The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-03
-uxY arIIEr IN WIroHoRAFE.
,,.,r,n,s rantshrssnts Indicted ON Persons Ace
cussd or PracticinG It.

NNMNNA
r.on ,hs San Eranctsco Chronicle.
Nv, Indian reservation. comprising 215,s
o,o ooroa IN situated in the western part or
~, NT.xioo. fifty miles south OF the Santa Fe
p.oiao railroad. 1t has q larger population
,,,.n any of tho other eighteen rucblos scattered
throughout the Territory, according TO the lasu
sansn. Inc tribe numbering 1921 men, women,
sna children. The Zunis are very supcrstitiouss
and their belief In a supposed witcn
hns led 20 tho execution and torture OK
many Of their members, who have been
brought before their high tribunal trie"
ma found guilty Of witchcraft. II the Gov
a"n.rns the Zunis or any OF his assistants are
.,lcn siek tho witches nrc charged with bring,
Ing on the aGliction; failure Of crops, scas $ hSo 1s
drought or heavy rains are attrioutoa 70 o5V ~
Be The result OF witchcraft., Only 2 fSw years.
400 n woman was accused OF bringing on
nShauue OF grasshoppers TO the Zuni valley. anu
W.. IN and her son were executed In q horrible
The Sheriff OF Valencia county, with an escort
appeared Mt tho village OF nuni about tho miuu.S
OF September last and demanded the ina,nn3
Marta whom they called y witch. Four OF the
indians we're arrested and placed IN the county
iinnn, on on Sent. 30 we're bound over TO the Grand
Jury in the sum OF 5000 each. Iomellkc, OF
was was niso taken to Los Lunas ns a witness. Miss
do Settle, tho principal Of the school at nnni, ana
Miss FSurotG; he her ina Ss sseSders wr rSn "rH at the
indian village under the protection OF a guaro
or T Snsted a Stesss c wePe mainly brought about
through, tho efforts Of Capt ;,S Shf ri Na =: S9 iast
P Pss HS.I and Jiearilias.s The Captain has had
many years experience with Indians in tine
nroyes hin, to be a man Of determination. He 10
fully aroused to the importance OF mnk!uE
these Indians understand the supremacy Oh inc
The Captain in his latest report to tho Com.
missioner of Indian Affairs grapniGiha1y sease 81
mn occurrence recalling all the horror OF me
days when our God-fearing ancestors Oh New S
Engiand pionstS doVo''u 'heif neisno0' "
"a poor old woman. ~ or 50 years old. nay.
Priests of the Bow ordered her tortured until
She should confess. The cinissnries, OF the so,
of night. dragged her from her bed, and almost
literally dragged her down tho nvo stories 10
r rni. S Whrre, t lying her hands behind her until
unable TO endure tho agony any niger, she
confessed tonno one snom VS. sYhSt, ~ io Ms ssc h VNs
let down and allowed TO crawl back TO hSr ms
cradle abode as best she could. Hero she lay Tor
h haa my ny co D on her they. We're, afraid 10
display il for fear of sharing her fate
OF Of the s WraSn pun 'RiHr"ft Two or thres days
afterward n rumor OF what had taken place
of the School, She, accomranied by her assistant,
Miss Faurote. went to tho old woman's house,
where she was found more dead than alive. For
days this noble woman. at the probable risk OF
her life, and at the certain risk of the undying
enmity OF the Priests Of tho Bow. persisted in
her heavenly ministrations to this poor old
creature. until finally she was restored to life
again and tho enjoyment of such health as her
shattered constitution will DO able to support,
This tragedy, tragic in more than one sense
Jurc following l saw the victim of this barbnr
ism. who barred her poor old shrivolled arms and
had cut the flesh through to the bone"