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On and After August 1st, 1883,
All sales of Lumber from our Yard must be for
CASH or ITS EQUIVALENT
Excepting when we are lurnishing lumber for the entire building, and
settlement on all such bills must be made at the completion 01 me
work. By adopting this method we can give better
Grades of Lumber for the Money
than formerly, and better satisfaction to all parties interested. We
We will deliver Lumber Free of Charge, to any part of the city.
All Outstanding Accounts on our Books
(Excepting those on which special contracts have been made), are due
August 1st, and we must ask all to come forward and settle. We invite
all to call and examine our prices and grades before purchasing,
ulm Respectfully,
TT. O. WYATT & CO
ZUHI HISTORY
A Great WotkiAmong the Indians
of New Mexico.
I am talking
I made no reply.
now only in the
PLEASANT TERMS OK FRIENDSHIP.
in the presence of our mutual friend,
the scientist, Professor Bamielier. So
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Special Correspondence K. C. Times.
banta Fe, X. M., July 20. From
frequent conversations with Mr.
Frank Cushing, of the Smithsonian
institute, who is doing so much tore-
store the ethnology of the ancient
rivilizations of this former empire long as such men as Professor Ban-
of Montezuma, and has kin- deher are my friends, who, Morgan,
died among scientists a newly in his "contributions to the North
awakened zeal tor archaeological American ethnology" (vol. ix.) says
study as applied to the older tribes is "now recognized as our most em
and natives ot the great Mexican inent scholai in Spanish American
confedercy, through his contributions history," I shall not greatly trouble
to the '-Century Magazine" and I myself about what a senator with
other publications. I was not whol- I his stranre complications in Zuni
ly a stranger to his work among the lands may say or a border editor, in
Zunis and in the far southwest. Af- spired by a muddled brain, may in
ter the usual congratulations and bad English idiotically scribble. If
greetings had passed I said to him, my own good judgement did not
upon a recent call and conversation I command silence, ray official rela
with him at his room in the Palace I tions with government prevent pres-
hotel: "I suppose Mr. Cushing, ent utterance
your work is about finished amon "When I last saw you on the trip
the Zunis." He replied: I to Carlisle Indian school, I believe
"Xo! ves! I had intended to you told me of an epic poem that
speud ei"ht years among the Zunis, you believed existed among the
preparatory to 1 visit to Yucatan Zunis, that handed down in compo
and Central America ; thence to I sition of no mean literary pretensions,
South America and among the wild J the 'History of the Race ;' that hand
tribes of the Andes mountains, the J ed down and perpetuated only
lineal descendants of the Incas, I through the priesthood ; that when you
had hoped to finish my life's work, became a member of the priesthooJ
and fancied I could then contribute of the Order of the Bow, and a war
something of interest and value to chief through your safe conduct ot
the restoration ot the history of this the caciques to the ocean on the east
strange and wonderful people who where they might obtain water to
founded the Aztec confederacy un- J perform their sacred ceremonies
der the God-hke Montezuma, who I then you would be admitted to the
afterward journeyed south and build- J higher order of priesthood, and this
ed these splendid temples, in Yuca- I poem, would be revealed to you-
ton and Central America now, in J This water from the ocean, I think you
vision so graphically described by I told me, is obtained to perform their
Stevens and others, and in South I most sacreil offices once in a hundred
America founded empires and dy- J years.
nasties and reached the culmination I Yes all this has been done. And
1
of their progress and growth as a 11 the good folks at the Smithsonian
race and people, after building up a J institute and the good people outside
grander and better civilization than will not be in too big a hurry, I
had yet been witnessed in the west- J will give them this poetry in the Zun
era word : and had established bet" I language ; second, a literal transla-
ter government and a higher and purer 1 tion; third, a tree transla
cult. I do not like to seem pedantic, tion, after the manner of Pope's
but our English word culture hard- I translation ot the Iliad, side by side
ly expresses the idea, that in many I By the way, a curious document
respects that the Spanish conquerors I came into mv possession a short
forced upon v them. But you see I time since. I had been pressing the
there are two obstacles, I tear, I Indians for months to give me their
know, in articles from the oen of j jealousy and suspicion. Latterly ' s nd road to the exposition grounds.
United States senators, in language evil disposed white men have done I know General Logan in his pu
shall I sav composed of, I all thev could to break me down and lished statement speak- of the Zuni
"Lengthy word of thundering snd," ! lessen my influence and hold upon
down to the regular squibs and gib" j the Zunis.
bering English ot border editorials. ! The caciques, as you know, iiad
Furnishing
loo 08,
ancient records and
PICTOGHAPH WRITINGS.
They always refused or gave me
unimportant records of little value.
HATS AND CAPS,
And we onlv ask vou to examine our goods
get our prices and be convinced.
North Side of Square, Butler, Mo.
D, V. BROWN.
OT A LEFKER
(Successors to JOHN A. LEFKER.)
PROPRIETORS.
Having leased and thoroughly overhaul
ed and repaired these mills we are now pre
pared to do all kinds of milling. We have
also added another new burr as well as
other improved machinery. So that we now
have four run of burrs as well as the best
of facilities for accommodating our custo
mers. AVe guarantee satisfaction. Flour
and feed always on hand, custom work a
specialty, uive us atrial. We pay cash!
lor wheat and corn or take the same
deposit. Browx & Lefkek
in the way of finishing
MY
as I had intended. I have married
a wife, and though she shares with
me here on these and and burning Finally after pressing them, in con-
plaios all my privations willingly, de- nection with the Logan attempt to
votedly, uncomplainingly, and aids despoil them of their lands, of which
in all my labors, still, you know, it you as well as others have desired
is asking a good deal of a woman not me to talk, they brought me an elk
unused to, at least, the necessaries skin covered with pictograph writing,
and refinements of good society, and said : "'lhese are our oldest
Then, again, my health is failing me. records, and if they do not establish
I shall have to cut my work short our title to our lands nothing can
among the unis. 1 tear it will be I have an exact copy ot this writing
partial and incomplete, and not attested by an at my officer. It gives
wholly satisfactory to myself. The me an account ot their journey from
Smithsonian folks are impatient and the north, their wanderings in differ
FRED O. LEFKER. 1 suPPose t5ie outer world is also, ent parts of New Mexico, their con
1 hey are so eager to realize eailv quests ot other people, their frequent
and immediate results. They do battles and struggles with fierce
not appreciate how difficult it would tribes, and their final settlement at
be for an amateur, from the raveled J Zuni.
i t e r . I . .
i ireaus 01 one 01 inose .Navaio 1 can assure you tnat tney are a
blankets which ycu and the world very interesting people. That their
everywhere so much admire, town is one of the seven cities ot
to reconstruct the original work in all Cioola that Coronado fitted up his
its gorgeous beauty of coloring and I grand expedition in search of is ad
deft and skillful texture. ' 1 went to I mitted by all ; that they are the lineal
Zuni for a purpose. I was commis- desendants of the ancient Aztecs
sioned by the government to do a
certain work. Faithfully, patiently,
uncomplainingly, I have desired and
attempted to do this work. For
months I was far out in the fastness
of the mountains and on the burning
plain ; nobody knew where. 1
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the children of the sun is not serious
ly questioned. Thev are a peace
ful, loyal, independent people.
Thev have never been an expense
to the government. They are an
horticultural and pastoral people.
They grow their own stock and
wanted, and sincerely too, no one to grain, and the Spaniards found them
care where 1 was. But the vinlant. making their own bread and weaving
the argus-eyed, the lynx-eyed. I may their own cloth trom cotton and wool
say, press tound me out, A bright But I would not have you think all
young representative of an eastern is a path ot roses and bright flowers ;
paper came down to Zuni.
ELECTED ME WAR CHIEF
ot the Order of the How, an office
ot the highest order ot the priest
hood. A tew months ago, healing
the whereabouts of several horses
that had been stolen from the Zunis,
and to restore them anil in the tran
sactions of other business for my peo
ple, I made a visit to the lower tort of
the territory, and was absent several
days. Upon my return, what was
my surprise when I learned that a
second chief, co-equal in authority
with myself, establishing a sort of
dual goyerninent, had been chosen.
I at once summoned a council of the
government and caciques and said
to them "Caciques and warriors!
During my absence, contrary to
your most sacred laws and ancient
customs, you have chosen a chief to
be equal in authority with me your
duly elected and appointed war
chief ot the Order of the Bow.
You have preferred no charges. It
you have any complaints to make
against me, make them now. I here
and now tender you my resignation.
One by one the caciques arose in
council and protested that they want
ed no otner cniet out "disny, as
they had always called me, and
therefrom each cacique promptly
tendered his resignation, declaring
that they had been persuaded by
commissioners of m great white chief,
member of the great council at
Washington, to elect a chief with
me, but now saw their error, and un
less the governor and council restored
me to my sole chieftainship they
would no longer serve is caciques.
It was not long until the second chief
was deposed, and my resignation was
not accepted.
'I see, Mr. Cushing, that Sena"
tor Logan is here. Is he out to see
about that reported Logan Zuni land
steal that the papers here said so
much about?"
Yes, 1 see the senator is here.
He comes out to this eountry fre
quently. He seems to be
LAND HL'NGKV,
and rather likes, I think, the genial
skies and healthful climate ot Zuni."
"About that land controversy I
have refused to say anything. The
time may come when justice, not
simply to myself, but honor and jus
tice and fair treatment of a gener
ous and noble people will compel
me to speak. As I understood and
am informed, the Logan contestants
are far trom abandoning anal relin
quishing their contest, in spite of the
published statements that it the lands
they seek to enter are found to be up
on the Zuni reservation, they will
abandon their claim and relinquish
their filings, protesting they did not
seek to despoil the Zunis of any right
they seemed to have. This looked
fair upon the f'ice, and excitement
among the Zunis was for a time al
layed. But now that the contes
tants are making statements to for
tify their claim and are piling up ev
idence to convince the commission to
be sent out by the interior department,
that the lauds they seek to enter are
not upon the Zuni reservation ami
that the Zunis have no claim upon
them, the anxiety of the Indians is
increased, and there is constant tur
moil and excitement and fear among
them that they are te be driven from
the lands they had occupied lor cen
turies, living in the same houses cul
tivating the same lands, drinking
from the same springs that their
ancestors occupied and drank from
when the Spaniard; came here three
and third centuries ago. That there
is ;;rave danger that the Zunis will
be driven trom t.ieir nosnts, or j
about the same thing, starved out,
river, and seeks to carry the impret
sion that the Zuni lands urv watered
by tiat stream. Why. bless your
soul ! I pledge you my honor that
the Zuni river tor the last thirty days
has been as dry as the barrel of a
shot gun. The rivei-so callcd-cau uoj
be relied upon for water. That the
springs which the Logan party seek
to pre-empt are on the Zuni reserva
tion as especially designated by the
executive order ot President Hayes
cannot be questioned for a moment.
There is no doubt about that, Prc$.
ident Artur in his recent order only
carries out the instructions ota form
er executive order. Hut the Logan
party contest the authority and legal
ity of this order. That the Ameri
can congress and the great American
people will suffer a peaceful people
of i,6oo souls to be despoiled of their
homes and driven from lands occu
pied by them and their ancestors tor
centuries, upon a mere technicality
ami through the ignorant and unin
tentional blunder of the United
States surveor, seems too monstrous
to conceive. Kicking Bird.
The North American Review for
August opens with a very spirted
discussion of the subject ot "Moral
instruction in the public schools,"
by the Rev. Dr. R. Hebcr Newton, I
who offers a practical scheme tor
conveying cinicai msu union wiuiuui
reference to religious tenets, and the
Rev. Dr. Francis L. Patton, who
maintains that the Bible must be
made the basis of all moral teaching.
Henry D. Loyd exposes the tricks
and frauds of speculation in grain,
which operate to make bread d-ar,
and maintains that they should be
repressed by law, as being flagrantly
in opposition to public policy.
"Woman in Politics," by ex-Surgeon
General Win. A. Hammond,
is a caustic discussion of certain facts
of nervous organization which in his
opinion renders the female sex un
fitted for participation in public af
fairs. Hon. Francis A. Walker re
views "Henry George's Social Fal
acies," criticizing in particular his
doctrines regarding land-tenure and
rent. The evils resulting froin"Crudt
Methods of Legislation," both na
tional and state, are pointed out by
Simon Sterne, who advocates the
adoption ot certain rules of legisla
tive procedure which, in English
practice, have been found to serve
as an effectual barrier against
the mischiefs ot ill-considered law
making. Charles F. Wingate writes
of "The Unsanitary Homes of the
rich," and there is a joint discussion
of "Science and Prayer," by Presi
dent Galusha Anderson and Thad
deus H. Wakeman. Published at
30 Lafayette Place, New York, and
for sale by booksellers generally.
The Kansas City Live Stock Indi
cator finds from assessors' reports
that the crop of dogs is growing less
in that state. In 1SS1 there were
144,104, while in 188 2 there were
only 129,3.1s. That looks well tor
the sheep interests. But unfor u
nately, the 1SS2 dogs, though in
smaller number, killed more shefp
than the iSSi dogs did. The small
ness of the dog crop does not seem
to work desirable results.
W. P. Atherton, in a paper 00
the care of fruit trees, before a
Maifc horticultural society, told the
following: "A farmer dismissed
hand because he set only nine tree
a day during his absence ; the ne
day he set the balance of 100 him
selt. When thev bore fruit, the
nine set by the hired man proved M
to be more valuable than the ninety
set by himselt."
TT. .1 . r . .
lie got amorur the Zunn, and that thev are
1
talkative
j Carey Smith says m the Iowa
! Homestead: "Three tons of hf
nun: or me in one 01 my talkative devout ot worldly ambition, conten-
moods, and who would not talk af- tion and strife. I may be called a
ter bcinu months among a people crank 0:1 the Zuni question, but I
who could not talk a won! of the am not. 1 have found not a httle
dear oiil mnthr timr-iii-. With t
the my sorrow that they are of like
best of purposes in the world and bitions, jealousies, rivalries and
it: the most friendly
spirit he adver-
an-
p:!s-
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sions witn otner men. 1 nave vm
e, my woriv ano my mission. ! my trounles not a tew amo!ir the
He did the worst thing he could have I Zunis. To -J-ain their confidence e-
A. 1 . 1 Tf it...
1 eMHi'.i ne queiioueu. ii ine inree
snriivs. including Xutrio and Pisca- ! er 100 bushels ot corn.
da. are pre-empted bv
Til K M; AN FAKTV,
the Zuni reservation is not wortii
riMi i nev mut aoandon it
starve,
withou
,i one am
( mat pastured per acre means plenty
; of manure. To make two blade 0
' grass grow where only 01c grew be
fore. more a matter of iiure
Not a thing can be grown tiar drains, yet brain power !U3f
these s:,rin-'s. It was bv coir.e to our aid in the work of J
a
or
irrigation that their forefathers culti
vated th-.--e lands .became an
ting the marure where it vviil ! t.ic
most "oo.J "
()H ? , , 0. . r . I iu0jui uu.muR . liori;!u :I. a . woing an-! a pas- T V. iROV. N'otarv i'ubhe. 3ut-
"jdonetor me. Since then I nave , quired months of severe eff rr, h .:i- torai ,.ir) ,. : ,- t-..s. r,.nii..inrr I K r M ;. Will tJrv and acinous
J been attacked and assailed n ot vi!- j esr and truthful dealing with the.n. ' i,nu v ut Jrrm's "w "he- d?d.' e r'?'ru' r'd a" T
i u- -' - i'h i quiring the acknowledgment or n rat
j amouslv and merci. essly, as you and patient struggle to overcome come as barren ; yonder beaten ; aa ofScer.
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