The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-05

The chief of the tribe until recently
held his Office by right of birth. The
monarchial form Of government has
however, been thrown off and now the
chief and councilmen are elected once
in four years. In each case two candi
dates are nominated When election
day comes the ablebodied mon of tbs
community file to the school house
where the balloting takes place. The
candidates nre No. | and No = Those
voting for No. place a grain of co.U
in the ballot box. Those voting for
No. pnt in a bean. Later the grains
NJ corn and the beans are counted, and
the successful candidate announced
There is no ballot stuffng.
Fcrefathers' Day,
The greatest festival Of the year ia
the opening OF summer, when the wealth
er is fine and the larder is well filled
for the shad season is not long past
The oh iect Of the festival is to keer
"recn in tho minds Of the Pamunkeys
the memories of the glories Of the past
William terrill Bradby is at present Che
Grand old man OF the tribe. His name.
like that of George Major Cook. tho
present chief, and Theophoiis Dennis, an
eX- "csident, has little Inuian sienih
cance. Yet these are ihc family names
OF the tribe Bradby has been MANY
times chief and claims to be a lincal
descendant OF PoSyhatan This claim
would probably be true of any member
Of the tribe, so constantly have they
lntermlngled through marriage. Bradby
IS most insistent upon keeping up the
customs of the tribe of old He is q
man of considerable intelligence and
learning and an endless talkcr lie has
Travelled several times around the world
when he cr,,ised as n sailormap in his
/ Ia DE- L., l. L..
upon the life Of the early Indians. Then
he insists that the tribe revert to those
customs.
Playlet in Natural Theater.
In pursuance with this idea the play
let Of Pocahontas and Captain John
| Smith is put on in the woods during
| the forefather celebration. The scene
\ is identical with that which must have
| surrounded its original production.
l There is the same blood in the veins
of the suDernumerares in the mob
scene as flowed in the veins of those
\ who actually attempted the execution
800 years ago. William Terrill Bradby
| impersonates his ancestor. Powhatan,
and better Indian type it would be
| hard to find. Captola Ulalah Cook plays
the part of Pocahontas. She is the best
of them ala slip Of girl Of Is, slim,
trim and beautiful creature. Of the
| "OouS, JuSI SuCn plTl uuSC 1OcdnOn-
tas have been when she saved Smith
from death. In all the world there is
probably not another creature today so
like the Pocahontas who served the col
onists as is Captola Ulalah Cook. The
braves of the tribe IN costume are all
that might have been expected Of the
braves of romance, and fall not so far
short of the idealization of that same
| romance.
But ordinarily the Pamunkeys pursue
the even tenor of their ways. They
are kind, hospitable, God fearing peo.
pie. They are dcvoutly rehgious-bard.
shelled Baptists to the core. Every man
attends church. The minister was i'll
the Sunday | was there. Different lead.
ing men prayed [ recognized quality
in the first prayer that was individual
! There was certain wild freedom in it,
1t smacked OF the great woods, the
sweep OF the streams, the chant of the
war song. Other men prayed and there
was the same quality. | decided that
they had made the same prayer book
the basis of their endeavors. i asked
about this and found that they had no
prayer book III was but the spirit of
the native American asserting itself.
the Indian seeking expression.