Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-10

| White Chief, as MS lhulahS Gail nuh
! reads like a novel There is nothing
to compare with 1t in this count "a
this strange leadership BY a cultivSred
white man over two tribes OF Indians
the Mesa Grandes and Aqua Cal
ientes.
One recalls Stevenson and his
Apaches at the thought OF White
Chief Davis, and when one comes
face to face with the man. sees the
striking resemblance. hears Of his
work and his romantic. artistic life,
one gasps at the likeness. IL Is the
closest parallel of Two romantic ca
rsers OF which have ever heard. Da'
Wis, however. does not know OF the
parallel. He is as original and enthu
slastic over his, and Is doing I. great
work. and doing il alone. and quite
out OF the glare Of the lmelight on
his picturesque double.
This man that they call the White
Chief and that his friends call Edward
Davis Is not at all the type OF man
that one would suppose. hearing OF
all he has done for the tribes and the
gre at love that the red people all over
the southern part Of California bear
for him, stevenson" was the hrst
exclamation in my mind when l saw
him-s,ender in build, qnick in his
movements. nervously sensitive. Win
strange, gray eyes that see things We
do not see, and that darkan INTO haze'
as he talks. The White Chief, who
is as uncomfortable as bashfni boy
when one asks about his own strange
history. does not love personal Top
les. He forgets himself when he talks
of his people. their tragedy. their
songs and legends, but OF himself lie
will not speak freely
Is a Tragic Picture.
When the Indians talk to him he Is
a diffe rent man. And they are amer
en-, men. They make us forget, th'
legend OF tn. "stolid red man Their
faces. bronzed and lined, light up as
he apprraches, Captain" says tn"
yb;ta chief. and then the f1oodgates
are opened and torrent OF inar.ic".
/ late eutturals are poured forth. NO"
And then a grunt from FL Capi'an'
now and then an inquiry. There IS
something tragic in the picture
,hese old Indians. the remains OF
diving line. apps aling to this seh'~
align with the touching faith OF h'''e
children. - ,o,.h
at their loyable eccentric neightpr'
l,ueh at his curious lore. his tremeh-
Aous sacrifices. They say the iho,a"'
are thieves. and that they DO h,n
for all he is WORTH Davis, wheh nc
baars the remark, smiles and shruss
thai strange. lovable. 1arsee,ns
evil. that won the. battle win MS
red people years ago. ANA. -, tho
Tho wonderful versatility Of tne
man il the thing that first striSe So, W..
stranger Here "a a man whose ms
80. ,,ord /, law TO the Indian iofh VI
a. Sc,,th Of the state. a man VINO Is
wrapped up with the little n,h"
tho wild festivals Of his peopie' w.
foods them in bad years an" w.,
.h.,l,. With in the good' p".
80 ;s the other side, the size tna'
h;s friends know. To them ne is tne
n,o.nerous ranch owner: his che,.s
prch.rds rover hundreds Of acres
then, he is the inimitab!e wafer ro,'
49,, With a sensitive eye to color e''
..,s To them. too. he is the enth'''
sisstic vinlinist 1t is Ed JAWS W.
\ ;s always as willing to play LOT oa
Tor The countryside As to play Cho",'
,or his friends. Then there Is ."a'
sreat major work that lies SO cnse
=, bis heart. the writing OF the nv
tor AZ the Indians Of the sonth. WIN
IN. trauslations Of their chants All. :,
,ha-mns;caI renditiOn-an endless a"o
colossal task.
How He eeeasne An indian.
The white chief laughs wheh w"
ask him how he came to he an lI'
dian He saws he played Indian from
IN. very start. and long before nc
over saw California the love that mas
| dominated his life was dormant IN
him From the frat the man was
versatile. The 10y Davis. VINO waa :
vide-s we'd reporter on a. New io'h
daily was at the same time study'hs
from the life at Conner Union and
the Brooklyn Art Guild and devo.Ins
Sthe- early morning honrs 70 ier."
nractica on the fiddle. This PASSION
for artistic expression was born IN w.
boy. ard when few years iaier U.
was exiIed to California by doc'u,
he went smiIinsly. though MS 'r's." ".
| tbousbt he would not survive the trip'
! and with him wens the fiddle ana ,ne
acx os colors and brave imperisnao''
h.n.s Edward Davis has been q
fighter ever since.
| He came first TO San franc, 'c"' Az.
g. cbroo;cJe Through its edito'
H.. mot. lanes Flood and Senator
Stanford and saw all the richly hum
orcus and ex,ravagant panorama I"
San. Francisco Mt that time-sav u
| smiiipgIy ard with the keen. Apr ;
station Of the natursiborn roman''
| cis'.
1 But /, was on a surveying trip OF
tho edge of the southern desert tha