Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20


mounds. II was swept as clean as ali
the rest u the viIlasc-barring an &C.
casionni scattered rib or marrow
bone. There are few rather pcten-
tlous caves. each Aurmounted by n
glass-faced box containing the hide
Gus wfcnths % black and white beads
when ma such favor In the eyes OF
mourning spanlsh-Amcricans pther
graves were marked BY biack-painted
wooden crosses: but the great maiori-
~ had only two sticks. tied together
crucifofm fashion. laid on top or
STUCK IN the earth ut the head. Nat-
rant bfeezcs and PASSING footsteps
soon disnrrnngc this symbol o. the
thfistion'B hope. which some stricken
hcart has placed above IT, beloved
dead; and though the emblem means.
personally. little to me. ! have nun
dreds Of times stopped to replace u and
Tie the cross-piccc more securely.
The Aicaidi. or village mayor who
accompanied US To- the cemetery
iointcd out two rough boxes. one Ions.
the other shortcr-which stand on end
inside the gateway aud remarked that
w thciu more than 5000 of his friends
and neighbora had been brought TO
their eternal rest within three years.
out among the weeds u m unfcnccd
Held. Few rods away. stood heavy.
two.whccicd ox-cart. huge tongue high
In the aif-thc village hcarse. IN which
COCO had taken their last short journey.
Across one corner Of the cemetery n
second wall u placed enclosing a tft-
angular space. which u niled :" the
min with human bones. partially
burned but by no means reduced to
dust. In front Of this was the mort
rhastly sight Of ALA frcah lot of
miscellaneous bones.
SKULLS. coFFfN.BoARDs.
shrouds. shoes etc. lately cvlctcd from
rented rravcs and made ready for n
ncmi.annual burning. Many ~ the
skulls had hair hanging on them. one
] noticed was thin and gray. aa N an
Old mani another was almost n chest
nut brown. and ON TOP ~ the heap.
close by the trunk of a body atill wrap
ped In a haif-dccaycd blanket. lay a
mass of shining jet-blnck hair. lnoscncd
frufn the head to which u had belonged.
but yet confined In n coll BY rusty pins.
To az u seems strange indeed that our
spanish American ncighhurH attach 30
little sncr,dncas 90 tho earthly tcnc-
mcnt" after the soul has ieft II. AZ may
readily b. Imagined. DE-. iiubboii and
his naflstantr found dreadful conditions
IN Catalina. The rcmaining handful ~
population has suffered sn many woes
and are 10 utterly destitute that they
nrr like one Htunnci By n series OF
hloMA. Win uolther hulH nor ambition
Tor the future. II was the children ca-
pccialy whom the Rcd Crosa came 10
rescue ana many helpless waits wcrr
found without q living relative. In SOW
erai cases two or three little children
were huddlcd together IN an abandoned
building. HubHirtlng on villa bouincn,
~ whatever scraps thUy could pick III.
like pfowllng dogs. Their were young
glfla, absolutely without protection and
almost without clothes. sleeping on the
ground nj night and unable 10 wash
their few nlthy rags. having nothing
else 60 put on. one woman past thirty
years % nrc, crippled with rheumn.
iism % that she could not walk. but
got about Ia n half sitting posture. aa
some babies creep. had nothing a. GOV.
~ her mature nnkedncaa hut part ~
an old shawl. Al these were speedily
collected by tho iiei Cross workers and
given the flrHt square meal they can re-
member. a house was nt once cot apart
10y the mayor for Use ~ an ufphnnagr,
and part 81 his own house turned over
to DR. iiuhhrll aud the ladies fnr their
realdcncc. Cots. bedding. whole bolts
~ calico and unhlonche1 muslin aud n
few rrndy-mndc gafinontH were imma.
diatcly provided. The nrnt thing was
10 give each orphan. n thorough BATH
Ing md attend scientifically 10 his or
her. itch. lice. sores. etc, then al their
vEnMfS INJECTED RAGS
were burned and they wcrr put 10 bed
untn garments could b. had. The poor
creatures were 20 weak from famine