The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1900, Page 10

10 THE SUNDAY mer’s wife in_ex- a fur robe y doubt the very one which Goose to sing: 1d-scented because heat does not mean anything to At hee for two or to travel : sken look- Bether i will. The them and the journey is not ended. - %" mahala day's march, with last the march is over. They stop by t nearest water to the bearing trees to pit It iz ali done most family selects his trees and m harmoni: to his trees needs mo prov 5. hem in as undisputed ownership them. The He S Tett tor her back the weight of her e e 1 t, is ailowed the priv- their wickiups. Without unpacking. the er bis beehive, front flower gar- amily, all the 4 0 "0 " etling the wood for the camp eleep twenty-four hours, then every one back yard clothes line. . « wiy pUAGIOINE: Sre . The ¥ with all due salemnity, is ready for action. o e 4 the past tWe g epts the ce as his right and man- The vellow jackets are thick this year. < - i nglomeration of old sacks, eoqi. 1o deepfelt grati All he needs too numerous to be comfortable or pic- [ty - o nvas surreptitiously i 5 match, the blunt end of 7 turesque. Lo knows he must work hard 4 pthouse, M- 4504 and a piece of to get a goodly harvest. - ] e o e holq the most success Plenty yellow jacket, plenty P ~ 2 1d to hold considered a le by which to 1 by putly soon maybe,” E 5 o round, -fa a fire in a cc tove, but the lord of the zo | “tion. ’ g e O h foreatine The bucks show thelr superior intellect e ~ . When w there is. no by buildirg tige wickiup and putting \ 2 A more 1w nahala to get camp in order, so “home will be pleasant \ - any, the r grows chill, the light when the day's work is done.” Dignity is 2= t0o dim to see the cards, so the men lic a great part of an Indian’s compositlon. , ‘ face ir feet toward the dy- He takes his pleasure in a d d and 1 r ing e sep soundly as the solemn manner. Even the W are 5 ‘ lester memhers of their tripg a proud people and the Plute re ShE = WIMMIN FOLE} THE YEARLY TRIP TOPIN ENUT WALLEY® to the pine-cl2d Lills. Pac? with which to knock the old rag or sack they use for the “shin- the day is upon them never ente: their calculatic They simply me into ‘e on, thing made ready for t the trees are stripped. the evening quite. usual F AR DA TR TR R TR TR RS They chase after the rag all day 3 er weary of the rough play. It's Darkness generally falls twies before Sun-up‘finds the camp moving. The {dea themselves very much thelr superiors. the pine nut hills are reached. There is of getting a good start before the heat of Plenty of wood is gathered and every- The nut-bearing pliie does not towér tall and grand; it is a short, stocky. sturdy ment for the tiny, brown nut is tightly sealed with purest pitch. They are round and fat, not pretty like the graceful brown cones from the larger family of pines. When the work begins every one lends Tndian Pine MNut Gatberers of Mevaoa WITR THE PIUTES AND WASHOES OF THE SAGERRUSH STATE. who throw harply to see who ¢ the yound of one a hand. What fun for the pappooses! other side n How they laugh and scream and fight and hae two. $u - tear hair over their possessions. Here fails he pays tot 1% is where the ex-hoa and rake handles side the : t of his bet : i play an important part quelling riots and knocking burrs from the stout branches. It takes a week, and, if the crop is heavy longer to strip the trees and carry the cones back to the camp. When all are cathered an enormous fire is built. Men, en circle about it with their s sundown song of * yoh'" over ar er again until you give vour best hat to have them change the monotony add a new word or two, which they never dc ve softly -ar smoothly that y them lift their feet. Th y gracefully from side to side w they go round and round. until 2 but an In S0 S coutdn’t is until the fire begins to burn low: as as can crowd around beat the last f ering flames into coals. The burrs empticd 1 the middle and buried the ashes, they turn them over and and punch them until they look 1s of soot. They see are like are never al- lie in one place long enough to round ba lowed to cateh fire For the benefit of the more socially in- ry clined, and those who do not try v hard to ne ough to take a ha in the roastin csing game is | augurated. They build a smaller fire around w they sit tailor-fashion on the groun folded on their breasts and swayir ackward and forw to the accompaniment of another low chant- ing. The circle is divided into two sides, each headed by a captain who gives the signal to start the It is a weird picture -, dark face: eyes and hair and their g white teeth flashi outlined by glow of the fire against the m blackness of the night. The dismal howl of a forlorn coyote only induces them to ging the louder, to drown his unwelcome voice. Once the cry of the “gray-robed friar of the desert” was firmly believed to a bad Indian. No self- respecting red man would soil his hands and spoil his chances for the happy hunt- ing ground by killing one of these ex- purgated editions of the wolf family. When the State offered y for every skin Mr. Buck buried this childish superstition and has been a most suc ful coyote trap ever since. The game begins. Each man puts his pile in the shape of tiny pieces of wood black eye: e red m wn t ing for a furs d ttle t ing Aoes th P it is bracx cone and cir shailow basket porcelain spoon is from the dirt: this in both hands while ele in November finds an a- serted ay ak vice to carry s women, the camp ces an a t havs e ponies and the bags of In the va es his camp where all too hen and wood y yellow jacket, en- bread made T Nabed and smokes sugar given at pine nuts. The he big fire before affair. The cones look green and hard W smooth and brown with constant worth living until he sum- The head of each as the hardest wood. Each little apart- handling on the ground in front of ht mer’s haying. ~ TSSO T ST T O T OO T OO OO OO OO A s~y AT THE SALIF-ORNIA THEATRE A® COLONEL MOBERLY \ 1IN ALABAMA