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Show SIMON, AGED INDIAN, DIES ON RESERVATION' Simon, aged Shivwits Indian, died Saturday at the reservation from old age and was buried Sunday afternoon. after-noon. According to government records, rec-ords, Simon was 88 years of age, the oldest man on the reservation. He was born in the Shivwits mountain country, and ranged along the Colorado Colo-rado river in the early days. Simon was always recognized as a "good" Indian and a friend of the whites. He was a strong swimmer, and is said to have crossed the Colorado river several times by this method, even in the coldest weather. He had lived at the reservation since it was established. es-tablished. With the passing of Simon, but two of the .early-day Indians remain, Shem and his squaw, Susie. |