Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-03-14
A PARTIAL GLIMPSE CT
THE WEST.
ny NAY HEWLETT rS- aUsoS.
fContinusd from lat week.

BY nay HEWLETT rSr GUsoS.
tContinusd from last week.
We learn with int es. how
these creatures learned weaving
other tribes many genera
ago. and how they prize
r:ch colors. The Indian never
repeats a pattern in weaving.
She follows no outline or tracings
but carries the pattern in her
mind. working it out as she
One thing is especially
about the Indian, she
never sings as she works; her
task IL performed in perfect 81
lence. The lo)m is a very sim
pie affair. there are two sticks for
beams, one secured close 10 the
ground, the other directly above
it. resting in the forks of upright
posts or dashed to them. The
work is tightly strung over the
upper stick and under the lower
one. leaving the thickness OF the
stitches between front and back
treads. Another stick, a slender
one, is laid in front and a thread
is run through to each back
warp thread and attached to this
stick so that by pulling this stick
forward, the back warp threads
are drawn through and in front
OF the front ones; and by insert
ing another stitch to hold it so,
front and back warp threads are
alternated for the weave.
The weaver uses her fingers,
sometimes aided by a slender
stick for a shuttle, carrying her
yarn just so far as her pattern
requires and dropping it in front,
she proceeds with the next color
in the same manner till she may
have a dozen wool ends hanging
from the front of the blanket
across its width. Having put the
wool thread in position, she prss-
es it smoothly into place with a
little wooden fork or toothed pad.
die; then grasping the fiat oak
weaving stick inserted between
front and back warps with both
hands, she beats down the yarn
tight and firm, changes her re-
versing stick and is rea ly for an.
other course of wool.
She sits on the floor at her
work and when she has woven as
high as she can conveniently
reach, the whole is looseaed, the
woven part rolled down on the
lower beam and all drawn tight
Passing on through Arizona,
our minds turn toward the Grand
Canyon, and We find ourselves at
William, Arizona, awaiting the
Fe Pullman. II is only
three hours run from here to the
Grand Canyon but as we reach
here after darkness has over
spread the earth,. we find our
ready made" and in a
few moments more we are in the
land of dreams. We do not rea-
lie the beauties of the land of
reality until we hear the porter
saying "seven o'clock, ladies'"
We open our eyes and hastily
raise the shade to view our sur
surroundings.
During our moments of SEEM
Ing Inconsistencies We had
reached Grand Canyon and the
pullman had been side-tracked
Tor the rest of the night. We ar
'ay ourselves as hastily as pos
'ible and rush to the rim of the
.anyon only a few yards away.
rhls great stretch of granite and
he giant sweep Of gray parapet
are indeed a mystery and a mys-
.ery that every American should
see. The grand canyon is es-
pecially adapted to make YOU
comfortable. At ths rim is stu.
ated Hotel FL Tovar and supplies
every luxury of modern conve-
vlence. As an annex, Bright
Angel Camp is less expensive
Ihough it possesses the same
and accommodation to
The way-worn traveller.
The canyon is more than two
thousand miles in length, over a
dozen miles to the extreme rim
and more than . mile in depth.
This, however, does not describe
the canyon, they are mere facts.
No words of tongue or pen could
describe the scene before Us any
more than they could that OF the
sea when it rolls in a delightful