his
whole establishment to Aqua Dulce tc
| enjoy the fiesta TO its fullest. he has over
| nifty braves IN his own Immediate family
all stalwart fellows, good runners, expert
deer-slayers and poor woodchoppers
They have taken their dancing dress tC
the gathering of the clans, and will treai
their white and dusky neighbors to sew.
eral dances, the most interesting being
the turtle dance, which seems to be pc
culiar to them.
In Santa Catarina Valley, near Genera
lsidore's camp, is a huge stone turtle
! seeming to be of natural formation. The
! indians have woven many legends about
| 1t, including a story that the bad spirit
has passage-way under the turtle lead
ing to the internal regions. They say the
! turtle moves at certain seasons of the year
Their dance is calculated to scare the
devil, and il is always successful.
Shooting matches with revolvers by ex
! pert miners and Mexicans, knife tn rowing
contests, chicken pllling, bareback rae
ing; dancing, feasting and all-round gayety
will fill the week.
The mescal vendors in the camp expect
to settle the financial question without
ditficulty through increased patronage
Santiago Verdugo and Timoteo Velasco
| wrestlers, have gone over from Sangre d.
| Crisio to show their skill. Both are fat
like Japanese wrestlers. but are said to BIZ
wonderfully active.
| The celebration tomorrow at Ensenada
! OF Mexican Independence day promises t.
be very successful. Quite a large party o
| excursionists went down to night By
steamer to witness the festivities.