| Show A 1131 big celers dow bow part of the alie funeral paraphernalia iii of pasqual the chief of the butras who diedam died at colorado river agency in arizona not long ago has been received at the indian bureau it is an enormous green ash bow over six feet in fit length strung with stout cord it is wound at intervals of an inch with deer thongs and smeared with red ocher on the inar inside jo ot of the bow atthe at the same samo intervals are fastened tufts of bright red feathers from some b bird 1 r d six Siv arrows accompany the die bow all of them blunt except one to which is is strapped with the customary det deer r then thong a sharp head of glittering obsidian all are arc tipped with small C eagle a gle fea feathers the bow ts is of the best workmanship and pasqual avilo had been lying dying for some months fully expected tu to have it buried with him ile he grew much better lately however and agent youngblood bought the outfit for and sent it to the indian commissioner before it reached its destination pasqual died and his horses were slaughtered over its his grave grare boston transcript |
