New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

honrihis own grandfather once entrapped two
Apache warriors who were stealing down ,ho
tra2l into the canyon; how unaides ana .lo
ne captured them and brought them prisoners a.
ms people, and then how they were taken on,
10 the highest cliff Of 'FIackatai c.bio.r,,.,
tthe Grand Canyon Of the Colorado Riverl ga
there swung out into space and allowed % e.u
upon me cruel rocks two thousand feet benao,b
Aho se1 an MS teaching is not warlike for his
.hON''' N1S carly in his training win show
nun no" me corn grows and how the grasses
1l,a' s'e ann tooc come up in the spring. He
VII De taught 10 know roots that are f,oos 20
eat. and viii help gather the rnascs, .,,s -
"no ehockaberries that give him food and drink
ana ne VIII be taught lessons Of sohriet,, ana
honesty Tor his Havasupai mother will ,eu hin,
ne must never drink the Whiskey OF the white
man. or The "smalagatOa" of the Navajo. or the
Puisue OF the Mexican, each Of which viii take
@"ay MS brains and make him a fool like the
I"nios And he viii be warned not TO touch
The property OF another, or he will be called a
Thief like the Navahos and Mohayes. And thus
ne grows UP strcnE healthy brave, sober and
honest- II all white boys were equally well
trained fewer policemen jails, courts and peni-
tentiaries would be needed
Cousins 10 the Havasupais are the Wauanais
or Northern Arizona. the 'Tsedouins OF the Paint
ed Desert" as they have not inaptlv heen called
For their scattered homes are most OF them
found in this region Of prodigal color And yet
their name is Wallapais-the people OF the
Naila, the tan pine. and in some portions Of
Their reservation, especially in the Wanapai
Mountains, which travellers 10 California on
the line OF the Santa Fe Railway pass on the
left near Kingman, Ariz.. there are TO be found
many groves Of stately and imposing pines The
Wallapai Madonna is possibly the first one ever
armsaR r-fr1rr1 -,N,r
have had no love for the white man until re-
Gently. and would allow no Photographer TO
work his deadly arts upon them. AS a rule
Wallapai mothers are notoriously bad, and il is
interesting 10 seek for the reason For cen
turles they and the Apaches have been enemies
and the latter, being more numerous. powerful
and wariile, have constantly harried them As
a rule the Wallapais lived al isolated springs
where escape was difficult Warnings could
seldom reach them, except by signal fires. and
then it was almost impossible 10 get away from
danger fast enough when hampered by the pres
ence Of children. Hence. TO save them from
falling into the hands Of their enemies and
also 10 make their own escape more certain il
was no uncommon thing for them TO kill their
children. One old woman Of the tribe has
openly confessed to having thus slain several OF
her children. AMI when asked why she replied
that had the Apaches caught her she would
have been compelled TO choose between being
the wife OF her ca3tor and being slain with
much torture, and had her child been with her
he would invariably have been slain either at
the time Of capture or later 10 compel her COM
pliance with her captor's wishes.
But in the case OF this woman not only is
there no cruelty shown in her demeanOr 10 her
child. but she is tender, loving, careful and
proud and triumphant in her maternity Her
child is as sweet a specimen Of Indian babyhood
as could possibly he found. good tempered,
happy. healthy and always ready for a good
natured frolc.