Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-11-10
THE WHITE INDIANS.
Romantic Tradition That They Are
Descendants Of Welsh Prince.
INDIANS ARE MERELY klBIN0S.

INDIANS AXE MtRtlf AlblNUS.
For more than 100 years the dues-
ton whether there existed In America
"a tribe OF white Indians has been agi-
tated. and more or less positive state
ments from learned men can be quot
ed on 10Th sides. That the legend OF
a white race had a basis in fact Is
| proved by six individuals stin living
in the pueblo Of zuni, N. NJ. says the
Scientific American. Their existence,
however. IL known TO very few. and
| even Of those who have visited the VIII
hge. not many have seen the white In
' dams, for as a rule, they keep them
YES out of sight. The history OF the
Is interesting.
he earliest times more or less
1ors abou white Indians
Ia. cent. In 1871 the Rev. Or.
| Joh,, rblished a treatise on
| the sui now very rare. al
| though IN, Nich he rave the
inquiry sthl ne purpose OF
| the publication suoscrip-
tion fund. to be de. 'xpiora-
| ton OF "the wild par, De-
yond the Ohio river W.
thor was sure the longs,
men would be foun4- In his =
there was not the slightest douL
these whites. descendants OF Pr.
MadNc, who, according to the Oh
Welsh legend. left his native country
soon after ITO A. D., on account OF
family disscnsion. and started out 10
the west. leaving ireland IN his right
hand.
According to the ancient bards.
Prince Madoc returned In the course
OF time with glowing accounts OF n
new country he had discovered. and
gathering his adherents about him. he
set sal again for the far west. to the
land which he had found. and was
never afterwards heard OF. DIR. Will
liams contended that the white In
dams were the descendants OF these
18th century welshmen, and, whatever
may be thought OF his conclusion his
argument was certainly worth consid-
Grafton. He cited the many reports
concerning these Indians then current,
coming from various parts OF the
American continent, particularly the
account OF a man named Rimlngton. a
native OF England. who a met the
white Indians at a grand trading meet
ing. or Indian fair. at the forks of the
Ohio. He was told that they came
from a remote district west OF the Mis-
sissippl. Rlmington's companion, a
welshman. claims TO have spoken tc
these Indians In his own language. -
was said also, that these Indians had q
book. which they venerated highly, bur
were unable to read.
More than sixty years later. wher
the Pacific railroad surveys across thu
continent were made. the story cropped
out In another form. but the white In
dams We're definitely located at thu
pueblo OF Zuni. In the reports OF thu
survey. published In 1856. a descrip
ton OF one OF the Indians is given. TO
gether with a list of words which wer'
= said 10 be practically synonymous II
the Zuni and Welsh languages. No ex
) PLANTATION of the presence OF whit
members Of the tribe was attempted
About 1877. J. II. Beadle. a newspapc
correspondent, visited Zuni. He men
tlons a book which these Indians had
!, and which they regarded with grea
reverence, although they could no
: read Il.
There Fan be no doubt that the whit
Indians at Zuni are albinos. There ar
four others at the Modui villages an
!, several scattered among the other pue
bios. In dress, manners, customs an
- Language, they are like their fellow,
but their complexion In very fair. the
are indeed, much whittier than the aver
age white man who a lived much |
the open air. Their hair Is a tawn!
!, yellow. instead of the Jet black whic
characterizes the Indian. Their eye
are so weak that they have to kee
them closed In the sunlight. This
due, doubtless. to the absence of co
oring matter In the Iris. As the ski
lacks that protection. also. these pee
pie suffer very much from sunburl
= where the regular Indians IL almost q
:" immune as a negro. Their eyelids an
n lips are always sore, and Il Is probab
y on account OF their dread OF the sui
y, light that 50 few travellers have see
- them.
, To those who a seen these Gu
ious freaks they give the impression
first that they are Irishmen dressed
~ Indians, for their faces have a decide,
= ~ Celtic cast. The only way, howeve
in which they differ from other men
30 beers OF the tribe is in the absence
= coloring matter In the skin and hal
The cause OF this albinoism has m
been determined; Il may be due to clio
'' intermarrlage within the family. an Il
evitable result of the social system
10 the pueblos and their organization vi
der the clan or gems system.