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Show Navajo Vapor Bths. A gentleman just in from the south informs us that the Navajo Indiana are becoming more friendly than they were somo years ago; that although they richly deserve the name "Navajo," "Na-vajo," which signifies "razor," on account ot their superior shrewdness, that they now employ their talents to harp practice in trading instead as heretofore in stealing everything they could lay their hands on. Ho Hay-hundreds Hay-hundreds of them have crossed the Colorado, to and fro this summer, in their friendly intercourse with the settlers. The "noble red men" have a rather unique method of taking a bath. On returning from a journey they immediately make a pnall ex-cuvat ex-cuvat ion in the sand, kindle a fire, iu which they heat a few small boulders almost to a white heat; then the willow wil-low skeleton of a small wickeup is erected and interwoven above it, the whole being covered completely with several of those heavy waterproof blanket., for which they are so celebrated; cele-brated; they then pour water on the hot tones and thus supply themsoH'CB with a fii-at-class bath. Alter enjoying enjoy-ing the vapors of tho bath till they are satisfied, they emerge and throw them down in the sand and roll alout uutil dry. Now did they learn I the business from our old friend, Dr. jMunro, or did the Dr. learn the bu.-Inesy bu.-Inesy from the Navajota ? |