Show u ru n e r 1 NS NAVAJOS 3 5 I 3 From Material Furnished to tho News by C L Lj j Christenson Indian and Friend of tho 5 Red lied Man I t c 1 4 1 I a I 1 f t w I t vf Y 1 I d t 9 u 1 1 t w 1 t C L rf And An Indian Chief Editor Deseret tho the benefit of ot Book of at Mormon ormon students student while I f wn sin In this city for tor a n few days daya I 1 do der lire Ire to 10 write a few tel of the most moat aub tan Hal lIel from the history of oC the Navajo Indians All or nearly nil all havo avoided writing any an thIn that would have havo any tendency to tu the authenticity of ot the tho hook book jf It t their forefather I hold that there theres Is s no better bolter tribe now living on this thle North forth American continent than tho the both physically and Intellect wally jally all Their mode of transmitting tradition Is Ic this They The formerly had n a of ot men divided Into three quorums of ot twelve each cacho The were Instructors In In history Lan Inn wage ruage according to their own traditions lions Bons If Ie any MY now new n w thing thins made Its appearance amongst them thorn such much as railroads or strange people they hart halt the exclusive right to nomo nano the new thing The Tho second quorum were ere bo boo twists or medicine men These were In III the line lino of medicines Any yno Ino ne may discover teem from the advertisers advertiser It f patent medicines for Cor people think It Iti i medicine Is la only of ot Indian origin It ItIs Is Ia ul beyond doubt the beat best The third ore are astronomers or star gaz in re as experts In their line They ThOy know nOl the time of ot tho the equinoxes as ns cor cur correctly correctly reedy as ns w we o 0 do but they celebrate the tho relics of ot the tho sun or the tha moon In ter Able wave was The celebration is attend li Ij with religious ceremonies akin to and self When this Is la over prayer feasts and Ing n follow roll w Some Borne of ot these Indians live I to 10 a great old age I 1 know one man manIne manone me one hundred and twentysix years ears cars old sQ SO SON TAKES FATHERS FAr S LACE I The ton ron takes e Iris rs place vInce If butts but Is I first arst prepared by b three I furs tars course of study In which ho must mut lorn leun earn the whole of these three distinct Ho lie then delivers a lecture containing alltha all the leading fa all nl d college of at wisdom Ha Ho HaMi Hol Mi lids l da to that that ho he is fe bulletproof and waterproof water and anel that oo O lI enn spirit has power over him To r these men the writer wilier Presented i tho the t Jook of at Mormon They received It Itt t with lIh route fame reluctance ut at first that tho the Mormons were root pour and had to them HS liS our white brethren meaning other than those of our Dur faith disagreed with us Hut they then said suld Let Iet by gone gono times limes BO go we wo sill Kill 11 be with you all nil We WI are living In a Ii day of at many religions and nodes modes of worship but tint ours they ti Is the tho kept bert They The trod Imd their religion Mora before any others carne cam here hence hen e they Sid lid not like to make any sudden changes eS It In IA their custom when resenting presenting any nn thing of ot Importance not noto to 10 o sleep neither day da nor night until the powwow had ended elided usually In their laver laval Their philosophers never tiro or tr weaken Food lo la brought once onro In Iwo or three hours of oC which nil alt but the spokesman partake lie He has tho the Roar noor Coer and muot moot continue till ho tie thinks be e has won On the debate One Oro s oaks it st a 1 limo lime and great order ex ox rcpt pt that all al give Kte loud grunts of ap applause plans by lIa saying a ing meaning that thatIs thata Is a so 10 o Attar After rt r undergoing these trying ordeals l IV n speaker In la supposed to be bo u ft lend ly Iy I ann and trusty wl o counselor possess possessIng ing establishing the tho truth pf It If three religion and They listen they admire all mire they r ve I then th ten n the round council up the chief wring the tho tor of both hoth hainds B out In front of or him Indicating hl that tho con contestants are oven even that their Ideas flans la are ure both The Tho humble eter I then Ihen I t to on ooh linger ahead or of ho the oilier suggesting that his argument Dent ment ij is I tin III best but and safest t They Thuy y then say It In because beC luo you OU un ml the mysterious m art of ot paper sad and wo o 0 do riot not Tho rho Interpreter r then i laYR It u Is I have hlo been ben sont sent to tot till tell t you ou something you OU do not under underHand r Plead Hand pertaining to your future wol faro fare Hero lIero ho ha i pauses to tell them of it Iho the laws I WR of ot our country IU Its greatness BS He lie Tho Ih day la Saints Elders I have always them to submit to toh the ih h agents enlo and nail tho the representatives rei of he ho government though tome of ot the letter havo been most mo t contemptible find end men Th The Pie Indians have borne borno many man things most Such Suchs Is 18 s the tho destruction de of ot family s etc IN Gob Th Thy y believe bellevo that God noil Is a man ratan ItI 1111 In III iry itry r of this tills tern term no ne to lo ho Is II large or small they dlf tr IT a n little also Tho circle of tho the yahl tiU bw II Indicates to them Ills His distance from us wherever we WI are aro on the earth arth They say gay ClY that In the beginning they f visited Him Hutt He made mado Iho forth and the tho systems R He lie dh the tho from the rho darkness the th heavens wore BO RO near the earth man bumped his hla head hend against till Did Bence tho the rainbow ns as ex cx exp Pined p above Ho lie H made mado nil kinds of at animals and all nil things were beautiful uno OM animal they tho repudiate ns as not bo 1111 bomb bur mb lab 1118 This Thin U is I tho the Invention lion tion they say ny of ot some Bomo man probably of or the Iho Mexicans who tho for tor IlK Kit toes foes thoy over oer s saw w They and the ine Invaders who came camo bad the tho kicking millo mule I Woman rhey believe that lod first created a 1 placed hor upon the tho the earth earth MO I ho hoed mono alono n a long time without a n companion except tho 1110 animals who had s a wa Way of ot communication with her All Ia tang ns peace e none nOM were vicious nor dill did mo the animals prey upon each cook other othel M At mat last God saw It was not good for tor her hor hero to o bo be alone and Ho lie sent rent n man down to 10 firth earth The Tho pair however did dill not lIot meet wot till some Rome after atter tho mans loans ad nil Vert t lIt WIlEN HUN MAN IAN AND WOMAN MET nth Ono Jn is al she mho WOH coming tram from tho e n f inn ih country grew spon BP n Inn and where It was wa not hard hart ie o II the tho man ennui came from th the north where v cro ll ho he had A had hard H times t to Ie Whet When they thus mut snot ho hu said laid I i t n 1 i that he had Imd seen fleen all nil kinds of ful animals In his bis travels but ut nothing dee else no beautiful as she He no nuked asked What arc me you ou 1 I am nm a woman oho ahe Dh sold I havo neen seen all nil kinds of oC animals but butt none could she sho subdue or get to help her bear her burdens Per Perhaps hats haps hn he ho would do so eo They Thoy Tho then heard hearda a n voice saying raying they thor wele to be bl help helpmates mote mates for tor each other and ehe che wn was to rule over oer him because she sho woo to bear the sons sans of ot men mell They lived In III peace a long time end had many sons lions and daughters At last pod God gave them n a specially special large largo and wise wire son non with much power pourer and authority but ho clew dew tale his brother and became the tho th fattier father of war and murder This was WM the beginning of ot sorrow marrow They then received another er or son and after a n time became amo very numerous and very ver wicked also Tho The wolf molt olt who represented the Devil taught them thorn all nil manner of secret s such ruch as lying stealing find and other con contemptible vices THE TILE T iDEA A Alho The serpent sor nt also alio became very famil familiar lar with them especially with the tho wo fO women women men and of charming her so eo o as al to tomake tomako tomake make mako of ot her prospective offspring a it wise person or a 1 lunatic according as ns the she yielded Melded to his influence God now became angry with His Ills offspring prilli and sent gent a 11 rain upon the earth to destroy dutro them He showed them however four tour exceedingly high mountains on which all nil were swore permitted to go who desired to todo todo do 10 so 10 and animals of every evely kind were niso allowed upon the mountain It was about this time that the tine first Bret man did dill something by which he ho discovered Ill d ho ht was naked no so o he ho procured a 11 squirrel squirrel rel skin kill to cover coer his nakedness 9 All 1111 Indians since then Ihen have worn a n similar covering which Is as sacred to themus themas them ns us any garment worn In any ceremony In any church or lodge In our day whatsoever About this time a II few men had gone Hone up on tho the mountains mountain for tor safety und and with them animals of ot every kind Tho The turkey gobbler was the last to go gohe gohe gohe he being very ery proud and strutting about God Gal sent nent a 1 wave upon him and forced him up on the mountain Ho lie liethen then Ihen became a sign of ot the Hood by b hay hav having hiwIng ing lag a white ring put pat around his the tall showing where the foam remained d To this day he Is to them n a 1 sign of the tho flood Ho lie Is regarded by b them ns nl an unclean bird and they keep him only to remind them of at his disobedience Thus Ihus will God Goo do they say sa with nil all the tho proud and stubborn After the flood came tho the flah s In tho the sea and monsters of tho the deep It came CAlM to bo be the privilege of the tho antediluvians ant to become such animals animal The Navajos will not eat cat cator or touch a fish If It an nn Individual should take A II live Iho fish and run after tho the bray brav bravest est eat Navajo chief ho he would either cither run runor runor runor or kill the adventurer on the spot OF Ox FISH Compared to a n fish a II gun would have havo no terror to n a 1 Navajo These Indians Indiana were so named by b tho the Mexicans They cull call themselves n aeh which oceans men or more strictly a nation of ot men Inn men With this proud name they the neither scalp torture nor banish nn an enem who may moy fall tall wounded in their midst but they thoy will do all 1111 they can cnn canto canto to restore him to health They claim to tobe toh tobe h be tho the descendants of at nn an old grey gre head headed headed ed ell patriarch or father of oC us UH all In their traditions ho he had four sons Ions The eldest elde l was ins largo large In stature and was waa nB wise but not dot very ery obedient ob lent He lie attach attached eel ed a u string to the rainbow n cry very v wicked act OB na the rainbow was showing the tho boundary lino between bel them thorn and the tho heaven He lie shot nn an arrow lute Into tho ho air saying what goes up must come down Iown on the head hend or on an 01 the ground and by b thin Impiety he cut cutoff oft off communication with the heavens he The airow lies lias never noer yet et come como down hence they thoy thc remain In a 11 humble prayer prayerful ful attitude altitude and In ill great grent humility APACHE AIACHE One Ono of ot o f these four tour sons eons Is their thell father tho the other Is the fattier father of ot the Apache AIache Indians hence hono they the claim that they the are arc cousins They wore were divided became Their battles bullies for far supremacy were terrible One Ono faction had no fire firo but obtained It from tho old man elan by b a II and tho the old man gave gavi ga them along aloni with much good advice tho the ar nr articles flint and steel and nl also alBa o Introduced ed eel the pipe of ot peace so 10 universally used In all nil tribal councils This Thin pipe has be he become conic come nn an Indication of ot worthiness and oneness Astor wars of terrible character they become nearly nc extinct and at thin time there came cama n a new hope hop a boy baby Led Jud been beon found down Iown near the ocean by a n virgin most mOlt beautiful who never had seen econ a II man nan Whether God dropped him him down from tram the lie clouds or 01 whether tho lire heaven and earth came together they thoy do not nol know but he lie was holy All kinds of ot evil persona p came camo cameto to lo attempt to destroy him Giants were ero numerous In tho the land und and the maiden sometimes hid hill him hint under the tho hearth At other times silo she would wrap hint him In u II blanket and throw him upon tiro Iho piece 1 I When he ho grew row to manhood tho the woman for tor her great ef et effort tort fort In rearing him wan given Riven u a l city with 12 pearly gates and was changed so roo that the she ho should novel hover din dill This Thill city war sine taken n front rein the tho earth and drifted foi OVI th Into the tho Pacific ocean Sha be became became came camo ha th medium of cf this thin body ball bOll after death to n new ne one IIno and insisting the Iho through n a 12 mile difficult It canyon ll dark daric and gloomy in which It might otherwise remain for Cor 1000 years JJ of ot this they th Y kill ill when willm ono uno dies Homo sonde horses A dogs goats groats sheep and bury with him his of war Years Yearn ego they burled hurled a I wife and other servants with the tho chiefs The maidens yon son very vet ver useful I anti did much good good lie He healed the sick Mck old showed thorn then how to tl do so no Ho lie called himself tho the Creator und and said raid that ho helped to inako this earth n statement that lint brought affliction upon him ALL All the he tribes rebelled and by b dishonest methods they won von tho rho earth alth from him They al nl also also so II forced lint him to give this land to thorn thom for nn an Inheritance Ho lie was very CrY angry ry and threatened nell them He lie confounded d their thell language and made mado many tribes of oC them ui na wo find them at this day Ho he then lion got on n a of lightning und and nd waved we 1 to the southeast He lie lUll ions never noer been seen by bythorn them thorn since shore However lie lla loft left 13 12 men In ht Isle IH stead who when hell united had the tho same power ns lie ho he had These Thes also did dill much good In III setting In order tho the tribes and In III helping them theist to learn to talk again Finally there thero came a II day of total darkness The Th earth shook fire crone came flown down from heaven sunny many man cities destroyed destro d by b It while other cities wire buried In the depths of tho the earth arth Tho whole holo taco face of the earth nii chang Changed oil til by the commotion Tho The 12 13 Imd hind lied fled anti and tho the Navajos Apaches and were burled hurler for a tang long tuna shallow shallop covering They were thus kept from front utter destruction berau so thoy Ih Ifs n y fro better than thun tho the rest rost of ot mankind ran tho the opposite directions from their present courses They This claim that there thero wn a n forest extending from tho thu 11 fat 11 Plata mountains of ot comrade Colorado to the tho San Francisco I mountains of ot Arl zunn This region In is hOW now called tho the petrified forest of ot Arizona and is Ie nn an evi evidence deuce dence of ot tho the truth th of somo some of ot their traditions hundreds ot of tons tonA ot of this petrified wood rave have been slipped shipped away awny to o different nt parts PM s of tho the earth as n a great curiosity curlo for museums |