Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09
AN ARIZONA POILU
Frenchman Makes Interesting
Discovery in Redskins Cabin.
Learns Story Of How Son Of Hop In
dian squs~ Crossed Great Water
to Fight for His Fathers
People.

II Is In order TO sell their products
10 passing public that the Hopi In
dams, one OF the tribes Of Arizona,
the most marked for its nobleness and
dignity OF type, have established at
the station Of the Grand canyon
sort Of shop, furnished within. as ii is
modelled without, after the manner of
their dwellings OF the desert. AnatOle
lie Braz writes In The Outlook. Cubes
Of rough adobe, placed side by side or
superimpOsed one on the other. cOnsti-
tute the abode. and serve as home for
several families, who wait here. In the
habitual attitude Of taciturn and mel
ancholy disdain. the line OF white
visitors.
When had penetrated into the first
ROOM dlmly lighted by small open
Ing high up In the wall, II was some
time before | was able TO discern In
the half-catacomb light the indistinct
figure OF a woman seated on the bare
earth. before screen OF vertical
threads, among which her fingers.
moving in and out. were weaving the
pattern OF mysterious design.
My entrance did not cause her to
raise her head. But l disturbed In his
muslng an old bronze sachem. who In
dicated by a gesture a collection Of OBJ
jects. more or less rude. ranged on
shelves the length of one of the walls
or partitions, while from half open
lips he muttered In English the GUS
tomary salutatlon:
you're welcome. SIR" which mani
festly to his mind, being interpreted.
meant:
You are not worthy. o paleface.
to appreciate the work of our hands,
but because times are hard for the de-
posed rulers of the prairie we accord
you nevertheless the privilege to buy"
In response to his greeting | had be-
gun to examine the display of articles
when my eye fell on frame of colored
straw In which l perceived the photo
graph Of soldier. Approaching near
er. l exclaimed, In spite of myself: q
God bless me. he Is French :"
1t was quite true. There before my
eyes, In the cabin OF a redskln, thou
sands of miles from the battlefield,
where at that very moment. no doubt.
he was fighting for his country, was
the picture Of one of our soldiers, In
the uniform of the daring impetuous
Chasseurs Alpins, or it may be Of the
foreign legion. To examine 1t better,
I had taken 1t in my hands.
1.-THE frame alone is for sale" inter-
posed the old Indian, abruptly.
"All right" I said, 81 will take 1t.
But should like to know how the pie
ture found It's way here"
He motioned toward the woman
weaving.
ut Is that of my daughters son.
He has sent 1t to US from the other
side Of the world"
"He is, then, In France7"
"Yes."
"How Is that?
"His father, good miner. was born
in the land Of the French. When he
came among us he married that
squaw. He died In the desert But
his spirit having spoken In the blood
Of his child, the boy has crossed the
great water to fight the enemies OF
his fathers people,"
l could not resist the temptation to
take his hand.
Bravo" cried. And that he might
not be astonished at this somewhat
brusque demonstration, If one could
suppose that an Indian worthy the
name ever could be astonished at any
thing, fastened to add: For l, too,
am French"