Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-02

pany, is the subject of much admira
tion. He is bright. bay, weighs 1856
pounds, was four years old last March
and won four medals in his native
country. Carl Coulson will show you
| the medals.
| The indian parade was such good
feature yesterday the committee de.
cided 1t would be good thing to re-
peat today for the benefit of visitors
| who were not in the city yesterday
II may be repeated again tomorrow,
but that is uncertain. for the squaws
must have dinero TO help out in the
parade.
James T. Fay of Pennington is the
enterprising rustler who conceived the
idea Of getting Ne-che- ne bega. the
| Navago sand picture man, TO perform
his rare art here. AS Mr.. Fay says, 1t
is the first time in a thousand years.
| perhaps. that the mysterious sanj
paintings have been exhibited before
| white people, and 1t may be the last,
| for the art is almost a lost one and
| the few who possess it have scruples
| against exhibiting them. II IL con
| trary to their customs and supersti.
tions. and there is no telling when
the artist may get "hunch," scatter
his sand to the winds and vamoose
for the desert Businesses of the reser
vation. Mrs. Fay is with her husband
and they have erected tents and
charge a small fee for admission. Our
people can see for quarter these ex-
h'bitions which people have travelled
see.
II is always a pleasure to see the
Indian races. They are picturesque,
ride to win and do not waste any time
jockeying. The primitive red man is
satisfied to run on the square and is
willing all competitors should have
an even start. He leaves all under,
handed, unfair and reprehensible Jock.
ey work to the civilized whites.
Buckskin Charley, with his grown
son. San Antoine. his two squaws and
the rest of his household. Is an inter
esting character on Indian row. Char.
ley is polite, obliging and courteous
to all who seek to make his acquaint
ance. He is little shorter in stat,
ure than one would expect who has
seen only his pictures. but he is
chief, whether dressed in his feathers
and fancy regalia or his plain suit OF
navy blue. Buckskin Charley has Wis.
tied President Roosevelt in Washing
ton. Charley thinks Theodore Roose.
welt a great white chief and the presi.
dent recognizes In the Ute one OF
the greatest red men of the present
day Charley is getting so he talks
good English and can carry on CON
versation relating to such things as
the red man has to deal with in the
everyday affairs of life very well.
Old Chief IgnacIo and his family
are missing this year. Ever since
the Durango fair has been started Ig-
nacio has been with us. He came
with his wife, children and grand
he brought a spring wagon. light lum-
Der wagon and several ponies One
large wigwam and two or three small
ones made his camp. Ignacios ab.
sence this year is due to the fact that
he and his wife were injured In a run.
away about three months ago. the
chiefs scalp being almost torn from
his head and wife's leg being broken.
Ignacio is getting old and feeble and
his recovery from his injuries has
been slow, and the trip from his
home at Navajo Spring to Durango Is
too far for him to make under the cir
cumstances All Durango and hun
dreds OF visitors hope to see the ven
cradle chief with us next year
If you see bunch of the cutest
little pappooses and Indian children
that ever happened, at the fair. you
may know they are John Taylors
They nave pretty red faces and bushy,
kinky hair, They are dressed in be
coming red dresses. They talk good
English. Their pa is John Taylor.
the colored interpreter who has lived
with the Utes ever since he can re
member. Their mother is a full
blooded Ute,
There are three thousand people on
the grounds or more. and 1t is hard
to tell sometimes whether the fair is
at Silverton. Aztec, Pennington, Man.
cos. Montezuma or Durango. They
are mere In hocks and punches. They
are all boosting their own town and
throwing their hats away and climb.
ing the fence whenever another event
Is well on.
They are a happy lot and are getting
to like Durango better every minute.
They say "All we want you to do
is to come to our show and wen sure
be here every time you have a show,
and that's a bargain.
In the ialf mile running this after
| noon Nellie May won first, Lena sec
ond and Mountain Boy third. The lat
ter two belong to Jesse Haller of Man
cos and the former TO j. p. Sutton.
In the Indian half mile running race
there were eleven entries and when