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Show ADOPT A WHITE QUEEN MEXICAN INDIANS HONOR WIFE OF MINE. OWNER. Acclamation Ceremony Follows Night of Hubbub by Tribesmen Carrying Carry-ing Gifts Friendship Won by Acts of Kindness. Moxlco City. The Indlnim of Zncu-alpani Zncu-alpani have adopted In duo form and ceremony nn American woman for their queen. Tho person who has Just been bo highly honored Is Mrs. Maria Perry Elsenhart, wife of H. L. Elsenhurt, nn Amerlcnn ".lining man who has a rich mine In the V.ucualpnm district. Mrs, Elsenhart won tu warm friendship of the Indians by ,-tr mnny acts of kindness towurd thoi" Sho visited them In their humblo omes and administered to their wunth .hen sick. Sho Interested hersolf In h'-lr overy-day llfo nnd traditions. S!o had llttlo outsldo of the lowly In dlans to nfford her nmusoment or nrottso hor Interest In tho remote mountain mining camp whoro she nnd her husband lived. Sho hnd no Idea, however, that tho distinguished honor of making hor queen of the tribe wbb to be conferred upon her. Tho Indians In-dians who inaugurated tho movement to mako hor their queo't went nbout tho arrangement so quietly thnt It was not until all ot their plans for tho big event wero finished that sho be-cumo be-cumo awaro of what wns about to ho done. On tho day selected for tho Important Impor-tant ceremonies several hundred In-dlans In-dlans went to tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. ElBcnhart nt three o'clock In tho morning and bognn making a groat hubbub. Thoy added to tho nolso by discharging flroorms and boating upon up-on tin pans. Mr. and Mrs. Elsenhart at first thought that their home was being nttneked, but upon going to tho door they woro Informed by tho lender lend-er of tho unlquo colebratlon that thoy had como to do speclnl honor to Mrs. Elsenhart nnd that It was but tho beginning be-ginning of tho coromony which was to mark tho event of making Mrs. ElBonhart their queen. Tho noise on tho outsldo of tho house wns kept up until daybroak, when wholo fnmlllos of Indlnns began arriving from remoto parts of the mountain region, each of thorn carrying carry-ing somo kind of a present for Mrs. Elsenhart. Tho presents woro deposited depos-ited In ono of tho rooms of tho house, nnd Mrs. ElBcnhart welcomed ench guest In truo regal stylo. Tho olllclnls of tho Indian vlllngo called during tho morning to pny their respects, all of thorn pledging their support to her rolgn ovor tho trlbo ns their queen. Tho ceremony of ci owning Mib. Elsenhart as "Itelna do Ins Slorrns," or queen of tho mountains, moun-tains, took plnco at ton o'clock In tho morning Upon nn olovatcd platform which had been erected for tho purpose. pur-pose. It was nn Impressive event, lu which nged Indlnns participated. Tha chief of tho trlbo placed a beautiful Bllvcr-trlmmed crown upon tho head of Mrs. Elsenhart, and sho wns ofll-clally ofll-clally declared to bo queen of tho Zncualpams. This crown wns tho handiwork or oxport silversmiths among tho Indlnns, nnd Is of unlquo nnd beautiful workmanship. Tho sll-'.'r sll-'.'r from which It was mado was ob-1 ob-1 dned from tho mountains nnd celled in a crude way by tho In-' In-' illans. Tho dutlos of Mrs. Elsonhnrt ns j .een aro purely nominal. Sho Is c'.tisulted on mnny simple uffnlrs of tl"1 tribe, and hor wishes and ordors nru Implicitly obeyed. |