Tombstone epitaph., 1897-05-30
FAITHLESS kELA-LAH
She lifted Her Indian Lover
 ard was Put to Death.

III tHe SAhNon U! the Ieus 1lat
 down in the rock beurd home of the
 supais, near the rushing waters of the
 Bridal Veil Falls, lie the bones ei
 ke- la-lsh the faithless, who broke her
 pligh,ed troth with Ter Indian lover
 ts become the bride of a "hiko," or white man.
 The bones lie on a ledge of rock where ke-ia -lah was pinioned alive by her tiibe and lefs to die slowly and mis-rahiy. The Indians will not allow the bones to be disturbed.
 They aIe preserved as a warning to all ickle maideas not to de IS Ke-la- lsh dIi.
 Lo-man-ha, the handsome, the brave and the idol of the Pays Supsis was the heaIt-boken Indian lover. | Every day as the shades of twilight draw their gloomy mantle over the scene, Lo-man-hs comes to where the waters of the Bridal Veil leap and play fsnt sstically, and invokes the gods to restore to him his beloved ke.la-lsh. Seated upon ledge Of travetine at the edge of the falls. Le- man-ha gazes mournfully at the stone images, Ps-ah and Po-kee. With eutst:etshed arms and m a pitifully ,uPplieatory voice he appeals in anguish to them thus:
 High and mighty spirits of our and good god, killa-la-le-a, open unto ne your lips .: stone and tell me of the spirit of my lost and beautiful Ke- h lah, she who tau .,ht the birds Of the high messs t9 sing ia gladness when they downward flew from tue wintry heights into cur beautiful valley she, who smiling upon the peach trees, caused them D blossom for her, bringing forth the choieest fruit; she who ma e the corn and the beans ripen at her touch, and the wild flowers te bloom. Their frsgrances is now gone from them and they, with me, are dying with sorrow"
 This Is the burden of Lo-man-ah's leme n ation. His attachment for Ke- la-lah began in early childhood, when they were children of neig ghboring farmers in the pretty valley. The  youthful affection ripened as the levers grew to maturity, and the mat ing of the two was planned in the con- ventional IHdian fashion. The par ents Of the interested parties held | conference, or pow WOW, and agreed upon the purchase price for the bride, Lo-Asn- ai's sire censenting 70 give to the father of ke-la-,ah eight ponies. The "social sveDt or the season" was to have been celebrated upon the return Of k4-la-lah from Peach Springs, whither she went, !u com pany with her brother, to barter dried peaches and baskets for wedding rousseau, which Va. to oeHsist of e red calico dress, colorsd bosds aud l Navajo blankets. Bat alas for tickle wemankipdl At Peach Springs Ke- le-lsh me, 8 "hiko," whit, man, 1 festive railroad man iorsCeth. That settled it IL was case of love at l first sight. He at once become smit- ten with the undeniable charm sf h CT person-the large, lustrous, bleck eyes the blue black hair and her Grscisn- like physique. She saw in him the love of hor dreams, who the gods said would come some day to take her to his heart. And 50 they were married tut they were not happy ever after.
 The brother hastaued home with the sad news of hi. sisters pertidy and the white nan's triumph. A pow WOW was called and imm ediats action was taken by sending six of the braves to Peach Springs tn tei::S by stealth or foroe Ke-la-!ah from the "hIko." Nhen the latter learned of the strAte- gists Es fled from the country, ignob- ly, deserting Re la-lah, Ani leaving her 10 the Indians, who brought her home to suffer Q horrible penalty - Williams Sews.
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