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Ira Hatch took us to see two old Al- Al Albmos Albinos Al Albinos - binos bmos , a man and a woman They Theywere Theywere Theywere were not members of ot the same family familybut , but had been brought together on thisoccasion this thisoccasion thisoccasion occasion for our observance It is a adifficult adifficult adifficult difficult matter to describe descnbe the fright frightthe , , the alarm , , of these two persons when whenwe whenwe whenwe we came to see them Neither Hatch Hatchnor Hatchnor Hatchnor nor Tuba could make them understand understandI understandwhy understandwhy I why we had such great interest Inthem in inI Inthem I them The reader may have seen apicture a apicture apicture picture showing a man appearing in m awhite a awhlte awhite whlte white shroud , simulating a ghost , and andthe andthe andthe the fright of a negro as the apparition apparitionsuddenly apparitionsuddenly apparitionsuddenly suddenly comes within w1tWn the scope of his hisview hisview hisview view So acted these aged Albinos AlbinosThe AlbinosThe AlbinosThe The skin of the two was exceedingly exceedinglywhite exceedinglywhite exceedinglywhite white , and their eyes . were v.ere vere blue , , theirhair their theirhair theirhair hair was of a flaxen color . . In thesunlight the thesunlight thesunlight sunlight their the1r eyes blinked miserably miserablybut , , but at night they were more steady and andit andit andit it was possible posslble to closely observe themWe them themWe We visited Shi-pow-i-Iabey Shi pow i Iabey Shi-pow-i-labey labey - - - - ( Peach PeachV1llage PeachVillage PeachVillage V1llage Village ) last of all , and curiously curiouslyenough curiouslyenough curiouslyenough enough there had been born In this thisvillage thisvillage thisvillage village two or three days previously previouslyanother previouslyanother previouslyanother another Albino , a girl We greatly ad- ad admired admired ad admired - - mired the little one , and made much muchado muchado muchado ado over it Bishop Lake gave thebaby the thebaby thebaby baby many small presents-beads presents beads presents - - beads and anda anda a doll-and doll and doll - - and other things The parents parentswere parentswere parentswere were regular Indians and they could couldnot couldnot couldnot not account for the child chUd being an anAlbino anAlbino anAlbino Albino They promised us not to dis- dis dispose dis dispose - pose of the Infant The baby had a aluxurious aluxurious aluxurious luxurious growth of hair and Bishop BishopLake BishopLake BishopLake Lake persuaded the parents to give givehim givehim givehim him one lock of It Carefully hewrapped he hewrapped hewrapped wrapped it and hP h ? showed much de- de delight delight de delight - light in Its possession When we left leftthe leftthe leftthe the village and had tiaveled baveled traveled about six sixmUes sixmiles sixmiles mUes miles on our homeward journey run- run runners runners run runners - ners overtook us and begged piteously piteouslyfor piteouslyfor piteouslyfor for the return of the lock of hairneedless hair , , needless to say , they thcy received itI it itI I kept record of this baby girl tor tortwentyho tortwentytwo tortwenty-two tortwenty two twenty-ho twenty ho twenty-two two - years , and found that she shehad shehad shehad had married an ordinary Indian and andthat andthat andthat that two children chlldren were bom born to them themneither , , neither of them an Albino I foundalso found foundalso foundalso also that in 1926 there were 1Jixteen sixteen 1JixteenAlbinos sixteenAlbinos sixteenAlbinos Albinos In that village , , and that theywere they theywere theywere were being treated in a humane manner man- man manner man manner - - ner . So our presents of ot beads and our ourkind ourkind ourkind kind treatment treatmcnt of this baby in 1877has 1877 1877has 1877has has resulted in good to these unfortunate unfor unfor- unfortunate unfortunate - - tunate people There v . was as also aIso one . Navajo Albino AlblOO , a man , who lived to avery a avery avery I very old age Throughout his life llfe heI hewas hewas he I ! was condemned to be a . 5heepherder sheepherder sheepherderand , and he was a virtual slave . After completing the first day of thehomeward the thehomeward thehomeward homeward journey we divided dlvided our ourcompany ourcompany ourcompany company Hatch , , Wakefield Wakefleld and'my andmy and'my- and and'myself and'myself -my- my ' - mysel - self sel ! were requested to remain andform and andform andform form the acquaintance of the Navajo Navajochief Navajochief Navajochief chief Coe-mle-yaza Coe mle yaza Coe-mie-yaza mie - - - - ( The Fiery Plery Wolf's Wolfs Wolf'sYoung Wolf'sYoung WolfsYoung ' ' Young One ) He was cWe chief ! of his hispeople hispeople hispeople people in the Navajo war with KitCarson KitCarson Kit KitI I Carson in 1868 and 1869 . . He had been beenwounded beenwounded beenwounded wounded eight eigbt times in the legs and andanns andarms andarms anns arms , and one bullet had pierced one oneof oneof oneof of his lungs He was a regular regularNapoleon regularNapoleon regularNapoleon Napoleon in build and amt stature He and andhlS andhis andhis hlS his numerous band were now ournearest our ournearest ournearest nearest neighbors , , and we had to ex- ex explain explain ex explain - plain minutely our Interest in the des des- despised despised despised - - pised Hopis The enmity between the theNavajoes theNavajoes theNavajoes Navajoes and Hopis was intensely bit- bit bitter bitter bit bitter - ter at this time , so our principal mission mIs- mIs mIssion mis mission - sion was to make the Indians under under- understand understand understand - stand that they were brothers andthat and andthat andthat that thears the wars \\ars ars oam \ should cease . . This v.as vas was v.asno wasno . wasno no minor task , , as the Navajos consid consid- considered considered : . - ered themselves superior to all other otherpeoples otherpeoples otherpeoples peoples The reader may get some someunderstanding someUnderstanding someunderstanding understanding of the enmity existing existingbetween existingbetween existingbetween between the two nations natlons by getting getting1normatlon gettinginformation gettinginformation 1normatlon information ! of the ugly names they theyapplied theyapplied theyapplied applied to each other . "Tah-shab-bey "Tah Tah shab bey "Tah-shab-beyCut-throats "Tah Tah shab beyCut throats " - - , . , " ( Cut-throats Cut throats - ) > , ' t'he the 't'he ' ' he Hapis Hopis called 'the the 'theNavajos ' theNavajos theNavajos Navajos In retaliation retahaUon th the Navajostold Navajostold Navajos NavajosI I told thp thf the ' Hopis they were "Nahyahclanney "Nah-yah- "Nah Nah yah "Nahyahclanney "Nah-yah-clanney "Nah Nah yah clanney " - - , clanney , , " ( Lice Ralsers RaIsers by Profession Profession.So ProfessionSo ) . . i iSo So the chance appeared ppeared slim s11m to effect effecta I a reconciliation reconc11latlon bet\\ bet between beteen betaeen \ een these twotribe two twoI twotflb twotnb I tflb tribe & , > But It was accomplished after aftermany aftermany aftermany many years , , and todly tod1.Y tod1Y today . peace reignsbetween reigns reignsbetween reignsbetween between the t\\ t two t0 \ 0 tribesWe tribesWe tribes tribes"We - "We We " -We We Weere were \\ere ere sere \ invited to return . to t.o the theHopis theHopis theHopis Hopis ard and ardItncss witness \Itncss Itncss \ , the Adam and Eve Evedance Evedance Evedance dance as it was known . But Smith Smithand Smithand Smithand and Tmney TInney decided to continue thehomeward thehomeward the homeward journey Before they reached reach reach- reached reached - ed their thelr destination sixty-five sixty five slxty-five slxty - Hopi Hopimen Hop Hopimen ! men overtook them , and the two whitemen white whitemen whitemen men remained all that summer at atSunset atSunset atSunset Sunset . . By the help and through the theinstruction theinstruction theInstruction instruction of Lot Smith the Indiansthat Indians Indiansthat Indiansthat that summer ummer raised and threshed four fourhundred fourhundred fourhundred hundred bushels of wheat and tri- tri triumphantly triumphantly tri triumphantly - umphantly carried It on burros to totheir totheir totheir their homes This . was v.as vas in 1887 1887To . ( To be continued ) |