El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
INDIAN
VILLAGE
Of Phoenix Carnival Is At
tractirg a Good Peal Of
Attention.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT
Of the Daily Life Of the Val.
ley IndianS., and Seme-
thing or Their
History.

! special Corr spoudencs of the Her AID
| PHOENIX, A. T., Dec. 14.-Locat-
ed short distance east OF Phoenix, on
ground which was once the battle field
of bloody conflict between Apaches
on the one side and Pima and Maricopa
Idians on the other, there is presented
to the visitors of the Phoenix carnival
of Indians and cowboys a picturesque
wild and interesting scene. Contin-
gents of Pima and Maricopa Indians,
from their reservations, have hastily
established small village, where they
will camp until the conclusion of the
festivities. They have been called up
on to entertain the guests OF Phoenix
by daring feats of horsemanship. wild
dashes through the city, and bow and
arrow shooting, but it is likely that the
hordes of people attending the various
features of the carnival have been bet
ter entertained by a visit to the Indian
village, where the redmen in their ma
tive simplicity, living as they have for
ceturies on the desert of Arizona, are
seen to assemble on their reservations
While displaying their horsemanship
abilities and bow and arrow shooting,
the reds paint in gaadv colcrs At
their village they throw off the osten-
tation, and at night while nestled
around their camp fires, in groups Of
from ten to thirty, the Indians present
scene that novelists fail accurately
to describe. Like stoics they assem-
ble around the miniature camp fires.
and smoke their pipes with manifest
satisfaction, while occasionally
smile plays across their features, as
some wise man relates as a funny in
cident.
A Dramatic Story.
The other night after the crowds of
curiosity seeksrs deserted the Indian
village and the redmen as is custom
airy prepared to listen to story be-
fore wrapping their blankets around
them and lying down to pleasant
dreams. Juan Jose, an old Indian med
icine man of the Maricopa tribe. who
estimates that ne has seen about 100
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command the attention of the entire
village and a profound silence settled
over the curious community. In loud
voice he talked steadily and rapidly
for two hours. occasionally gesticu-
lating. but usually rigid in every mus
Gle. His manner was dramatic and sug-
gested the recital of bloody deeds
The Indians. to the chief of the tribe,
respectfully. The Pimas, on
the other side Of the field one by one
filed through the rows Of wagons and
formed a circle about the medicine
ton a mighty cheer went MP. The In
dians. squaws and papooses quietly ar
ranged themselves in blankets around
a hundred small fires and a death-like
silence spread over the aborigine COM
broken only by the occasional
howl of an Indian cur.
Big In1un." said Chief Charlie at
The conclusion of Juan Jose's discourse.
He see many summers. have many
scars. much fight"
Asleep on an Old Battle Field !,
The chief then explained that the
medicine man had spent two hours in
the sanguinary battle on
he same grounds where the reds rest
ID for the night, a conflict which took
,lace forty years before the white man
yet foot in the Salt River valley. The
Apache devils. the medicine man said,
,ame to this village to kill off the
,ucks. rob them of their gaming lands
Ind make slaves of the squaws and
,oys. The Pimas, Maricopas and Pa
,agos, known as the river Injuns"
md desert Injuns," rallied around the
.hiefs and met the Apaches. After
several days of skirmishing and hard
lighting the Apaches were driven be-
ore the arrows of the valley Indians ;
md pushed to the mountains, where ;
many of them were killed. Il
History of the Pimas. |,
The history of the Pima and Mari