New Britain herald., 1917-04-30

rows, which is gathered at a great distance from the. town. There are two tribes of Indians in this locality; the Navajos and the Pu-eb-los. The former are more intelligent and live in tepees, while the latter dwell in pueblos. We visited a Pueblo village near Domingo, N. M., and found a settlement of about 1000 people. We were fortunate in securing a young fuu-blood, whose name was Santiago
 Moquint, for guide and proved to be a good one as he had attended an Indian school nearby, and was the only one we met who could speak English. We were allowed to go into their homes, which were neat and clean, and took number of pictures there, but not until we had parted with several pieces of silver. for we might have had some anxious mom- ents there, besides it was at least three miles from civilization, over sandy, waste and numerous washes. so we were quite willing. We crossed the prairie on our way to Albuquerque, N. M., out onto @ plateau, which ended abruptly, which looked like jumping off place, but we found a good road, steep but winding. Some of the turns were so short it was necessary to back up in order to make the turns. We afterward learned we had made a drop of about 900 feet in a. little less than a mile. On reaching the lower level, we pushed on into So-
 coons, N. M. Here we had planned to go in a westerly direction over the mountains through Needles, Cal, but was informed that a. couple of bridges had been washed away and it would be 1,fN k< 11 rI,
 ceeded south to Deming, then to Lordsbury where we spent the night. The roads from here on were very
 poor, as there was much sand and
 many stones, which Is not conducive to lengthen the life of rubber tires.
 however, we pulled through somehow
 and reached Stafford, Ariz., in time for a late supper and lodging. Next
 day on our way to Globe, we met with
 a new experience. On our arrival at
 Gila river. which is a good sized stream
 we found no bridge on which to
 cross, but we met four real live h.
 dians, each mounted on horse and
 attaching ropes to our car, lowed us
 across the river. with water above the
 hubs-toll $3.O0. A very primatve
 mode of travelling in this 2Oth century
 and automobile age. Reaching Globe,
 we found it a mining town, and was
 cold and cheerless, so we concluded
 one night would be enough here. Dur
 ing the night the wind seemed to blow
 gale. Toward morning rain began
 to fall, which soon turned to snow and
 by daylight the ground was covered
 with two or three inches of slush,
 and was still showing. We were anx-
 ious to reach the next stopping place.
 Phoenix, Ariz., but were undecided
 about making 9 start for it was
 long journey over the mountains. for
 most part away from human habita- tion so we concluded there was
 liability of being "snowed in'' all win ter About eleven o'clock we decided to start and placed chains on the rear
 wheels and proceeded, but had not travelled far and one chain, was broken, soon the other chain met the same fate. This route is known as the Apache Trail and is said to be one
 of the most picturesque mountain drives in the United States, and may be at certain seasons of the year, but it showed so hard the beauty of it was lost to us. Reaching the foot of the mountains we began to climb the winding roads among clouds. On and on, over the s'eye-brow'' roads, built around the peaks, in many places none too wide for the passing of other vehicles of which we met a few, and by a little maneuvering. managed to pass This was 0 thrilling ride and one shudders to think what might happen should a wheel slip over the edge. for it Is hundreds of feet to the bottom. Away up in the mountains we saw large body of water, which proved to be the source of irrigation for the prairie country. and soon we reached the great Roosevelt dam.