Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-08

ans rorpsr from the r9ftcrs Nr poles M
~ me hut and for ths frat day or 20
n1,u ~ their meals and treat him as
,hsu,,h he were alive. From day TO
dsv however. they pay less ard ICES
sffcnilon 20 him. until they think he
No. rr,wn accustomed 10 being alone.
vvhen Shey bury him. Sometimes. IN
r,rad of belrg hung up, che corpse l.
i4id In the ii'tle attic on the poles
which form the ceiling OF the living
,5am. How decomposition - prevert-
"a. / 40 not know. but I should think
me dSrrs smoke which Is kept up in
ths-e huta the greater part Of che
tlay would serve TO cure anything. dead
or alive.
THE INDIAN PROPHECIES.
In nearly all Of these Araucanian
communities ther Il a prophtcas or wo-
man amcilcino man" who u H1prussd
Il, b. able to ward OF the evil spirit
or tel Why u will not down Tho evil
shirt 10 az the root OF hl the Arlu-
canian's woes. II brings bal crops and
H. ~. r,uao N ali direassr AZ ihr time
III rIckncs- the prUphctosa is called 90.
She goes through a lot % in carnations
md other antics over the patient N
he recDvcf,s Il h solely due 20 her skin.
but IN not u must he the evil anir!. who
has been led TO anliet the sick by some
one Of his enemies. The prophecies nt
once prociaima that the patient has
bSan bewltchrd and poinss out the man
or woman who bcwltchcd him. In such
cases where death cnsues the relative
OF the deceased are liable 10 XII the
person 90 charged with being witch
ON THE INDIAN FARMS.
rporr some time on The Indian
farms They are good farmers not a
few usinr American machinery. such
as plowr They are NJ a rule rather
mock men than grain raiserF. ! found
very Few Of the men labpflnE In the
nciis. and. nm told. that the women
do Tho fnos, Of the farm work. except on
the farms 81 the larger land owners
where the fot0s or Chilean peasants
act Az hired hands. The roto q the pro
duct ~ crossing the spanish ana the
indian blood Like mort hyhrEda he
b. In many respects w0fue than either
1f the people from whom he descended.
often having the Vices OF both and the
virtues Of nclthcr. The Indian. / am
told, IN cleaner than the peun. lie lH
m1rr honest and self-respectng Until
very recently no Indian could be- gotten
10 work for a white man. and today the
Araucanian feels himself the equal Of
any person on earth. lie has hwayr
been a man Of some civilization, and
he had his farms and his stock when
tho EnlfINfM fNNlN 10 NNAN NNNAlMNNlAf
The clothes he wears arr woven by his
wivss. and his ponch0s have all the
bright coiors and much Of the beauty
Of the blankets made by our Navajo In
dianH.
The Armenian II a shrcwd trader.
but a. rule he seems not 70 carr for
money. I have tried a number Of
times to buy the blankets y indians
whom I met by offering what they
ahould have considered good prices. but
have Invariably failed. II wnH the same
with the jcwclry, which ! tried 10 puf-
chasc Of the girls. The only place 10 Ect
such things u In the pawn shops " the
frontier towns. The Indians are FOND
" llauor. They drinh the vpc-i ~ al
cohol and when out OF money VIII aell
or pawn almost anything they have Tor
The means OF getting. THIS brings thcm
TO the pawnhrokCra. and the result u
that you can often pick up their cur
luug jawclfy or beautiful blankets
quite Chsap. I was offered today a pair
% solid silver stirrupa, each Of which
weighed a pound. for % Chilean dollarl
or almost so In our money, and
bought an almost new hand-wuvcn pom
cho. aa big a. a bod quilt, for 10 doll
lars In silver. or Cor $3.50 In American
gold.
II h on account OF his desire for al
cuhol that the government has forbid
don the Indian TO sell his lands, I'm
scrupulnua spectators have until now
been r1bblnE him % them In many
parts Of the country. 20 that only a
Comparatively small amount % what
he has had remains. This part % Chile
d settling up 70 fast that the demand
for land Fruws Eroatur day by day.
and II Ia only a question OF time when
the property now reserved 10 thf Arau-
canlans viii be- thrown on the market
The railroad Il bringing the white man
further and further south. ana the days
81 The ArauCanlanH are numbered.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.