Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 13, 1881, Page 3

THE PIMA INDIANS Aborigines Able to Make Their Own Living. The'r Mode of Marming and Trading. How They Raise Wheatand Sell It Queer Ideas of Dress- Opulent Red Men. Cor. of the San h-nm«u('hrmrh SACATON T.), Jul , 1881, ¢ uuunnu.’\ small trading station | fifteen miles from a Grande, on the railroad, and near the agency buildings of the Pima reservation. Although only consisting of a few |1t A | small adobe buildings, uninviting in | themselves and with desolate sur-| roundings, to the close observer the| place and its business is full of inte ost, Its system of trading with the Tndians is doing much towards shap ing the many and vexatious questions that are continually avising inour In dian policy. During the drive from the railroad station nothing met onr gaze but a continuous waste of desert | that sparkled and whitened under the broiling sun, making our eyes assume a half-closed appearance from continted | blinking at the fierce heat, which camo from above andis n-'lmu d back from the white sands with redoubled | intensity. No one would, for a mo- ment, suppose that it was aught buta barren, desolate country, unfit for even wild animals. Such is not the case; we had passed through a land overflowing with milk and honey; a country that will produce amazing crops and of the richest known varie- ties. Here in uhis little trading sta- tion are stored nearly two hundred thousand pounds of wheat that the trader has bought from the Indians little by little as they have brought it in during the last six weeks, and he will probably get as much more be- fore the Indians have exhausted their supply. This wheat is of the best known variety - large, plump and white kemnls, cleaner than any wheat raised in California, with the most approved machinery for threshing and cleaning. Each and every grain has|~ been sorted and cleaned by the hauds of the faithful and industrious squaw. THE INDUSTRIOUS PIMAS. The Indian agent informs me that he has 4,500 Pima Indians under his charge, Who are scattered in little vil- lages on the reservation, extending over a tract of country following the bottom lands of the Gila river forty miles in length and four miles wide. A large proportion of this land can be irrigated and will produce two crops each scason. Each Indian family is allowed all the land _they can work, and given such facilities for irrigation as the capacity of the ditches and pub- lic good will admit of. In case of ne- cessity he is furnished with seed, and sometimes tools and farming m-pluv ments From each village is drawn a complement of men, who are armed, clothed, rationed and mounted simi- lar to our cavalry or mounted patrolmen, Of these, fifteen arc on duty all the time, They are zealous and proud of their position, and probably, although they only draw &5 per month, they per- form their duties as efficiently as their better paid brother guardians of the peace in civilization, Their principal business is quelling disturbances caused by drunkenness and bringing in the inebriates, who are promptly sentenced to long or short terms of Iwhor on the ditches for the public g00d to the violence and All possi- duration of their drunk, ble precautions are taken to prevent the salo of liquor to the Indians; THEE OMAHA DAILY BEE | sickle, threshed of horses on a ukn s, and cleaned | wind, the dirt being picked out by {hand ~ Yet in this way 3,000,000 | pounds of wheat are raised and sold | | the tread flo of rawhide of chaff by the by to the nine trading-stores on or near the reservation lines. The Indiaus aleo raise corn, barley and beans, water melons and squash, the latter principally for their own use. For a number of years these Indians haye | raised grain for the traders, who in | vent of the railroad prices have drop ped, owing to the fact that the rail | road comp: arries .nul.qhn.uy | be |b|uth|ul‘|l| the country at nominal | ates of freight. In this case, as there plenty of wheat and mills to grind | the rate on flour from California is .ml\ 20 per ton, as against 8100 per ton on other staples throws the Arizona miller in .lu.m‘ [and close competition with the Cali fornia miller, and of course he pays the Indian less for wheat UNCOMPLAINING 1O, 84l the Indian doos not complain, | but es on from year to year raising | el hin his crude way himself and tamily. Some of them | a mbitious, and have acquired con- | siderable property. When the Indian | is treated in this way, and not pam pered and fed by the government at Hlnl'i and at others starved, he soon learns the lesson, and becomes not only self-supporting, but frequently comparatively wealthy. In this section 1 be found some v fine raunches, large fields well cared for, bearing good, remunerative erc and orch- ards and vineyards that present o surprisingly productive appearance, loom up like oasis in the desert. Just now there is only alimited market for their products, but there will come a day, ‘When unnupurmunn is cheap. when a vast mineral region adjacent will be opened up, which will create demand for the farmer and the vini- culturist which will make this valicy a_comparative paradise; a land of plenty, with climate, weather and home comforts second only to Los Angeles county, Cal. “Those Garflold Boys." York Star. Thoso Garfield boys are as full of pluck as an eggis of meat,” said an attache or the White House, who has served there for over twenty years, to a Star reporter. ““They are just like thew father and their mother, too, when it comes to a show of pluck. Why, that little Abe Gurfield - heisn’t more'n 7 years old—will jump on his bicycle and ride aright down those front steps of the White House por- tico. Don't he get falls?” Well, T should say he did; but he don’t mind them no more’n nothing. He'll jump right up, get on that bicycle again an go tearing down the yard like for right over stones, curbing, oranything else; and maybe there'll be a lump on his head as big as a_hen’s cegs from the fall, too. One day he rode right down the steps and got the hardest kind of a fall. His lead struck that hard stone flagging. Before I could get to him he was up and getting on his bicycle again. I asked him, ‘Aint you hurt, Abe? By that time there was a knot formed on the side of his head half as big as my fist. He said yes; it hurt a little, but that ‘he didn’t mind that,” and away he went. ““Then there’s Irvin; he’s 10 or 11 years old. One day he undertook to climb over that iron railing around the Treasury over there by the foun- tain. He got an awful fall and one log of hls pants caught on the spikes | and he hung head downwards He |l didn’t holler like any other boy would | have done—not a bit of it. He just | called to some boys there to come and got him loose. He Lis ankle still when they have money nothing will ~ prevent their | getting liquer, which they fnvariably love better than anything | else in the world, and when full of it | there is no more senseless and brutal | being in existence. Next to liquor, tho Indian loves gaudy clothing, which he can always procura if he has wheat to sell. If heis the fortunate pos- sessor of a horse, and most of them have good ponies, saddles and equip- ments, he fills a bag, u a two- bushel, seamless sack, weighing, when filled, about 120 pounds, GOING TO MARKET. This is deposited on the pony's back and the Indian mounts on_top. He may have two sac It is all the same; the pony must carry Mr Indian and the wheat. while the squaw and children walk. Arrived at the trad- ing post, the wheat is inspected. A value equal to £1.10 per hundred ounds 18 set on it, not in money, but in trade. The trader allows eight or ten yards of calico, nccording to the ualivy, for &1; a pair of shoes for é" 50; a vest for 83; a hat for $3; a lady’s fancy shawl for ) or $6, and s0 an_through the list. The u'ulor usually keops an assortment of goods equal tothat found in almost any coun- trystore. The wheat is then measured &0 many tin cupfull for $1, The.In- dian can count, mnl knows when he is getting his money’s worth, which he would not if e sold it on to. scales, ‘When the cups are counted he knows how many dollars are coming o him and how much he can boy. ' He is thoroughly acquainted with the prices of merchandise which he is going to buy, and the trader who: cheats him, loses his wrade. The squaws pick oub what they want in lb- way: of ealico and cotton goods, and the Indian tradesoutthe balanedes know wl they want perfectly, Muum' haw much they can buy Barive, oo T, hence there is Iltfle ln' no An Indian may * have ‘on two m” of pants or overalls, with shirts and vest to maf if he buys more they are immediately donned over the oldones. The day may be insufferably hot, but it makes no difference; he uuuhlmur think of taking off any of the worn- out clothing, The new articles cover up the old ones, and’ he, considers himself dressed in style. OPULENT ABORIGI Some of them bring in enough wheatduring the seasop to purchase saddles worth $25, valuable guns and trappings, in addition to clothing and’ other etceteras. They always keap enough for seed and family use until the next erop comes The Pimu - Indiaw’s - fanuing implements | are of the most primitive kind. The | (gronnd is plowed with a sharp stick; tht i i .cut with a . hand sprained, but he wouldn't haye any help. He crawled all the way back to the White House, and nobody cver heard a whimper out of him. On» night T was standing at the front door | | of the house. Trvine came alon ¢ and | ho just lowered his head and ran at | | me'to butt me. T jumped out of the | way and he ran his head against one of those iron doors with all his might, It knocked him down. 1 picked Tiim up and he was hurt, too; no doubt about that. Isaid: ‘Irve, are you hurt?’ Well, he just squoezed his head in his hands and said: ‘Yes, some, but T didn’t ery, did 17’ Then he asked me, ‘Would Scott Hayes have cried for that 7’ His great am- bition is to be more of 4 man than Scott Hayes, who was about his own | age. He didn't cry, neither. You can’t make one of tlose Garfield boys ery. They've got too much pluck for that.” t —_— A Giant Gm san Diggo Union. Many of our readors will ber anitem we published about™’s year ago in regard to a monsf p-pmum of the Mission variety, the ranche of William fi m.-\ cral miles from the Cajod, At ¢ time the reporter took all his measure- ments by guess, and that, too, from menory after his return to town, Not b few thought our description of the big vane “strotch of the reporterial {:urogntl\c, yet wo have been assured yMe. Flinn Limself, that wo failed the to Ao vine even Jllnllm" that its branches were 'l and covered a amuch larger area than was represented. Since then this monster has continued to grow, until its accumulated weight of branch and froit has brought total destruc- tion to the two large oak trees which supported it, and almost demolished | the domicile of its owner. From Mr, Flinn's driver, who visited our office yesterday, we learn that the vine and its fruit have completely crushed the | tree, tearing it out by its roots, The | sizo of this vine, and tho weight of grapes growing upon it, may bo_ esti- | mated when we say that the oak tree thus prostrated, which is perfectly sound, is fully two and a half feet in diameter, and upwards of sixty fect | in height, with corresponding spread of limbs and b Mr, anches, estimates that on that portion of the vine which destroy the tree thore| were fully five tous of qrapes. | 155 Gflunllnnthor of order try By had to dig th Burd LL aud b kettles, making o nasty, smellin tion; now you get all the curatiy ties put up in 4 palatable form in & Bro Birrew i cents turn sold it to tho flouring mills at | ™ Pheenix, Florence and rmm.\ at rates ranging from 2 to cents per pound. Since the \ i Sopinte Perowskaja Joaquin Miller The Calit Down from her high estate she stepped, A maiden, gently And by the iey Vol ad watch, ml\\vym ATid yaserils say tist whers ept "The new moon dipped her horn Yet on and on, through sh s snows Stretched tow'rd the North Pole The foulest wrong the od knows Rolls asdark rivers roll While never onee for all Upspeaks one human s o woes she tanght the o dark-eyed Tartar easant, taught lm‘ d with her lofty thought, b and sought to be \\h at God at the creation wronght, \ man! God-like and frec him yawns the black And oh, bare white back! smow! upon thetrack, cer before Siberian mines! Knout pon the lood 1pon th wolves, el The storm burst forth! From ont that storm The clean, red lightning leapt, And 1o, & prostra‘e royal form Like any blood, his crept Down throngh the snow, al mokiv And Alexander slept! for millions dead! in the snow For one long damnin, of red While exiles endle | The babe at breast s head Bowed down, and And did a w an do this deed Then Iuild her scaffold high That all may on her forehead read martyr rght to die! ack round on royal ste ! The czar is dead; the woman dead About her neck s house rests his royal head lh an thine, most royal lo ther be that w mu||4luh T'o hide in dread, with Fhoth hands red Be hnul great bolt and bar While, like the dead, still endless tread, 'exiles tow’rd their star, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Wm. Lloyd will be leading member of Mr Tom Keen's company next scason. Richard Wagner is said to prefer hix new opera, “I Tannhauser Alice Placide h 1 ay the chief member of the Horace H. pany, J. Ray McCann and Sadie Radeliff have been engaged for the Emma Leland combination. 1t s been appear: ing in Scotland w drove from G his new pla on Detroit dience before showin; the A Gulick does ewise with “Fur- Rooo s,” at Chillicothe, Mr. George Riddle range for the produ i l\ plays at Providence, tely the war on western pass rates enables almost everybody to 1 Rhode Island . Wag e is fond of his new it even to the e .mnlunhn issued for paint- ing the decorations. \h« Annie |rv\l|<r Cary has re M valu sing one of his com gon. The Portland Press says that Mizs Cary will probably decline M ault has taken his two Dion Boucic: Patrice and whch they v many, the one and brought them both London, in one of his pieces, to play them through' the English prov- inces, Patti has gone to Aix-les-Bains for a few At the end of August she vis with a ¢ shiooting n Wal Al ed with of- | 1 and instrumental and knows ina, from the school at e otland h de Deadwood, performinc The critic |u-ln<~ a fashion, hi, m Col,, | in s giving u tonede o citizens » aright toexpect for two bits, He gaged the beautiful Gam ks, and for high, artistic kicking For standard jump and stud whirls are unp tory of the ball shored up the c wit the justly est Dones of llhu]! ern tim v hitney has i ininstrel troupe 1 Pat: thesyian victue last night, and w mend Manager Whitney, if Shang - s Gomes Toukeying azound there again, to crack his nut with & bottle, A recent writer describes the float- ing vegetable gardens of Lake Grina- gu, m Cashmere: They are made y first planting poplar poles, twenty- fiveor twenty-eight feet long, in two or three rows, twelve or ifteen feet rt. Then the gardener m the lake a lot of aquatic plants, and interweaves them between his poles, This forms the support of the garden. Then more plants are col- leeted from the lake, and piled up to the height of three or four inches. These soon rot, and form the soil, and the garden plants fivst sprouted on the land are then transplanted to the garden, At first they are watered, but it does not take long for the root lets to find their way to the water un derneath, suid to be very fine, and are sold at very low pr —— There is No Happier Man in Rochester than sTr, Wi, M trong. With a countenance beaming with satistaction he remarked, re cently, “blessings upon the proprietor of Warner's Safe Kiduey and cure, It saved me.” Ly There a 0 headach, wred by v Tarrant's “eltzer Aperient, age Marty cht L o of this ay of uaturally, aud almost 1n pe ing canise. The discase s re head coascs to ache, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTR Arm- Liver bert com= | 4 etta for | gthers | | The veretables raised are | SATURDA Ladies Do you want a pure, bloom- ing (‘om lexion! If so, a few a| ‘m\ cations of Hagan's MAGNOLIA BALM will grat- ify yon to your hcart’s con- tent, It does away with Sal- lowness, Redness. Pimples, | Blotches, and all diseases and imperfections of the skin. Tt overcomes the flushed m\ln‘m—. ance of heat, faticue and ex- citement, It makes a lady of THIRTY appear but TWEN- TY; and so natural, gradual, and perfect are its effects, {hat it is impossible to detect its application, Mothers, Wives, Daughters, Sons, Fnlh rs, Ministers, Teachers, Business M. M ics, ALL should Alcoholic remedics or fear of Jave 1o such Warner's 8afe ey are what they aro caitied ol only nic Bitters." to ho- harmiless as milk, and c ract of pur o that cluss 10 reu o lebilif 1 frames and A perfect 8pring 1id Summer A only 1 tabl AThorough Blood Purifier. A Tonlc Appe: Picusant (3 tho Lamtaps vl The most e for their curative propertics. preferred. TIRY IEIEIVE. For the K(dncvl Liver and Urinary ory NER'S SAFE KIDN l| -Ium|~ Unrivall e to the hody, ommend thein e used alwayy . H. WARNER Rochester, N. Y. ful6-tu-th- sat 1y Business Collegs, THE GREAT WESTERN GEO. R. RATHBUN, Principal. Crenghton Block, OMANA, NEBRASKA. 1oV 200&wtd ml l or Clre ul ar. 3 R. . EXCURSION TICKETS|: ! omion BLO-OO A ROUND TRIP, $19.00 Vl&fllfifl B &0. R B e Also tpro dme-&wim Cornell College cal, Scientificand Civ vo fusorably with the st ¢ Special advantages or vy and Normal Departinci atory of Music Twenty Professors and Teachers. Superior Buildings, Auseum, Laboratory an | Apparatus, Expenses Low, I'all torm opens Sept. 16, For catalogucs or other infar Wirs, WAL FL K Jv 12:0&w2m Mt. Verion, Ioi'a SIBBETT & FULLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DAVID CITY, NEB al attention giioh to collect in the Proparato o and in the Conser ol To Builders Owners. Contractors. Property The undersigned b appointed for the extensive iron and wire manufactur houses of B, T, Larium, of Detroit, and ) tion | and Works at Toledo, Obio, capacity of 20 tons daily, in preparod to furnish extimistes and prices for feon colum, &e,, &e.y for stor fr threshold plat x, wr ors, hydraulic ¢ window caps and xill Hitiron beams wnd g saplo fitting i fences, o 1880, SHORT LINE. 1880, | KANSAS CITY, 8t. Jon & Council Bluffs EFLALLELC A 18 T8 ONLY Direct Line to 8T, LOUIS |cx AND THE EAST From (}.uul-.xn.nd the West. Omaha and by, Loul% etwoon OMATIA and NEW YOIK EEE"S 3 Daily Passenger Trains REACIING ALL EASTERN AND WESTERN CITIES with CHALGES and IN ADVANCE of AL OTHER LINE No change of cars het sud but o1 that your ticket reads VIA nANSAS JUSEPIT & COUNCIL BLUFFS Kail a ph and §t. Louis kets lor salo st all coupon stations in the J. F. BARNARD, A.C. DAWES, Gen, Supt., St. Joseph, Mo} Gen, Pass. and Ticket Agt., Bt. Joseph, Mo. ket A A W, NASON, Dentlst Y. AUGU} .vll nost direct, quick EVERY LINE OF ROAD Aty \ the Missourl | River to the Paciflc 8 The | CHICAGO ROC r\ ISLAND & PA- | CIFIC RATLWAY | ) ample on Chieago, Peoria, M i clos tion with oth e ratis of fAre LAy S O JONN, Tt and Pas'e A 8t. Paul & Sioux City RAILROADS. oM [ COUNCIL BLUFFS8 TO ST, PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, DULUTH OR RISMARCI and all points in Northern Towa, Minnesota a Dnkota. . This line s cauipped with the i Westinghouse Automatic Air-binke and - Mil Platform Conpl Buffer: and for 8P D, 8 AND COMFORT ia unsurpassel Drawing loom w Sleeping Cars, ow mmlmllul by the ¢ i hWI Transtor_depot i Sioux ¢ Returning, leavo Sioux City 4:45 v depot, Council 1 at your ticke “Saperintendent Missouri Valley, ‘ @{r}_(@dm é' i?s"\ ) % fio Changing Cars BRTWRRN UMAHA _& GHIGAGO \ l\h\‘l \th. t PHIL, PIIA, BALTIMOF | AND ALL EAST ANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, LOU E, and all points in the | BOUT]E!ZTEAST. THR BEST LINK he Un 1 Car Where direct connectiony are Depot with the Thro Lines for ALL POl | S OWXEL. | THE FAVORITE ROUTE FOR Rock lIsland. Thie uneqvalod inducoiments offerad by this I o tra and tourists are a3 follows: Jehrated PULLMAN (16-wheel) PALA SLERLING AIUS i only on this liue [ & Q. PALACE WING ROOM CARS, Hortc woats Chairs, Q. Ful | titted with ologant hig! o chiairs, for the exclusive use of irst-class poss ger. Stocl Track and superior equipment combin with thelr gaeat throtgh car arrangement, ma this, abovo wll othors, the (avorite routd 0 outheas il i traveling o luxury in the United #tates and Canida, J. POTTE | s GINEERING at the Rer nic Institute, Y. T | ast 4 yuars, W of study, requ Address DAVID M. GREENE, BOGCS & HILL, No. 1508 Faraham Street, lomaxa., North D. S. BENTON, Ovrice sl ARBACH BLOCK, Orpics—Jacols' Block, 00 ner Capitol avenue and Fifteenth tre 2, Oulabia Not Cor. Douglas sud 16th Bte, Vs Yimo for healthid | petitors, who firiish but a tithe of the com Smux [}n;y & Pamfin THE OLD RELIABLE SIOUX (CITY] ROUTE A O © MILES SHORTER ROUTE A@Q O oved ransfor wopot at Council Blufts, rans- Do ure ith “Through The Short Line via, Peona. \For ST. LOUIS, |NEW LINE v« DES MOINES ) this celobrated line for sale All information shout ries of fave Blseping holstery Trade. mplete Assortment of choorfully given by ..”}.m” r\n‘.l l" \\IIH ew Goods at, the owest Prices. PERCE ) General Passonger A Chicugo, Gonoral Manaver (hicago, MECHANICAL AND MINING E:L Polytech- Director. lREAL ESTATE BBOKERS oun. Grand Contral Hotel, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW vI‘HI\l NOW AND CORRIECT MAP « Prove. seyond any reasonable question tt tha CHICA(:O & NORTH-WESTERN RY s 11 odas the cond for you to take when iraveling In either dirsction tetween Chicago and al! of the Principal Points in the West, North and Northwest. | <aretully examine this Map, The Prineipal Citles of the West and Nortuwnet ars S2ation on this road. 11s through tralng make €loso councetions with the trains of wil ruil7ouds a8 Junction points. i § SHICAGO & NORTH-WESTFERN _RAILWAY, THE OHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY Overall ot its prinelpal linea, rung eaeh w Uraliis. 1 is the only road west of Cliicag aily from two to four or more 1t uses the The Imperial Palace Dining Cars. 1 1s tgontvroad fhat ns Pullman Sleeping Cars Korth or Northweat of Ch v 1y 3,000 MILES OF ROAD, 1t{ hn[ulhmlm{'Irunkl.lmw( My W 10l] Blufr W o Dubuque Line,” “Milwak el are sold by all ('nupun Tl s ota & Central Dakata Line™ aul and Minneapolis Line. ¢ Greon Bay & Lake Superior i.me, et Agents fu the United States and. " Rte lln‘lnlmr to ask for Tickots via this road, bo sure they read over it,and take none other. MARVIN HUGHITT, Gen't Manager, Chicago, <+ W, Il STENNETT, Gen'l Pass, Agent, Chicagow DUEL, Tickot Agent h‘l \V Ihll\w\\ 14th and’Fainham street BALL, Assistant Ticket 3 W. Railway, 14th and Farnham stroots et Ao G e N W, Hatbway, U, . . R Dopet. CLARK General Agent. WM. ROGERS’ Manufacturing Company, e MAKERS OF THE— Pinest Siver Plated Spoons and Forks. anly and (e t. K, nd lor nd AN 1 The original firm of {8 G is giving for in- Rogors Bros. 5 stance a single All our Spoons, Forks and plated Spoon, a Kuives plated triplothieknessof with tho groatest - o plate only of care. Lach lot being hung DAL ona seale while whero exposed being plated, to to wear, therohy insure a full de- ALing eERiRal posit of silver on : plated Spoon thom. wear as long ns We would call a triplo plated especial atton- tion to our scc- kD Al Orders i the West should he Addressed to OUR AGENCY, A. B. HUBERMANN, Wholesale Jeweler, _ OMAHA, - NEB. J. A WAKEFIELD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN I VAL 6B JER TR, Lath, Shingles, Pickets, SASH, DOORS," BLINDS, MOLDINGS, LIME, CEMENT PLASTER,I BTC. LTSTATE AGEN 1 FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY, Near Union Paclfic Denot, 18 fon OMAHA, NEB Chas. Shiverick. FURNITURE, BEDDING, Feathers, ' Window Shades, And Everything enamm to the Furniture and Up- ine CE B, o ned Kow the in- CHAS, SHIVERICK, 190 ani 1910 Fam. § aped won theat WM. F. STOETZEL, Dealer in 'Hardware, Cooking Stoves TTIN WARE. Stove Repairer, Job Worker and Manufacturer OF ALIL EINDS OF CANS. Tenth and Jackser Ste. - - - Omaha, Neh ith ire