Show INDIANS WELCOME SPRING WITH BEAR DANCE Ending the Bear dance Monday at Ouray the Indians are now gathering at My Myton ton to welcome the bear from his winter hibernation hibernation hibernation tion which means that winter is at an end The corrals at Myton were completed last week but the beginning beginning be be- ginning of the dance has not been officially announced It is thought that it will begin during the week and last until Monday unless bad weather causes a In ln the old days of the reservation reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion the dancers fasted and danced for seven days and nights and ended the ceremony with abig a abig abig big feast the last day It has become become become be be- come somewhat commercialized since the coming of the Whiteman Whiteman White Whiteman man to the Basin Basle and with the exception of a few of the older Indians the period of fast is not observed religiously The bear dance originally was I I also the mating ceremony of the Indians The squaws dancing back and forward chose their bucks who then joined the dance Now t the squaw any spectator she desires preferably a Q White man for he usually ha has more money At the end of the dance he is obliged to pay for the privilege whether he enjoyed it rt or not A wise man never refuses the honor and it behooves him to pay well for it Prominent among the visitors at Ouray this year were Dr Harrison Harrison Harrison Har Har- rison R. R Merrill and Dr Hanson of the Brigham Young University They passed through Duchesne Tuesday after spending the weekend week weekend weekend end in the Basin |