The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-02-22
HE SAW INDIANS
TURN BACK sun
Colonel Scott and Government
Had to Wait Three Days.
AYSTIC RITE OF THE CHIEFS

Great White Father Sent the Soldier
Diplomat to Make the Proposes Go to
School - Scott Understands Indian
Sign Languages.
All the people on earth will not
freeze to death in 1912. That has been
attended to by the Hopi Indians in
Arizona Authority for the statement
= Colonel Hugh L. Scott. Q. $. a.
former superintendent Of the Military
academy at West Point and at present
commanding the famous Third caval-
~, one Of the regiments now on duty
on the Mexican border. He had TO
wait three days for the wise men Of
the tribes to conjure back the sun.
Colonel Scott enjoys the distinction
Of being the one white man now living
who thoroughly understands the mys-
terious sign languages Of the North
American Indians. There is no more
| beloved soldier in the army. the In
dams being his devoted servitors. and
when everything else has failed TO set.
! tie dispute in which the Indian is In
voIved Colonel Scott is generally Sc
| lected to settle the matter, and the rec
ords show that he nearly always sue
| ceeds.
Took Place In Arizona.
THE turning back Of the SUM-" a
feat that the Hopis think they have
accomplished, was witnessed by Colo
mel Scott during a recent visit 10 the
Hopi villages in northeastern Arizona
He had been sent there on request of
the department Of the interior TO find
out why the Hops refused to send
their children TO the government
schools. For months the department
had been trying to get them to pat
ronize the schools. but they persistent
~ refused. and finally Colonel Scott
was called on to deal with the prob
lem. He is called Mole Tequop" by
the Indians. which in English means
''he talks with his hands" The colo !
mel was transferred temporarily from 1
the war department TO the interior and /
intrusted with the mission 70 90 TO the 4
Hopi country and settle the differences /
that had arisen between the Indians .
and the white father at Washington.
a few weeks ago Colonel Scott left
Washington and proceeded by rail 10
Holbrook. Ariz.. from which place he
went on horseback over the Painted
desert TO the Hopi villages. After a
long and tedious ride he arrived at
the village where the head chiefs OF
the Hopis were assembled. He found
them busy turning back the sum-"
They were glad and happy to meet
Mole Tequop." but even one so below
ed as he would have to wait until the
incident TO the control Of !
the sun had been completed. they in
formed him. Colonel Scott according
y postponed official talks until after
The sun had been properly attended to. ,
In letter to a friend he tells of the
ceremony Of which he was :
/ privileged witness.
The Indians Like Him.
Your letter" Colonel Scott wrote,
was delivered to me in the Painted
Iesert of Arizona on my way back TO
he railroad station from the Hopi
owns. / wish you could have been
long, for | know you would have en-.
Dyed it. and you would have got lot
T interesting information. The Hopi d
owns are among the oldest in North h
.merica. and the Indians are extremely 3
rimitive ,
When / visited them they were en-
aged in ceremonies preparatory TO the :,
1rning back Of the sun. ! was inform
d that If they did not attend to this n
Or US the sun would get clear away a
rom the earth and never come back c,
gain and we would all freeze TO b.
cath" ir
Colonel Scott did not refer to the off, 4
al part Of his journey or indicate
neither his mission had been success
II. but from another source it is
armed that he accomplished all he OF
as sent to do and that by now all OF
lie little Hopi boys and girls are prob OF
bly, busy with the three Rs" with
in the Hopi country happy. -
The records in Washington show
lat Colonel Scott has seldom failed
settle any Indian controversy that
Is ever been intrusted to him. Three
ears ago a little Indian war seemed
lminent in the Four Corners section
the west. so named because the 7
ates Of Colorado, Utah. New Mexico .
Id Arizona met there. Colonel Scott
Id a sergeant went to the scene OF
e trouble and in three days the war c
ne was as peaceable as a New Eng
nd village.
Colonel Scott for 8 long time was
werner of the Sulu archipelago, in Y,
e Philippines. He gained the trust :
d affection Of the Moros just as he r
$ that of the Indians. and when be
t the Moros gave him the original u
py OF the Koran. which had been the
,st treasured possession Of the No
mmedan chief priests for mere than