The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
Bridgeport Girl apd Indian
 Husband Happy in Cabin

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 cup, knives and forks, were drying on a rock outside the hut. No vestige of | dampness was apparent inside the hut, though the floor was below the ground | level and open for a diameter of two feet at the top. Yosemite explained | ttAt because of the earth construction over the logs and the fact that damp ness rises to the earth's surface and doesn't penetrate into it, the 'hogon" is better house than that usually found in civilization.
 T am happy and healthy,' said
 Mrs. Yosemite. "I woud prefer this life to the old. I do not idle. I work and feel that work is good for a | woman. Her face. bronzed almost
 as deeply as of her husbands bespoke
 the truth of her statements.
 Frank Yosemite, the full blooded Navajo Indian, known on the reserva- ton in the four corners of Idaho, Col orado, New Mexico and Arizona until last April as Big Bear," the son of a former chieftain of the tribe, now numbering about 5000. speaks good English, which he learned at Carlisle University
 In this city, under the name Joe Smith, as his Indian name is pro nounced, he has worked as a carpen-
 ter mason and stehnfitter, the last
 work being at the Remington Arms &
 Ammunition Co.,, where his history is unknown, but where he is considered an able mechanic at his trade of
 steamf1tter. He lived at 200 Fox street. where he met and wooed Miss Riggs. yr1. ieI I,xy Tue nf O
 Peace Cooney Winter at City hall on June IT last.
 Questioned on his reasons for re- verting to the primitive, Yosemite,
 who was clad in trousers, mole-colored shirt and moccasins, said: "Civiliza-
 tion is slavery. In civilization one al- ways works for somebody else. In the primitive state one works for him. self and enjoys the result of his labor. The Indian, with his inherent knowl- edge of nature and its laws, is more adaptable to any situation than the cultured. He knows the natural laws of clements and forces that the cultur- ed must study but incompletely in schools and colleges. For instance, the white builds a fire. He builds a big one to keep warm and does not do so, for a big fire burns the front and the back is chilled. The Indian knows that a small fire warns and does not go out at night. Applying the same principal the old Indian wrapped in his blanket watches the modern en- sineer building a big dam. He does not know the hydrostatic pressure or water in figures, but he knows how to dam the dream and at less expense than the engineer with masonry and cement will build it. He therefore disapproves of the white mans ways and this feeling is often termed by the white people 'scorn.'
 "The Indian knows that he is supe- rior in his life. The Navajo tribe is an old one itself, coming originally from the Apache tribe who are the original Indians according to our tradition. The average life of the male Navajo is between 90 and no years. My father died at 1O7 years and had seen much of civilization. Modern ways are wrong for the white mans average age today is said to be 35 years. l shall build log cabin for my wife If she wants. it, or a house, but in the rear I shall have my hogon' as you see it here. I shall live.
 LlV1nS ICOIu1IlOuS HI DA1oSCPoiI are intolerable People are cramped in their quarters and are being put out on the street That is because they live and work for others. I am erecting a five room log house. It will require 200 trees for the sides and roof. buy these on the stump at an aver age price of $1 each. I will have kindling wood supply for two years from the parts I do not use. The roof will be cemented and the sides will be earth and cement. The interior will be finished in thin board. The five room house will not cost $500 complete. Why does civilization have to pay g, 900 and 5000 for a house? Because people are not civilized, and do not know the baslc principles of social economics and life. When they do they, will live much as the Indian does, in a community spirit"
 The house of the couple is located in the woods near Beardsley Park ter race.