The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-22


0l HE toFturing OF
ENlhs the witch Of the
H@1 Zuni has been |
AEk avenged. The High /
4NNO Priests OF the Bow
f#l1fSlq are held behind /
A9lifps lkHtM prison bars. await |
tllHsK lti8ell ing trial. Three /
al A&tHfA companies Of United |
llo< 60 States troops, with
W - ~ Hotchkiss gun.
stand guard over
the old pueblo city. situated In the arid
deserts OF New Mexico. which shelters
the remnants Of a strange race made
famous by the ethnologlsts. Nine
months age. In that sun-baked adobe
city. where the Zunl Indians have
lived for centuries. we-wa, a princess
OF the race, fell sick when she con
unued to grow worse and failed rap
Jay from day to day. the medicine men
danced and prayed. the priests offered
sacred meal and bfeathcd on the
sacred plumes TO propltlate the gods
who had beset her with her Ills. But
the gods refused 10 listen 10 the
prayers Of the priests which like the
smoke from the altar OF Cain fell back
TO earth unrecelved by the jewellers in
the sky. And 20 We-Wa died The
Priests Of the Bow. the leading cult
Of Zuni. composed OF the sayanis the
governor OF the tribe. and the most
prominent people sat In solemn coun-
eli 20 discover the cause OF Ws.Wa's
death. These priests hold a belief In
-,glichcraft. and accused an old squaw
Of having caused We-Was death by
this means. and by way Of determining
her guilt she was carried 10 one Of the
roofs OF the city and cast on. The
theory o. the priests was that II she
was a Witch she would unfold her
wings aud Ny away: II not. she would
eNo1eaie herself by being killed. Our
O. theirs OF Salem town had much
~ same belief
8ut the poor old squaw lay moan
N"E - AAN NAH"|AH nv WMEN WANhNM AT
her and children pointed the finger OF
.scorn at her The Priests Of the Bow.
being atolcal men. then carried the
old woman 10 a post and hung her up
by her thumbs. When she could no
longer endure the agony she confessed
TO having bewltched we-wa. the
Princess OF Zuni. to her death. The
.--.sl.sss. e I'm found friend and cham
plon in Miss y. ,siger-the> mission
school teacher. and Il Is largely dBa
10 her efforts that the old squaw Is
stlll alive. Miss Dessette has worked
xeaiously In attempting 10 emanclpate
the Zunis from their thraldom OF SUI
pcrstition. and Il was through her cor
=. respondence with the authorities ai
Washington that the troops were sent
The witch" had so Tar recovered. thai
when the troops weat into Zuni. sh,
was able to accompany them back q
Las Lunas. where she gave her testi
money when the troops arrived thel
found that Nai-yu-che and Na-to-tse
tao Of the high priests. had giyei
nemsclVcz up TO the sheriff. and OF
be following day the other Priests o
he Bow. Ken-si and Moorm-asl. sur
rendered. without a word. 10 the soy
ercignty OF the Law. They wer
marched 10 Las Lunas. where a pre-
ilminary hearing was arranged. Tn
magistrate held each OF the four o.
bond OF 5000 10 appear at the Fehru
AIRY term OF the grand jury hut the
will be unable to furnish the bail an
the four pluus priests will have TO wa
in iail. No doubt they viii be cor
vlcted and sent 10 the penltcntary "a
eight or ten years. The Priests Of N
Bow constitute the great warrior OF
def OF the Zunis. and are also leader
In the religion Of the people. Nai-yi
che Is a very old man. and Is the praI
ficn head Of the church, so TO spca
An Idea Of the philosophy Of the pc
pie may be gained from the folloWir
incident. Some years ago a mlssionai
Who went among them saw their GER