The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-21

/ Not one Of our men vas killed. The onlv
I thing that was wounded was my mule,
and ] still have the arrow head ! took
| out Of his hsunch That mule could out
run any hose IN the whole troop. He
was OF Spanish racing stock.
"Navona, council chief; Navon. his son,
| war chief. and Hikatlnez. medicine chief.
/ gave themselves up as HOSTAGES. Old Ma
vona- who vas by the side Of White Man
| when he fell came up to me and said.
| I gh. Man-Who- Killed Whlte-Man. and
/ they call me that now About fifteen
| years ago HikatineZ was In Washington
and he came 90 see me. He said that Ma
yona was still alive at the age OF 10
Along IN the forenoon Col Newly
f. came up. and he was the most surprised
man you ever saw He made the terms
/ Of the treaty. They were to restore the
| children they had stolen, and give VS. 20
/ ponies and 10 sheep. Their sheep m
/ those days. before the government inn
! ported 50 many OF the coarser grade,
/ were small and very fine woOled The
( Navajo blankets they make now don't
/ compare with the ones they made then.
They wanted to get rid Of US and went
/ about fllflling the terms Of the treaty
| pretty rapidly. The ponies and sheep
| were driven IN and after awhile we 20,
/ the slave children. about seventy-hve %
| EN-. They were the dirtiest lot I ever
| saw. They WANT ragged, simply be
cause they didn't have on any clothes, ex-
cept in some cases a breech cloth.
The Beautiful Slave Girl
The Colonel transacted all Of the bust
| ness through an interpreter. and he
asked II that vas all of the children and
was told that il was. Wal, Of course the
! Interpreter only put such questions as
| the Colonel asked and he didn't find out
| everything. ] was standing by watching.
/ / cOuld talk Spanish about as well as I
| could English. and / asked a little Mex
| can slave boy near by II there were any
1 more
Ives, senor,' he said, one more, a
| girl
Il spoke up and said: Colonel. this bog
| says these are not all. There is a girl.
! The Colonel told the Interpreter to ask If
| this was so, and the Navajo replied:
&" Yes, but she not want 10 come. Wife
of chief
Il asked the boy If this was 50.
d" No, senor,' he answered. she does
| want TO come. She is only a slave wife.
and cries all the time because she fears
| she Will never again see her father or her
mother
Il told the Colonel what the boy said
and he got as mad "a fury. He turned to
| the Navajos and said:
q" You bring that girl in here by sun
down or ! will cut you into small pieces
and throw you on the rocks for the crows
70 eat
That fetched 'em when the interpreter
translated it, and they agreed to bring
her in right away.
In about half an hour here she came.
galloping a-straGdle of a pony, forty or
| fifty Navajos with her. for they didn' I
like TO let her go.
Pretty! She was the most beautiful
human being I ever saw. She was what
they call a Spanish blonde, with big brown
eyes and hair like threads of gold. 1t
hung down below her waist. She was
about fifteen, but she was developed like
any Northern woman of twenty of
| course. she want dressed up, for all she
had on was a Navajo blanket. But she
| old look beautiful as she rode up with
her eyes full of tears and a look OF terror
on her pretty face.
"'Donde esta el ejercito de los Amer
| icanos? (Where is the American Army p,
she cried, as she looked around and saw
| the hundreds of Navajos, with a soldier
| only here and there. l was the only one
| of the boys who could talk Spanish to
amount TO anything, and | went up to her
/ and put my hand on her pony and began
| speaking to her. I'll just give you the
English, though I remember what We
said as we'll as if 1t was yesterday:
There il is, senorita. Don't you see
/. the soldiers sitting on the rocks?'
Afraid of the Savajos.
when she saw our small numbers
she began 10 weep again o, por Dies,
shall never again see my father or my
mother
why do you say that, senerita?
asked.
Because the Navajcs will kill me and
all of you before we can get out of here
Fear not, little one said We only
want one more fight with the Navajos
and We will kill all of them
Then she looked about and saw the
dead warriors lying all around and took
heart. She told me her name, but | have
| forgotten it. She was a granddaughter
| of Gen. Armijo, one of the bravest Mex
| lean officers and a man of great wealth
and prominence. Then / remembered
having seen a notice in Spanish posted on
the corners of the plaza in Santa Fe Of
| fering S, 900 in gold for the return Of this
girl.
when we marched back we put her
right in the center of the troop, where
she could not be recaptured in case of an
attack She was such a beauty that the
BOYS all made her the darling of the little
army. They were all mad because they
couldn't talk 10 her as / could, and We
had half OF EN- trying 10 learn Spanish on
the return trip all on account of her
When we reached Santa Fe we camped
on the plaza and put the children under
| guard on the placita, or little plaza. Santa
| Fe was only little border town in those
DAYS. but the people set TO work and did
all they could 10 clothe those poor chill
dren. This grill wish / could tell you her
name-Was soon given some female cloth
ing, though il wasn't any ballroom dress,
and she was the happiest thing you ever
| saw. The Colonel sent word TO all the
neanIe 10 come in and claim their chill
/ dren IL was three weeks before they
/ could all get there, for the children had
/ he-n stolen for miles around. Gen. Armjo
was notified and told 10 bring clothing
( suitable for the station Of his grand
/ daughter. He lived about 100 miles away
, 10 the south, in old Mexico
eat last he came with dozen coaches,
/ any one OF 'em gorgeous as a band
| wagon in a circus parade. There were
| four horses, siX horses. and eight horses.
/ There were cOachmen, fooumen, and out
/ riders. Relatives! Wal, you never seen
/ the ike Of uncles and aunts and cousins
/ that came TO see that girl. That meeting
! Was the darnest affecting thing you ever
saw. There want one of the boys who
/ could keen the tears back"
/ Here Uncle Sam blew his nose with
I great yigor and his voice trembled
/ slightly.
| Gen. Armiio was a big. noble-looking
/ man. and he was dressed out with all
| the trappings of a Spanish General.
| When the excitement of the reunion was
| over he came up 90 Col. Newly and put
! his arms around his neck and kissed him.
/ He sent man 10 his carriage for the
/ bag OF gold When the servant handed IL
/ 10 him the General held IL out 10 the Colo
mel
Here is the $500 ! promised as a re-
ward for rescuing my little sranddaugh-
/