Show Your Heritage an and You Editors Editor's note The following Is an excerpt from Mantis Manti's s 's centennial centennial centennial cen cen- tennial publication Song of a Century UTES ARRIVE IN N SQUADS SQUAD The encampment of the San- San pitch Indians was near the settlement they were a weak and humble band attiring themselves themselves themselves them them- selves In blankets made of rabbit skins twisted twined and tied together with fine sinew But In February and early March the Utes who had wintered farther south began to arrive in squads The were the ver ver- iest slaves to this more powerful powerful powerful power power- ful tribe of Utes who treated them very cruelly but could a by fair means or foul become the happy possessor possess possess- or of a horse a gun and a ablan- ablan blan blanket ket he was admitted as a member member member mem mem- ber of the Ute tribe A WEIRD HISSING AND RATTLING Just after sunset on this memorable occasion here a weird hissing and rattling was heard apparently coming from all points at once and the very earth seemed writhing with great gaunt spotted-backed spotted rattlesnakes They had come from caves situated above us In the ledge of rock that had been our shelter shelter shelter shel shel- ter and shield from the piercing piercing piercing pierc pierc- ing northern blast of winter They Invaded our homes withas with withas as little compunction as the plagues of Egypt did the palace of Pharaoh They arrogated to themselves the privilege of oc occupying occupying occupying oc- oc our beds and cupboards pantries we had none The male portion of the community turned out en masse with torches to enable them with more safely to prosecute the war of extermination and the slaughter continued until the wee wee small hours Persons who were engaged in the work estimated the number killed the first night as near three hundred The remarkable feature of the invasion was that not a single person was bitten by bythe bythe bythe the repulsive creatures and for several evenings the killing killing killing kill kill- ing continued before the alarm subsided It may not be generally generally generally gen gen- known but this species of reptile do most of their traveling g In the early evening and are most alert and dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- when recovering from the comatose state induced by bythe bythe bythe the Intense cold of winter |