Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-07-26
LAST OF THE RACE. 4 Remnant sf Oldest Of Callfurnia
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RssDssssA PssDis. On the higA table land of Fl Dorado county, between the north and uiddle forks of the Costumes river and among the lofty Sierra peaks. hFes a remnant Of the oldest of oid Californian tribes-
 Once. ages before California knew the face of white man. the F&es Uas s.o9o kfr0ag-taIl, straight and powerful The trisal name wAs Tanehe tthe eatl --sIss feared and respected throughoui the uAysntAinA Now but Eve arc lefi- Civilization and time haze An but ex. terminated the race; stin Ae wonder fal vitality of the old s4eok remains, Tor these five are not only tribAny the
 most ancient of North American ns-
 ives, but individually are the oldest ID the world
 With these five will Gle the name of Tanehe. for the youngest is Ss. and the old grandmothsr. unehupus. has Ai- ready seen i45 California winters. When Sutter was first heard of by the Indians. UnehuPus' great-gTeat-grAnd- daughter waA married and had three children almost grown. Of the present survivors. Oe. the daughter. is I20 years old: Unehap. the son. is io2; Elomia. the niece, is ss; while Burnt Jim. the grandson. is ios. Burnt Jim once had an Indian name. but upon the advent of the whites he acquired the irs-water habit and during a celebration had 6 sudden burst of eOnyiViality which snded him face down in the camp fire This second christening dubbed him Burnt Jim" or the spot
 The quintet with the exception oi old Unchpus. wait on themselves and work for their living of game, roots and acorns.
 They have no legal standing. no prop eTty and no agency. Under the law they are but trespassers upon the m improved land of tke NhiGes-ignored and unmolested.
 The old grandmother is sleeping out her second century. She wakens merely to take nourishmsst. iHer hair is as white as canded wool and her hesh has Wasted away from inactivity unti naught but skin and bone remains They have Co lead her like baby-Of an animated wrinkls-when she walks
 These old Indians. having 10 ehildrer 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. yariAbly taciturn and cold.
 Their habits and crude novels resem. bic those of the wild animals among whom they have lived; sun they have their own ideas of law, and to these and the ancient rites of the TAnche they cling with tribal fsnAticism- Ons of their customs as a tribe has been the privilege of the daughters, between the ages of 13 and 20. to fsll themselves iE marriage, the proceeds going 10 the parents and no dOwry tsths wigwaD, of their lords-
 On a small knoll in the center of the camp stands the oldest pow-wow wig wam In all America It is circular, 5s feet in diameter. and the walls are Of upright slabs, four feet high. It was built l30 years ago from crude cedar carried 12 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 r.-.A.. ....,... ,--.a a,,aII,- gtr{olrey, 1n,r-r, Four huge logs I4 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 sat At council and watched the smoke curl up through the opening at the top.
 Here are kept tARir dancing gear bright caps ofcrow sbd ysilow-hGpmer feathers and queer brattles of split sticks. At a celetHatioa the drum seems to have bcen1she main part of the entertainment. for ft iA q 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 @ dance the squsws were kept busy cooking. and the rule was eat and dance. dance and eat, until in their fanaiical excitement the bucks, rolling like swine at a trough, Ahrieked. yelled and gorged themselves until they fell senseless-or dead.
 One of their old traditions is that some day the dead Indians will all re- turn and restore the game % ruthiessly slaughtered by the whites. Until that time arrives beautiful Indian princess Is supposed to come once 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 not particularly appetizing. Having no metal saucepans, they use water-tight grass baskets. Into these they put acorn meal and water to the eonAistency of starch. then drop in hot rocks that give the stuff a warm if not cooked taste The soup is we'll stirred, poured out into water-tght grass bowls and eaten with much gusto.-San Francisco