Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-12
How Tom and Ellie of Ganado
MADE THE BIG HIT ON THE STREETS OF
LITTLE OLD CHICAGO

trampled. soon they stood at the lror
pickets which reinoYe the populac'
from the railroad crater.
Behold Lake. began the guide
But there he ehoked He choked or
the ycstigial streak OF O passing Blue
Island express
Me no see big lake. said old Tom
Aysurcdly he didn't n the At
lantic ocean had lain within tho heaYe
Of a sixteen pound shot 1t would not
have been Identified. Even the fiy-
ing spray would have been recognized
only as the drippings from "a washed
down coal wagon. In vain the In
dams claWed the air and shaded their
eyes IN approved scout fashion.
Then came an exciting incident The
little huddie Of humanity incased in
Mr.. Bigay's blanket set up an appall-
ing vail. They lifted the poor infan.
out Of the blanket. II was rubbin;
n eye %furious1y and tears coursed
down it's grimy little face.
The Indian women olattcred vIo-
lently as TO the cause Of it's distress
The men waved their arms through
the smoke dusk. still the baby cried
iftA AAhRN@ ~ tAAf y EhA WNAEkN oA "
it all and gasped the
The baby has a cinder in It's eye,
he said. Let me help you
The sQuaws attempted to freeze the
newcomer, but he would not be iced.
lie whipped forth a handkerchief.
With the steady manipulations OF an
expert In this art. mastered by every
Chicagoan. he twisted a corner Of the
cloth.
Baby has big smoke in eye he
said. pulling the pigeon. ME get him
out"
The guide assured the nervou
squaas that the kind man had no evii
intention, The angel Of mercy bent
over the red mite. lie gently lifted
the tiny I'D amid fearful squawling
and imprecations by the ome Al
def sweep Of the barked handker-
ehief-and the speck came out. The
baby howled on, but rather from en-
thusiasm than from pain. Tho squaws
nurmured a%nxiousiy. Soon the infan-
tile yells showed signs of fading to a |
whimper.
an right now." said the helpful
stranger See. baby cry no moref
Big smoke gone out Of eve"
The Indians were convinced. They
extended thanks to the clnder diver.
and plump Ellie offered him a row OF
He waved this aside and went
away conscious of a grand deed per-
The party returned to Michigan
avenue, and ON the way Mr.. Bigay.
OF the troubled pappoose. said
siinething In tho dialect which caused
others 20 rejoice loudly. Then
rom. the active interpreter, broke the
following eruption Of news TO the pale
see, baby" h. said. We'll. baby
got ne name. Navajo give kid no
name TN kid do sOmcp'n to get name
or. Well, now baby got name"
And what is the namc?" pleaded
he head explorer.
Little Big smoke replied old
rom. II
That was the end of the morning ]
The Navajo tribe. with n
little Big Smoke It's heroine, Travelled (
To the quarters where their din IL
Ter awaited. The forenoon's riot or
lmazement failed to prevent them !.
rom extending thorough. even hand
d justice to the collation. Of beer and
That expedition was the end OF the |
life for the men folks. Thereafter
I was up to them TO turn 10 lathcring
mud over sticks for'tho completion OF
he Coliseum hogan. But the woman
we're scheduled Tor some more enjoy
nent;
Big crowd. much buy snid Ellie.
.'lanketccr of presidents, after an ex~
iting stroll through State street.
Although her English vocabulary II
limited, her talk duct in Nay
Jose has the upper azure for It's limit. ,
n company with Mrs. WASN'T and Mrs
'igay, mother of Little Big Smoke,
he f%lattended her nose against many
great window plate. Their oyrs
Did that they Imagined themselves .
aaing ON sample furnishings from N
he realm OF the Great Spirit. TOO.
hey admired tho giant traffic p%oliee-
zen, whom they pronounced 'sojers."
tut on the white women. their CARL
rents, and their hats they we're cynl-
al as before noted. What with thcl
hopping trip. the theatcr. and auto-
lobiling, h was "a madcap week for
le wives ui the hogan builders. Their
marked experience of the motor u
rug was when they passed under the Il
cvated railroads. They seemed 70 o
ar the steel spans might fan on .