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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
Indian Maidens Inter-
Marry with the
Whites

raised a half-breed child, who was d
great curiosity TO the redskins. As
years sped by other hunters invaded
the domain Of the I'VE tribes Of the
indian territory and married other
dafk-skinned beauties. IntermarriaRo
In the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw,
Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes has
hourished to such an extent within
the last quarter century that the full
blood element is now on the verge Of
extinction. The old men Of the tribes
are becoming alarmed and have passed
laws against intermarriage. Some Of
these laws are very severe, almost
prohibitive, In fact. The young Indian
women object to these laws, because
they do not want, as a rule. to marry
the men Of their own tribes. The
Chickasaws are the strictest regarding
intermarriage. A law recently placed
on their statute books requires any
white man applying for a license to
marry a Chickasaw girl, FIRST, to pro-
duce evidence that he has resided in
the Chickasaw nation two years, next
to furnish credentials as to his good
character and third, to pay $1,000 for
the marriage license. OF course, the
girl has and sometimes takes the priv
ilege Of clipping, at the cost Of losing
her right in the tribal lands and
money, and Of disgracing herself in
the eyes Of her relatives. Her head
right is something worth considering.
A right in the Chickasaw nation is
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000. The
intermarriage laws Of all the four ma
tions named are about the same, ex-
cepting that the Chickasaw nation
charges $1,000 for a license, while the
others only ask $40. There is good
reason for these laws. Many fortune
hunters, attracted by the wealth Of the
Indian maidens, have in the past mar
ried into the tribes, gained control Of
large tracts of land, fostered outlaws,
and raised bad families. There were
few happy marriages, and not until the
wise men Of the tribes met and passed
an act making every white man show
his credentials before the license was
issued, was there a betterment OF these
conditions. The character Of each ap-
plicant was carefully examined before
he was admitted. For several years
thereafter respectable and industrious
white men married into the tribes and
their children married whites. It was
so on down the line until today the
eight, sixteenth, and ~thiry-second part
Indian predominates. OF pure bloods
there will be none in a few years.
Chicago Journal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
beautiful
and Rich

From b intermingling Of the white
and the red blood in the indian terri
tory there has grown up a race nota-
bic for the beauty and grace OF its
women The girls Of the Indian terri
tory are no more the wild, untamable.
dusky beauties Of early Indian fiction
b they are the wretched creatures
found among some OF the tribes today.
They are to all intents and purposes
on the same plane with white women
OF education and refinement, except
that the strain OF wild, strong Indian
blood in their veins gives them q tinge
OF richer color, a brighter eye, a more
lissome grace than their white sisters
possess. Reckoned in fractions Of
blood, these Indian beauties are more
Caucasian than aboriginal American.
All OF them, however, are Indians.
politically and socially; they hold
firmly to their membership in the
tribes. Many of them are one-quarter
or o~ne-eighth, or even one-sixteenth
or one-thirty-second Indian; but the
red strain is stronger and shows, IL
not in some lingering richness Of color
or in the molding Of the face, at least
In an eli but ~indehnable fascination
and grace, the heritage Of a forest
people. Among them one may find per-
feet blondes, with the Indian strain
still salient and palpable. And al
though they have succumbed to the
corset Of civilization, in almost all
cases they have their less trammeled
ancestresses to thank for the blessing
OF well-nigh perfect figures. And one
other Of woman's best gifts they pos
ses; clear and low voices, with lot a
trace Of the cultural intonation which
Is common to original Indian tom
CUES. Raised amid scenes OF the
b~loodless conquest OF their race by the
whites, they look without concern up
on the destruction Of tribal customs
and the thinning out of old blood. To
this last they even contribute, for so
seldom does one of them marry an
Indian that such an event is COM
mented upon in the territory as re-
markable. Before the middle of the
last century a Cherokee woman one
day met a hunter in the forest. She
was frightened at his white skin and
fled thinking him an evil spirit. But
he was fascinated by her beauty and
pursued her into camp, where he
learned that she was the daughter Of a
friendly chief. The hunter laid seige
to the heart Of the dusky belle and
finally gained her consent to marry
him according to tribal customs then
in vogue. This hunter and his squaw
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
His Beliefs Uncanny,
HIS Life
Weird

their names and descriptions in alpha
betical order. His descriptions OF
spirits are varying. He says that he
has solved the problem as to the in
habitants Of Mars. and often communi-
Gated with that planet, in which
respect he Is ahead Of Tesla. who only
talks Of communicating with them. II
is inhabited only by spirits, he says.
and they are shaped like and about
the same size as a buzzard. Although
his house is only eight feet in width
and twelve feet in length, its owner
manages to store away q really hne
library. three gasoline stoves, cooking
utensils, clothing, and othor parapher-
MALTA. In It's construction alone the
room is a curiosity. The entire wall
Is composed Of two thicknesses Of oak
lumber, with corrugated iron between.
On the side Of the wall where he sleeps
there are several metal tanks, three
by four feet, filled with water. The
roof has no tanks, but has several
thioknesses Of corrugated iron between
the boards. His bed is perhaps the
most novel piece of furniture in the
house, and is simply a box two and
one-half by eight feet, and is fastened
to the wall about eighteen inches
above the floor. It is also made OF
one-inch oak boards, with the CORFU
gated iron between, and Is entered
through a sheet-iron door at the front
end. There is & space open in the
bottom to admit air. On the interior
roof of the cage or cell there Is a zine
tank extending the entire length fllee
with water. On the top Of the cage
there are a number Of tanks Of water
of different sizes. When he retires he
places his head In a semi-circular tank.
The opening which admits his head is
about nine by eleven inches. Before
retiring he is careful to fill it with
fresh water. During the hot summer
months he takes this tank to his cell
lar, which is fitted in exactly the same
manner as the room just described.
Mr.. Zuriseller was born in Switzerland
and was brought to this country by
his father when he was 6 years old.
He attended Notre Dame university
for two years and was selected for his
.precocity as one Of the candidates to
go to Romet to be educated by the church
for the priesthood. His father OBJ
jected and he did not go. He served
three years in the union army during
the war and since then worked on
newspapers in Chicago and elsewhere
up to ten or fifteen years ago, when
he settled down in his little hut in
Columbus and began his career in the
spirit world.-Chicago Journal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
Cavalry Fencing Horse.

M. Moulon, assistant instructor Of
fencing and sword practice in the
French army, has invented a fencing
horse, a device which is highly spoken
Of as being a great Improvement over
all other methods Of teaching young
cavalrymen In the exercise OF sword
and lance. The apparatus advantage
ously replaces the i've or six station
airy manikins Of the old system, but
it also answers for half a dozen COM
batants on foot or on horseback armed
"a la matte" or with the lance, watch
ing, striking, pricking, cleaving or
running through with a real convic-
ton that is interesting to observe. The
minister OF war has authorized the
heads Of cavalry corps to employ this
fencing horse"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

The dairy of Major Andre. after iy-
ing hidden for a hundred years. has
been discovered in England. This
Interesting find was made BY LORD
Grey the other day, while he was 60
ing over a lot OF old family papers that
probably had not been disturbed since
the conclusion Of the American war OF
independence.
The diary Is a story Of the campaign.
Gay by day, during the years IRIS.
lt Is simply but Interestingly told from
the soldiers standpoint. and Is accom-
panied by maps, apparently drawn by
Andre himself, and with a skin that
would make him the equal Of any mill
tary photographer Of to-day.
The diary ceases too early to throw
new light upon the motives which
prompted the tragic ending of his ca
reer, but It gives interesting glimpses.
OF the personality Of one Of the his.
toric figures Of the Revolution.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
central African FashIons.


Bangles, necklaces and belts made
Of fine copper are commonly worn as
ornaments by the native tribes Of Cen
trail Africa. MissSCaddick, in her de-
lightful account Of her journey in Cen
trail Africa, describes the ingenious
way In which the natives manufacture
the wire from the rough copper. They
draw it into the finest possible strands
which they twist on hair. The men
cut a hole through a tree, into which
they put a piece Of iron with a small
p~erforation in It. The strip of copper
Is tapered to a point and put through
the hole in the iron. The natives
catch hold Of the end with a kind Of
pincers; then a good number of them
hang on to it and pull it through.
This process is repeated through small
er holes in the iron, till the wire is
fine enough. All the ornaments are
beautifully made and the wire is ex-
tremely fine and flexible. Some Of the
men wear five copper wire belts, ma
nyetas," as they are called, which fit
the body very tightly. The manyetas
are very difficult to buy, and / was at
first puzzled to account for this. After
a time I came to understand that the
belts. being so small, were extremely
difficult to get of. The poor men re-
quired time, and were obliged to use
a good deal Of oil before they could
wriggle out Of them. These manyetas
are very heavy, and the weight and
size greatly astonished me, as natives
usually seem to dislike wearing my
thing tight or heavy. But fashion, in
Africa as in England, makes martyrs.
The women wear thick brass wire coll
ed round and round their arms from
wrist to elbow and in the same way
around their necks In a deep collar,
which must be heavy and uncomfort-
able.-Youth's Companion.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
In the Near Future One
May Shop Entirely Be-
low the Level of the
Street.

arcade idea has spread rapidly along
the entire tunnel Vine. Down town It
has taken the shape of plans to erect
booths and stores underground cau-
buildings, The advantage Of UNDER
ground construction has given an add
ed value to property all along the
route. According to one enthusiastic
promoter, the arcades will be much
more elaborate than anything ever at
tempted in London or Paris. Instead
OF mere kiosks, where books, papers
and flowers can be bought, it Is pro-
posed to rent store space to merchants
in all branches Of trade, so that one
so inclined can shop entirely below
the level Of the street.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

Arab Pasha was the man who
headed the revolt against foreign con-
troll In Egypt in 1882. He was taken
prisoner by the English and banlshed
to Ceylon. In the eighteen years Of
his captivity his name has been almost
forgotten. It is said that he will soon
be liberated, and that he will return
to his native country. Conditions
political and other, have undergone
great changes for the better in Egypt
since 1882, and the British government
runs no risk now in setting him free.
He has given no trouble while in ex-
lie. and will return, an old man, to
a happier and more prosperous Egypt
than he has ever known, or than the
success Of his political enterprise
could have known.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

New York

Owing to the rapid transit tunnel in
New York city, underground stores ars
apt to becohe a feature. The city has
extends Substance toward the
sIy m many iaGhees and now II up
pears to be bent on going in the OPP
posite direction Subterranean ar
cades are being planned by real estate
spectators and they expect to make
a big profit from the enterprise. In
Longacre square, where the bulk Of
realty manipulation has taken place
recently a combination Of wealthy
agents who were too late to ecure sur
face space have contracted for the priv
ilege Of building structures under
ground, on a level with and adjoining
the new rapid transit station. The
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

the latter for distribution among the
girls. Pieces Of native gold and silver
and curios of interest and value were
presented by him to the pupils Mt
various times. One of his letters can
be read with profit by all women. not
alone girls; THE chief danger for
young girls in this great today of
their own and the worlds age is the
temptation to restlessness, whether An
curiosity, pleasure or pride. I want
them all to be earnestly, Thoroughly
thoughtfully intelligent OF what IL
close to them, and under their care
happy, not in n day, as the happiest
Of their lives, but in the daily current
Of their time; and proud in rightly
knowing and rightly doing whatever
they are called upon-not by fame. but
by love-to do for any who love them
for all who are dependent upon them
Chicago Times-HeraId.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
Roses Replace Violets.

For the first time in many years the
violet has lost it's place as a fash
ionable flower in woman's spring head
gear. The rose has crowded the mod
est purple flower out.
The milliners say that it is due to a
within OF the young queen Of Holland.
The rose is Queen Wilhelmina's ia
vorite flower. She wears roses, pink
and white and red, wheneYer-a and
wherever she can. and when her we'd
ding trousseau was made in Paris the
makers had to put lots Of roses in her
iinery.
That set the fashion in Paris, where
there are not beautiful royal brides
every year, and all the Partisan milli-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
Wer Fatal to DOcked Horses.

The habit Of docking horses tails is
held by humane persons in England
to have been one cause of the large
loss Of horses in the English army in
South Africa. The regular army
horses have the natural tails, but as
volunteer soldiers are called for in
time Of war so volunteer horses are
drafted, and in England the fashion
outside Of the army is to dock the tails
OF horses. The chief scourge of ami
mails of the African campaign has been
the flies and against these pests the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17


mung Upon Rocky Island, They Make
Dar;ng Escape.
Two days and nights cast away upon
a little rock island jutting up through
the turbulent waters Of Deception pass,
on the Pacific coast, was the unusual
and unpleasant experience Of John
Lewis and c.. ID. Mitchell. Their res
cue half-famisHed and athirst, was
scarcely less remarkable than the acct
dent itself. Lewis and Mitchell, both
experienced sailors, were cruising
among the islands OF the lower sound
in an open c~enter-board slOop, about
26 feet in length. From the waters ly-
ing between WILDLY island and the
mainland they attempted to pass to
the open straits Of Fuca through De-
ception pass, a most dangerous chan
mel, even In summer weather, and at
this season, in the fun sweep Of the
winter tides, regular maelstrom.
About midway lin the pass the boat
was caught by whirlpool and swept
up against one of the many little rock
islands. Lewis and Mitchell scram-
bled out on the rocks, and while look
ing for a place where the boat might
be safely moored, a twist OF water
swept tie painter from their grasp
and the boat went whirling down the
pass toward the straits. The shores
on both sides Of the pass are precipi-
tous. There are very few houses along
them, aud none within sight OF the
rock upon which the men were trand-
ed. Steamers avoid the pass during
the winter season. The situation
seemed desperate. There was no fresh
water on the ROCKS and scarcely a scrap
Of vegetation After two days had
passed without "a sign Of relief, they
found a BIZ OF driitwood on the rock,
capable Of supporting on the water the
weight Of one a Lots were cast.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

0eltrami county, in northern Mime
sofa, is bankrupt, and conditions verge
on anarchy. Judge and jurors have
struck for their pay, and the sheriff,
who has been caring the 2rlsoRers
Aelhs WV eXpe6ss, threatens to turn
them loose and close the gaol. The
trouble is caused by a decision of the
court allowing the various logging
companies doing business in Beltrami
county to avoid paying their back
taxes, upon which the county depends
for its revenues.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

A landslide occurred recently in.
Switzerland. An inn and it's garden
and outbuildings slid down a hillside
a distance Of t%hirty-hve feet. without
being in the least injured. Two stately
elm trees in the garden were also
moved without injury.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

A Russian clergyman whose church
is located at Woods Run, Pa, has been
making a ensus of his c%ountrymen
in the United States and finds that
there are in all only about 500. These.
not include many thousands who
he explains, are real Russians, and do
though speaking the Russian language
and belonging to the Greek church, are
merely Of Slavic blood in partial de-
gree.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

The French government has just ap-
propriated funds for the erection OF a
bronze statue Of June Moot, who first
introduced tobacco in Europe in 1850.
It was from his name that the word
nicotine was derived. This statue
will be situated in front of the main
government tobacco mandatory in
Paris.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

A conger eel, nearly nine feet long,
two feet and four inches in girth aud
Weighing l4s pounds was recently
caught on the beach at s~netusham.
near Hunstanton. England. The fish
erman's attention wal attracted to II
by some seaGulls lowering over shall
low water. where the eel was captured
after q long struggle.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

George w. Putnam, a descendant of
the famous Revolutionary general, Is
said to be the oldest railway mail clerk
in the country. He was appointed by
Lincoln in 1861, and has been in the
service ever since. His home is in
Westheld, Ohio. but his run" is be-
tween Ashtabula and Oil City, on a
branch Of the Lake Shore road.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
TWO Proaust. Of the r.n

Two FFouuot OF tho Fen.
In sending to George Bancroft a
specimen Of the pork raised his
farmin Xerrnnnt-1Ir Aaxsu5es tdf
characteristic note, which was found
preserved among the historians pa
pers after his death: Dear Bancroft:
l send you two products of my pen to-
day-my usual half barrel Of pig pork
and my eulogy on Chief Justice
Chase"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

The Irish member who recently be-
gan a speech in the House Of Com
mons in his native tongue" was out
OF order. He declared that Irish was
the only language in which he could
adequately set forth the wrongs OF
Ireland. Certainly good Irish is better
than bad English-and not so painfully
common.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

There IS more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than, all other diseases put together.
ana until the last few years was supposed to be
lnoulaDIe. For a great many years doctors pro-
nOuncgu ~ a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing To cnre
WIN local treatment, pronounced It incurable.
science. mas proven catarrh to be a constitu-
uonal disease, and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure. mani
fractured By r. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
rs gne only constitutional cure On the market
IL is taken internally In doses from 10 drops TO
q teaspoonfuL II acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case It fails to cure.
send for circulars and testimonials. Address
,F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

A terrible tragedy Of revenge oc-
Cured in the court in Naples. A
young man named Giacomo Simcoli
was charged with the murder Of
another young man named Negrim,
and on his being brought into court a
brother Of Negrim, a boy Of 16, dashed
between the guards and stabbed the
accused in the stomach. Simcoli fell
in a dying condition.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

"A Tall Mems club has been organ
lied in the University Of Pennsylvania.
y has twelve members, each OF whom
Is 6 feet 2 inches tall or more. Six
other men, termed "shorties," because
they are only 6 feet 1 inch, are assoc
cIate members.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

The recent publication by an Eng.
lish club Of some letters OF Ruskin 10
girls recalls the establishment by him
OF a rose fete in the Girls High
School al Cork. AT his suggestion a
queen vas elected yearly. to whom he
gave q gold cross and a set Of books.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
TFIE INDEX.
Arrpo NEW MEXICO

Members Of a church IN Buffalo win
taxa roomers and boarders during the
Pan-American exposition and apply
part Of the proceeds to clearing up the
church debt
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

ners took the rose into high favor.
Paris sets the pace for the fashions
here, so New York women are wearing
roses too, and violets only hold their
own at the florists.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

The claim is made for South Dakota
that it has for the third consecutive
year produced more wealth per capita
than any other State in the Union, the
total for this year being S1O6, 500, 900. OF
this sum s27,OOO 900 comes from live
stock. $1s,OOO,OO from corn, $4,000
900 from wheat and $12, 600. 900 from
minerals.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

locked horses had no protection. The
agony they suffered contributed I'M
doubtedly to the heavy mortality
among the animals.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17

Garfield Tea purifes the blood, regu-
lates the digestive organs and pro
notes good health. 1t is the herb
medicine that has been used SUCCESS
fully for many years.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-17
0be Orinffy RiOer.

In his thirteen hour talk against the
river and harbor bill Senator Carter,
Of Montana, made famous the Trinity
river. The senator had never seen that
wonderful stream and many people
never knew of It until they read Of it
in his speech. The Trinity heads in
North Texas, miles to the northward
Of Fort WORTH It semi-circles that
live city and railroad center. The low
er suburbs OF Fort Worth in the Trim
ity bottoms are sometimes partially
submerged when the river booms.
From Fort Worth the Trinity pursues
a crooked course though the magnih-
cent alluvial to Dallas. Thence It