The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-25

told Quate that We better start up
the mountain after vs. had a good
rest for the animals. and nave fhcm
pick n good meal Of grass for
themselves. So we started with 4
good bright moon up the trail
often came 20 near by the Indian
camps that we could hear them
talk. but we trusted thaf they
would think that some OF the Indian
poLies were grazing nearby. and
We stopped of and on a little
while 10 make them think "a,
However. ater almost parsinE
through them we were suddenly
confronted by an Indian hoy. who
knew me we'll but he told me thai
I "a first 80 his chief, ptttoon.
before ! could go to the fort. mt
toon a.Hn was "A good friendly
Indian to me. aud we went with the
boy "a his camps ! had D. promise
To remain because thuysNouid have
a feast the next day. and have
plenty Tis-Fwin, which The Fquawa
were then already preparing I
could not get IA Of II. M they
took precautions that nobody al the
fort would have an idea about their
day az Joy. ! suppose they had
also n lot OF Indinns from other
parts there. hut ! did not see them
The saying In; W hen you are with
the dogs. better bark with them"
u was Of ma use. ! had to bark with
them. Early next morning the
concert started. Initiating all the.
animals Of camp. the bowling be-
KAN, and also can;inR In their.
peculiar whining way. The felows'
went 10 q place whore three large.
copper kettles were suspended over
fires. each Que Of these kettles.
probably held 20 gallons. The
water in two % them was ntiii
boiling, while one had been cool
ing Off.
They advanced, singing unit,
they surrounded the cool one aud
Mr.. chief held "a tin cup. with
which. after dipping into the liquid
stuff Of 7he kettle. commenced 10.
drink and thereupon handed the
cup to the man next to him, who.
doing thy same In turn, handed u
To his next So u went on
and abou, 80 Indians stood In a
circle around the kettle and CignHki
pulled me into the circle TO do the
anne. II was disgusting. but they
would have considered mo "a coward
II ! would have stood back. Round
and round the tin cup wcnt without
intermlnsion ana before long the
drunken beasts commenced to
drop.
Every time n fellow would fall
the squawa and children would
paint with charcoal or anything
else and drag him away. Finally
CiEaski thought he had enough and
I grabbed hold OF his leather belt,
as I could not see anything else nut
stars. and the stuff which tasted
like sta e beer. mixed with somo-
thing unmentionabie. had made me
sick, but " | had not done as they
dld. | do not know what worldl
have happened. IL may Interest the
reader to know, how the stuff
called ti-gwin IL made by them.
A. soon as corn IL ripe they either
trade u through some OF their peo-
pie who speak Spanish. with the
Mexican people OF sonora or Chi-
huahua. Il nnl. OF course, speaking
of time previous to 1879, or they
steal II from the fieldsl. The corn
is gathered aud taken to certain
localities In the mountains aud
buried. Whenever they were
ready to use Il for the purpose OF
making their mash. a trench IA
dug into the ground. large enough
to hold the moun OF moistened
corn which they want to brow
The corn ] snw spread on leaves
or rags, and again covered In
simi ar manner. sometimes without
any hut moist earth.
Amer having been left sufficient
time to swell and sprout and for.
m.nt. they wash u well. ard I'm
mediAiely prepare for the feast. and
the big copper kettles. OF ancient
hand made manufacture. are hung
ON the iron high tripod. under
which the fires were ~. by the
thirsty ssvagcH, The rowing out
laws OF all the Apache tribes I was
told, would not miss the occasion
of this event, but would Always re-
turn to participate. to do their
share of disposing Of tho brew"
which was consumed as soon u was
cool enough, after boiling Il.
Brigand~ In Airu-iunes aud
Rio Pncrco
The laws In territorial times were
very lax and not well executed
For quite a while there was a
terror stricken people afraid 20
take the initiative To stop the
hrigandaEe, Most everybody knew
the culprits. and had character
but tho conviction of them after
being taken before a court was al.