Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-07-26
LAST OF THE RACE.
A Remnant of Oldest Of California
 Indian Tribes.
Aged Survivors of fAs TassAss Vyssh WASz wIBi ne ths Eaz.S OG . 0Ass BsaRsA ana
 RssOSsssd People.

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 On the high table land of Fl Dorado county. between the north and middle forks of the Costumes river and among the lofty Sierra peaks. hVcs . remnant of the oldest of old Californian tTibes-
 Once, ages before California knew the face of white man. the race was 3.oe0 strong-tall. straight and powerful. Toe tribal name wEs Tanehe (the eatl --one feared and respected throughout the HhyuntainA Now but Eve are left Civilization and time haSy an but ex- terminated the race; stin he wonder fu vitality of the old stock remains,
 Tor these five are not only tribaiiy the
 most ancient of North American nA-
 ives. but individually are the oldest in the world.
 With these five will de the name of TAnehe. for the youngest is Ss. and the old grRndmother. Unehupua, has al- ready seen ISs California wintera. When Sutter was first heard of by the Indians. Unchupus' great-great-grAnd- daughter was married and had three children almost grown. Of the present survivors, oc. the daughter, Is i20 years old; UBehup, the son. is fe2; Elomia, the niece. is es; while Burnt Jim. the grandson. Is l04. Burnt Jim once had an Indian name. but upon the advent os the whites he acquired the hre-water habit and during Q celebration had Q
 sudden burst of conviviAlity which
 anded him face down In the camp fire
 This second christening dubbed him Burnt Jim" on the spot
 The quintet with the exception Of old Unchpus, wait on themselves and work for their living of game. roots and acorns-
 They have no legal standing. no prop sFty and no agency. Under the 1aw they are but trespasserA upon the un- improved land of tbe Whitss-ignored and unmolested.
 The old grandmother is sleeping out her second century. she yEakens merely 10 take nO1risARasst fHer hair Ia ai white as earded wool and her hesh ha, wasted away from inactivity unti. naughs but skin and bone remains They have to lead her like bAby-of an animated wrinkle-when she walka
 These old Indiana. having no children of their own. they have persuaded two families of young Indians from an other tribe to camp on their grounds Toward them they display the greatest affection. but to strangers they are in variAbly tAciturn and cold.
 Their habits and crude novels resem- bic those of the wild animals among whom they have hyei; sun uhey have their own ideas of law. and to thesS and the ancient rites of the Tanchs they cling with tribal fGnAtieism- Ons of their customs as tribe has been the privilege of the daughters, between the ages of 1s and 20. to ssll thsmselses ir marriage, the proceeds goang to the parents and no dOwry tSths wigwanai of their lOrds-
 On a small knoll in the center of the camp stands the oldest pow-wow wig wam in all America IL ia circular, 7s feet in diameter. and the walls are of upright slabs, four feet high. IL was built l3O years ago from crude cedar carried i2 miles on the backs of the braves and chopped out with stone axes. Originally the walls were seven feet high, but the structure has been moved three times and made smaller as the Ranches were gradually stricken down. Four huge logs l4 feet high support the center of the cone-shaped roof; and be- tween these was built the pow-wow fire on state occasions, when the chiefs Eat at council and watched the smoke curl up through the opening at the top.
 Here are kept 4lRir dancing gear bright caps of crow sRd ysllow-hammeF feathers and queer hrattles of split sticks. At celetsatioa the drum seems to have beea.ahe main part of the entertainment, for 1t is a colossal affair of resonant boards built over hole in the ground and operated by the stamp ing feet of the biggest buck in the tribe. During Q dance the squaws were kept busy cooking. and the rule was eat and dance, dance and eat, until in their fanatical excitement the bucks, rolling like swine at a trough, Ahrieked, yelled and gorged themselves until they fell dead.
 One of their old traditions is that some day the dead Indians will all re- turn and restore the game % ruthlessly by the whites. Until that time arrives a beautiful Indian princess Is supposed to come once Q year to the ] council wigwam-called forth by hor- rible and mythical incantations-And advise them what to do that no famine | may be visited upon them.
 Theircooking is interesting, although 1 not particularly appetizing. Having no metal saucepAna, they use water-tight 1 grass baskets. Into these they put l acorn meal and water to the consistency l of starch, then drop in hot rocks that give the stuff a warm if not cooked l taste. The soup is we'll stirred, poured 1 put into water-tight grass bowls and l eaten with much gusto.-Ssn Francisco ] Examiner.