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"Enclosed Enclosed " find a brief story as told toldto toldto toldto to me in m many interviews with Elder ElderTuba ElderTuba ElderTuba I toldI Tuba , a faithful member of the thechurch thechurch thechurch church He was truly a good , clean cleanI cleanman cleanman cleanman I man and , no doubt , of ot royal descent descentas , I II Ias as he was always dignified in his bear bear- bearmg bearing . - I ing mg He lived with my family famlly for forthree forthree forthree three years a-nti a nti and an - ) one one-half one half - ha1f after his wife wifeCo-chee-ni-men wifeCo chee ni men , Co-chee-ni-men Co chee ni men Co-chic-ni-men chic - - - , had left him for a aYOtUlgcr ayounger ayounger I ICocheenimen YOtUlgcr younger man , as related in this story storyhich storywhich , . ' \hich hich which , \ I have taken great pains to towrite towrite TOwrite write as it was given to me " ( Elder C L ( ( L Christensen is a life- life lifelong lifelong life lifelong - long missionary of the Church ot of otJesus ofJesus ofJesus Jesus Christ Chnst < of t Latter-Day Latter Day - Saints Saintsamong Saintsamong Saintsamong among the Indians Ind1ans , and his labors laborshave laborshave laborshave have covered a wide range of thrilling thrillingI thrillingexperiences thrillingexperiences thrillingexperiences , experiences ) I Tuba , the Hop Hopi ! Indian , presented to toI toElder toElder toElder Elder Christensen the drawing of ot ' a . acalendar I calendar calendnr of his people The original originalof originalof lof originallof of this t.his . drawing is carved ; , on a rock rockstanding I standing in the lands of the Hopi na- na naI nation - - I . tlon tion , and this carving was made many manycenturies centurIes before the white man came camet.o cameto cameto t.o to . America The sketch below Is a aprecIse aprecise aprecise precIse copy of . the t.he calendar . WVW w wj\e wj e \ | \ I INoteStroke ( Note-Stroke Note Stroke Note - - Stroke No 1 begins . at a.t top tophence , hence there are only on1 five points p > ints at thebottom the thebottom thebottom bottom ; thus there can be no mistake mistakein mistakein mistakein in the figure representing the num num- numerals num- num numerals numerals - - erals " 10 " The second recond section of the thecalendar thecalendar thecalendar calendar means countless ages ) In the year 1880 Elder Tuba told toldme toldme toldme me the following followmg story . "When When " the United UniOOd States declared declaredwar declaredwar declaredwar war on Mexico a fleet runner came camefrom camefrom camefrom from the east , carrying a white flag flagHe flagHe flagHe He proved W to be a : . bearer of good news newssaying , saying that there thcre were M Mormonsoldiers 0 o r m 0 o n nsoldiers nsoldiers soldiers at Albuquerque , and that the theMexicans theMexicans theMexicans Mexicans had fled to the south 5Outh . . ( The Thereference Ireference I Ireference reference to Mormon M.onnon Monnon . soldiers Is to the theMormon theMormon theMormon Mormon Battalion Battairon which came to the therod theaid theold rod aid of the aid nld of the United States Statesarmy Statesarmy Statesarmy army in the war with Mexico ) "The The "TheMexicans "TheMexicans "TheMexicans TheMexicans " Mexicans who were occupying the re- re remaining remaining re remaining - maining villages , , and had done so tor for tormany formany formany many years , were panic-stricken panic stricken - when whenthey whenthey whenthey they heard this report , but they de- de decicted decided de decided - - cided cicted to once more m'Ore ' make themselvess themselvesas themselves as s obnoxious as possible . There was no gold to take , so they were forced forcedI forcedto forcedto forcedto I to ! confine oonfine themselves to stealing tur- tur turI turqUOlSe turquoise tur turquoise - I quoise qUOlSe and coral beads ; the Mexicans Mexicanswasted Mexicanswasted I Iwasted wasted all the corn com they could find findand , ' and the Indians were brought to the theverge theverge : verge of starvation"In starvation starvation"In I "In In " the Orabibl OrabIbi village lived a 3J beau beau- beaui beautiful beautiful beautiful - i tiful ' girl g'U'1 gU1 , whose name was Tellesh- Tellesh Telleshnimki Telleshnimk Tellesh-nim-ki Tellesh nim ki - nim-ki nim ki nim-k k - - ! She was as a descendant of ofCaiewestuwa ofCaiewestowa ofCale-wes-tu-wa ofCale wes tu wa royallineage Caie-wes-tu-wa Caie wes tu wa Caie-wes-to-wa to - - - , , an Aztec of f royal lineage . The villain V1llaln Valdez , leader of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Mexicans , wanted . this girl for a awife awife wife , but Tuba's Tubas ' father , Pa-la-ah Pa la ah - - , then thena a young man , said ' II'Not II " ' 'Not Not ' as long as water w.ater . flows and andAztec andAztec andAztec Aztec blood runs in our veins vems will you youcarry youcarry youcarry carry her a away way to the south land , as an asyou anyou asyou you have done , with vith others I chal chal- challenge challenge challenge - lenge you to a duel , here in the plaza plazaso , , so that the people may know we are areworthy areworthy areworthy worthy of our mothers ' 'This This ' This noble speech . was v.as vas received wIth wIthhilarity withhilarity withhilarity hilarity by Valdez and his men , but butthe butthe butthe the challenge was accepted The com com- combatants com- com combatants combatants - - batants stripped to the skin , except exceptthat exceptthat exceptthat that they wore ware a small cloth about the theloIns theloins theloins loIns Part of a cottonwood tree re- re remained rematned re remained - - mained matned standing standJng in the plaza , and this thisstump thisstump thisstump stump is still st1l1 there therc and is pointed . , , out outto outto outto to strangers by the Hopi Indian Indiana IndianaNow IndiansNow ! Now , without delay , the opponents opponentsmet opponentsmet opponentsmet met in the plaza , knives in hands , to toengage toengage toengage engage in mortal combat The Mexi Mexi- Mexican Mexi- Mexi Mexican Mexican - - can . was v.as vas sas large of ' ! stature 'Stature , with a heavy heavymustache heavymustache heavymustache mustache , and I3Ild chid he had many scars on onhis onhis onhis his body as marks of former combats combatsThe combatsThe combatsThe The people feared for tor the fate of the theIndian theIndian theIndian Indian , but hope rose within theIr theIrbreasts theirbreasts theirbreasts breasts when they became aware of ofthe ofthe ofthe the fact that the Mexican had imbibed imbibedfreely imbibedfreely imbibedfreely freely of 'fire-water 'fire fire water ' - , ' , ' while Pa-Ia-kah Pa Ia kah Pa-la-lath la lath Pa-la-kah.a Palakah.a Pa la kah.a kaha - - . , a man of pure morals , was in full fullpossession fullpossession fullpossession possession of his mental and physicat physical physicatvigor physicalvigor physicalvigor vigor . . Who can realize rcallze the emotions emotionsof of the Hopi people opeople who had gathered gatheredto to witness this struggle , . where whm-e whm e - lifc life lifehonor , . honor and liberty were at stake l ! l"The "The The " fight was of ' a tierce fierce nature naturefrom naturefrom naturefrom from the beginning The gladiators gladiatorscircled gladiatorscircled gladiatorscircled circled around the tree ; both were wereprofusely wereprofusely wereprofusely profusely bleeding from gaping wounds woundsIt woundsIt It was evident that the Indian Indianft sas sasgaining -ft ft v . - as asgaining asgaining gaining on OJ ) his savage adversary . Then Thensuddenly , suddenly , the Mexican MexJcan withdrew , as if ifto ifto itto to run away ; but quickly quicklye quicJy)1e quicJy1e quickly're quicklyre ! " . ' ) ! \e e \ turned turnedand turnedand turnedand and hurled his ' knife kn1f'e kn1fe into the heart of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Hopi The brave Indian Indhm Indlan fell feU limp limpagainst limpagainst limpagainst against the tree , and slow7y sloW1y slowly tie nc no sanx same sanxto sameto sanKto to the ground and expired . "Then Then " the Me Mexican 1c1n dcan ! walked oyer over toContinued to toContinued ( Continued Cont1nued on Fuse pqe Pige 4) 4 ) I , Hopi Legends LegendsContinued I ( Continued Contmued frow frcmv from ' first pa6'e pa6e page pa ' eL eLthe ) the gu gul 1 , folded his arms , and said ' ' . " . 'I I 'r r ' am the conqueror , yonder hes lies hesIyour liesyour liesyour your beautiful knight ' Iyour " 'You You ' lie , " ans\\ ans answered ansered \ ered the girl , , 'he he ' is ismy ismy ismy my heroI heroYou hero I ' You are a coward and a traitor atraitor Never would a Hop HopI ! throw a I J.nife Jnife knife . aknife aJ.nife , not e\ e er even een \ en at a beast such as you are youare , much less at a . . real man I re- re re - - fuse fuce refuse refuce ; to go with you ' " ' 'Ha Ha 'Hal Hal I ' ' ' the Mexican retorted ' 'perhaps , 'per- 'per per 'per per - haps vou you ; } Ou have other heroes willing wllUng to togIve togive togive gIve th their lr lives to please your vanity ? ' " ' 'Yes Yes ' " she replied , 'there there ' is Tuba Tuba- Tuba-wa Tuba wa . - . \ \ a , TubaIns his Ins brother , and though he is ooly only eIght.een eIghteen wilyeighteen oolyeIght.een onlyeighteen thisfoul th13foul . years old , he will w1l1 avenge th13 this foul deed " . , shalllive shaIlhve " 'Yes Yes ' , " said sald Tuba-wa Tuba wa Tuba.wa Tubawa - . , 'and and ' I shaIl shall hve live to see your people become a hiss hissand hissand hissand and a by-word by word - among all people ' pro-riounce pro riounce pronounce " 'Yes Yes ' , ' replied Valdez , 'and and ' I pro pro- pro - . munce nounce a curse upon your race You YoushaIl Youshalt Youshall shaIl shalt no longer be named Aztec ox or : HopI ocHopi orHopi , but Moqui Moqul Moqut , a dying race * ' " effectthat The story continues contmues to the effect that at this juncture Tuba Tuba-wa Tuba wa - . " a hurled hurleda a wooden spear 'Spear ' which struck Valdez Valdezbetween between the ribs That was the end endof endof endof of Mexicansfled the Mexican . . The other otber Mexicans fled beingA bemgA , for the time being bemg A short time afterward they chose choseone choseone choseone one Rodriquez for their leader . He Hesent Hesent Hesent sent negotiate a man with a white flag to negoti negoti- - . ate with the Indians , and an agree agree- . - agreement ment mcnt was entered into The IndIans IndIanswere Indianswere Indianswere were to resume resmne eill all needful work 1n in intheir 1nthelI thelI their ' various occupations OCCupatlOns , and this they thisthey did dld The . Work v"ark vark " shops were again againopened opened , and the men were spinnIng spinningand and weaving , and doing other kinds of ofwork ofwork ofwork work One day da Rodriquez and hts his htsmen hismen hismen men came upon the unsuspectng unsuspecting ! people unsuspectingpeople unsuspectngpeople , took the leaders out of the theI thework thework thework I work sh shops pS : and killed hem . The vil- vil vil VII - . village I lage Iage was left unprotected , , ' except i'xcept ixcept for forI fora fora fora I a few old men who tried to take the inthe place theplace of ot ' those \ who \ ho had been slain in the mournedand massacre The people mourned mournedand and hascome said ' "The The " curse of ot Valdez has come Moqula upon us ; we Clare are . , Indeed , Moqui , borne borne ineAmencan haveborne American a dying thatname that tha.t . race name " " And to thisday this thus day day they ineAmen- ineAmen in Ameri Ameri- have - - can history . abductedseventeen The Mexicans at this time abducted seventeen maidens Among them was a wasa beautiful boautiful girl , who wore a mask so as soas to cause Rodriquez Rodrlqu . to believe she shewas [ was Tcllesh-nim-U Tcllesh nim U Tellesh-nim-hi Tellesh hi Tellesh-nine-U nine - - She . was v.as vas carried earned - to the south land , and she is mournedby mournedby mourned - - - L- L LI.I - - ' * I.I- I.I I.IB . - B L She fSha . Ac is _ said saidto saidto < ? aid aidto by her people to this day cousinin cousinin cousin cousinnot her like been so nmch much to ha\ ha hay have hae \ e a could couldnot couldnot in appcaronce appearance that strangers not tell toil one from the other . Askedwhy Askedwhy Asked [ why ' she wanted i a Rodriquez Vi A lMwrt to + . a believe believeshe believeshe 'hoUeVP hoUeVP 'hoUeVPshe ' Tellesh-nim-kl Tellesh nim kl Tcllesh-nimJ Tcllesh nimJ Tellesh-aim-U aim U she replied repliedthat repliedthat repliedthat } she v a . was as - - - . , that it was because bccause she desired dcslred ! ; to pUt pub pUtan puban puian an end to bloodshed bl'Oodshed ' She was w11l1ng willing willingshe , her herpeople herpeople herpeople sacrifice acrlflce herself for tor she said ald , to ' ! people with thit th\t th t that ' \ end in view Some Someof Someof Someof of the Hopis HOPlS believe that her descen dcscen descen- descen descendants descendants - . dants are still living Uving among the ZuniIndIans ZuniIndians Zuni ZuniIndians.Again IndIans . Indians.Again IndiansAgain Again quoting from th ths the narrative nanatlve otTuba ofTuba of ot ofTuba Tuba"Finally Tuba"Fmally Tuba "Finally Finally "Fmally Fmally " the Mexicans Mexican ravaged our ourv ourwomen ourwomen v . women omen , , slew slcw our lOur flocks , and om OUI our herds herdspoisoned , 'POlsoned POlsoned poisoned our springs , and left us to tomourn tomourn tomourn ' mourn the loss of the large tribe which whichInhabited whichinhabited whichinhabited Inhabited Mexico MexJCO on the south as far faras faras faras as ( " Casas "asas asas C'asas ' Grandc7 Grandc Grande ? , and Colorado ColoradoCastle , Castle Valley in Utah , and down to toMuddy toMuddy toMuddy Muddy in m Nevada The Cliff Dwellers Dwellerssere Dwellersweie we are a amb.ed amixed amixed people Today sere \ . et e our mb.ed mbed mixed . race , for the remnants of many manysmall manysmall mall small bands joined us We arc are the theHopis theHopis theHopis Hopis . , a kind , charitable people , but butour butour butour our name has been buried burled with our ourpeople ourpeople ourpeople people Our temples to the sun show showthat showthat showthat that we worshipped worslllpped and offered sacrifices sacri sacri- sacrifIces sacrifices - |