Gunnison news-champion., 1904-06-17
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EaI i1lal azss rsas

EIaEa saazlfrfI tlie atr.aesss
tHa ss.aacaa tha SCI
The 80 trita- e che q aas are ena-
useraiaa ll tts uslh aaa uras.
F r4lhGTs trrbes Vi 9 i.ih. ana sao Ne
mlnaehss. Maa.les. Tabezaalss.as
and CaFatas m Calara1e ana New
Mezie. Al anc iin.s az ssx "a she
ualn trib.as aisua SIZED gei tae assih
rltr af q e9nHlau bead chleL a
thgagb eaah trile bad o. oWa sab
chiaf
f Darae was t..r is-i chief O. hsld
sway user aA she lie- and at his
loath GHe taa lrae- f 5sh and
-hase If talra1a aHi AieW Mex8eo
have maiBtaucI cuure'g seTarate or
ganizaaaas buf ilr economical reas-
m- hctafd a. Washington. they
Z have befa rlHs. .Ii .iatel Ints 9ne cun-
/ federation kuaVu IS sbf allied Utes
and re-ersafel uH.iar Che authority
af the DGuy AEeueE m Ssaihern
Utah
The Z atz are extremely Interest,"
inE a- being among lle Ha-t exam
I Hles af te ahwE.HaI TRIBES af thc
ue-f ahr continue 15 leal lives akiu
O. tle Hie ID tBa 90 DAYS before the
waI.. ufa elme
Iue gaterumaHt al tle tr.ba is
EH..Hi as t.l4E- head eaasf 81 the
Hhs aH.si of clans a sub tribes
uaaJ maa .l bands Al present lr-
uasi1 e0r-saHej ty tas Caab8lic
priest af Santa fe' Is head ehief of
tae tribe aH4 a.-Ha af .he Nemuuchc
clan fae lHrZ IS. Hl t.e su5-riitcs.
Hasazsi1 Charlie. whose original
name wa= 'I.wei Toad is chtef If
tHe Nlsaha CLAN .4I ~tarra is chiei
1I fbs CaHHtas clam Tho clans are
divided mt HaHIs each Numbering
from four ta Gem men and being
governed br a head man or sub
chief
Tine SWAY of the chiefs is MT tyr
r1uical or severe. bat 1T Is almost ali
s1lUte aud they must Weld ready
obedience % orders. as a bullet IS
the penalty OF serious disohedience
Tribal law attaches no reward To the
office ai chief but it Is the custom
for the chiefs 30 have the first choice
Of such good things as may come in
the way 1T the tribe.
At the census If 1898 there were
9N6 members If the Southern n
trtI. 80 ,,-l..I so -. II a
1S7 females. OF the sub-tribes the
Neminuches numbered $50 mem
bers; the Tabeguaches Including
the Moachesl 270 and the Capotas
l66.
The | te men are generally well
formed and agile and capable of en-
during great fatigue, want and hard
ship They are quite strong although
their muscles are soft and flexible
Some Of them become stout while
others are thin and wirv. They
have prominent noses and ears, high
cheek bones and rather retreatinc
ioreheads They all have long black
glossy hair Of which they are scru-
pulousl " carciul They do not aver
age as tall as white men, although
a few of them are over six feet. The
women are shorter than the men. In
girlhood and early womanhood they
are plump and well formed but as
they grow older they become fat
and round shUuldered.
From am Anglo-SaNon point Of
view the costumes Of the Ttes are
simple and scJntv but they are al .
ways picturesque The clothing is
made now chiefly Of vrlyets. calicoes
and cotton cloths purchased from the /
Agency traders, but is cut after the /
patterns of the olden time when the I
materials were the skins of animals
killed u the chase. A few of the .
men wear hats which are invariably T.
small somhrcr1>. ln addition 10 /
this the male costume consists Of an 4
undersbirt Of cotton. l0nc-~lecves
over9hIrt falling to the knees. ler- I
gIugs of cloth or buckskin. a gee
string and mocca9ins
me costume OF the women consist .
OF a dress that reaches from the neck /
90 below the knees. leggiugs that
reach from the knees % the ankles |
and moccasius They all wear very
wide belts to which they hang their
purses, avis and tools and as am
outer garment they wear shawls or
blankets Some of their dresses are
made of buckskiu or the tanned hide .
81 wild mountain sheep The skin .
dresses are almost always painted .
and small bells and rattle~ are at
tached 30 them They also wear
bead jackets or suarfs. some oil
which are executed in very good de- /
signs