Weekly journal-miner., 1910-08-10
HYDRoPHoBIA SKUNK
 BITES TWO SQUAWS
CFrom Fridays Daily)

From Fridays Daily) COnsternation reigned among the
 Apache Mohave Indians, near Camp
 Verde, last week, when a hydropho- bia skunk entered several tepees
 and caused a stampede.
 Before the animal was killed it
 had bitten two squaws, one on the
 foot and the other in the hand.
 The arrival in the city yesterday of Indian Agent T. P. Gabbard, with one of the squaws bitten, en route to Los Angeles to receive treatment at the branch of the Pasteur Insti- ute, gave the affair somewhat of an interesting Consideration, due to the wild frenzy that seized these wards of the government when the deadly little aimals made its entree into their quarters
 MT. Gabbard states that when the animal was first detected, a buck grabbed it by the body and hurled it into the air. When it struck the ground it lodged against a squaw over 80 years old, and instantly seized her by the hand, sinking it's teeth to the bone
 After it was ehoked loose, it re- leased its hold, and instantly seized another squaw on the foot, a few feet distant. It was later killed with rocks.
 The old squaw was ill at the time, and was unable to get away from the animal, not seeing it until it had attacked ner. All efforts to make her appreciate her serious condition and the danger of being attacked by hydrophobia, were unavailing. She refused to be taken away for med ieal treatment, preferring to await the outcome of the bite.
 In the case of her companion, how ever, "Lulu," as she is called, the latter expressed her eagerness to seek the remedy of the paleface, and accordingly was brought to the city by MT. Gabbard, to be sent to Los Angeles for treatment.
 This squaw is one of the most famous among the tribes of North ern Arizona, being the wife of the late Chief Novak of the Apache Mo have tribe, and who also was the last to be elected to that high of flee. She is of immense stature and her physical powers are unequalled among her sex. For an Indian, she possesses considerable intellectual ability, and when informed that it would be advisable for her to sub | init to treatment for the wound, she | evineed the keenest pleasure and de- light at the opportunity. Socially, 1 she is regarded as the leader of her tribe, and wields a strong influence among the bucks as well as the | squaws, her word with the latter, in short, being the law. In ner pres Nhb NOhuitAOh nldlHbdluS d COHl- posture that is remarkable, faithfully believing that the white mans med ieine will restore her to health.
 She was pleased at the opportun- ity of leaving the reserve, and while at the depot yesterday was more concerned over the throng than her dangerous wounds. Her injuries, which were deep-seated, on the right foot, have nearly healed.
 MT. Gabbard is the agent of all the above tribes named, numbering over 450 souls. The biggest ranch eria is located in Clear Creek, near Camp Verde, where several acres of ground are under cultivation. Camps are located at Mayer, on the Mogol- Ions and in this city, and the agent has no trouble with his wards.
 MT. Gabbard is accompanied to the coast by his wife. Both will return after the squaw finishes a course of treatment.