| Show SOUTHERN CLIMES 7 Mining Excitement in tho Long p Yalley Country DANCE OF TIlE UTE IXDIASi Coal Creek John and Something of HU Early HistoryA Big Gathering Panguitch Lake on the 24th laid aside Its usual dreary nspect and became the centre of a populous city Panguitcb Beaver and Cedar were almost depopulated and there were no less than soventyfivi wagon loads of people from the Dixie region at this favorite resort Unfortun gtely a rainy day disarranged the pro but between Bramme that had been arranged tween the showers horse races ant foot races were run and Beaver as is usually I the case secured a majority of tho prizes Hatchtoivn had made preparations for a jollification on the same day but the death of Mrs Neil Workman which occured last week cast a gloom over the entire community com-munity and every thought of festivity was bandoned Much sickness reported at Leos Ferry Typhoid fever is prevalent with uniformly atal results Tile mining excitement has crossed the summit of tho divide and now has taken oj pofsession of the Long Valley country Aiincst every wood wagon that goes north i i takes samples of rock for assay Several tI lodes have been discovered These contain r con-tain at best but low grade ore and lead Hut copper stains are misleading sometimes I T some-times to even professional prospectors Up to date it is certain that no rich mine has been located and it is probabla that the searchers for the precious metals will soon become disgusted with themselves and will return to tho richer and more certain r Marysalo and Baldy region i Last weak the Colorado valley Utes held r n great dance on Asay creek Two hundred bucks and as many squaws were present They came fromPanguitch Beaver Cedar Kanarra Escalante Long Valley Kanab bU George and even from the corner of Arizona and Nevada The festival lasted four days Dancing commenced at dark and continued until high noon of the following day when the squaws withdrew E with-drew to cook and sleep and the young men played Indian ball until it was time to resume the stately p A grave decorum marked all the exercises exer-cises and the dancing consisted in clasping hands encircling a pole For all dances the air was the same It was hummed by the old men Each dance however had words appropriate to itself Men and omen were streaked with white paint and every man in the assemblage wore a linen duster probably in lieu of a swallowtail swallow-tail and about this he wrapped his classic and gaudy blanket with all the traditional dignity of his race The women took Josephs coat of many colors as their model and all the hues of the rainbow with gilt and silver tinsel bedecked the dusky j maidens I Perhaps the most noted person present was Coal Creek John for years the terror of the early settlers in the Sevier I i valley Ho has radically reformed and claims now to be a Mormon In a 4 ronversation with Tan HERALD correspondent c correspon-dent he narrated the origin of the name Mar sale which according to his story should be Marys VeiL More than a core of years ago Coal Creek John with his raiding band were rid t tag down the Sevier just below Junction Piuto county They spied coming toward thtm a couple of young ladies on horseback I l horse-back and more to frighten them than with intent to kill they sent a volley of arrows at thegirls The latter wheeled their horses and then commenced a raco I for life or death down the river trail It I lusted for miles and as the girls came to a crossing of the stream where an ndveatu out settler had built his cabin one of tho maidens named Mary had the misfortune to lose her veil Hence the name first of the ford afterwards of the settlement and now of the prosperous mining community A sliort distance below the ford the girls fell in with a band of cowboys whose revolvers re-volvers soon put an end to the pursuit and held the Indians at a respectful distance The Indians at the dance had heard rumors ru-mors of a Navajo war and were very much exercised thereover They inquired eagerly for the latest news from Arizona and expressed ex-pressed the opinion that tho Navajos were very poor flcbters So far as they were concerned they said that they were all good Indians and would never again bring wa upon tho whites However they were desirous de-sirous that no report of their dances should get abroad as they feared interference from the soldiers B R EVIEIU ASAT Utah July 271S91 |
