Show GONE TO HOME OF HIS FATHERS death de uh of clinef of GI asa valley indians di bios leming lefan nj i prony irony eny and N no 0 lineal or A well kown anil and trudea tru ital indian kraa a by death georke gateb abo ho aas over from last week with one of his hie regular shipments of cream reported the death of Mola novo itch aitch chief of the grass valley tribe of indians a few weeks week sago ago he wai not old being only about 55 aars of age hut but tor for some cau baue or other these thee indians do not live lire to a great age ana an more many of them not reaching more than ban 40 or 50 years Moka notch had ben been ai ailing 11 ll 9 for some tim dropsy Drops final de developed re I 1 OP and the elliel chiel declined df dined rapidly NOTED INDIAN Vald had been a notable indian in his day during the indian apri uprising ing he be counselled counseller coun selled against till the it is said to his credit that he be never took up arms against the white people he has always beell trusted by the settlers arid and his brineg men and on the death of chief arpin about five or six years ago bokano witch was chosen as hit hib successor SUCCESSOR NOT CHOSEN no action has been taken by the indians to choose a successor to molan toe doad chief left no progeny geny hence no lineal heir to the leadership three of the tribesmen are talked of for the position but noie of them care to accept the position on account of a superstition which has bas become grounded among them that chieftains die soon after being elevated to that position walker a well known and quite progressive member of the tribe is perhaps a the favorite INDIANS dispirited the death of MoLa as is usually the case when a member of the tha tribe has died in recent years has cast a g gloom boorn over the company through some cause the grass valley indians are decreasing in numbers when this part of the state was first entered bythe by the whites there were eighteen lodges of indians in grass valley numbering perhaps a hundred souls they have hare dwindled in numbers until now there are not to eseed 45 15 there is some talk among them of moving aw ak ay thistle valley in sanpete county being a preferable place industrious TRIBE these indians are re quite industrious and cultivate several hundred liras acres of land near koosharem Koo sharem they raise good crops of hay bay anil and grim grain and have many of the of the white people BURIED the late leader vas buried with some of the cere ceremonies monie which edve at tend ended e d th the 0 burials of the ind indians tons in former ormer years he had bad requested that his blankets and guns be ba buried boned with him and that his bis horses and cabins be burned the latter part ol 01 his bis request was not complied compiled with and bad mr mir hatch batch who has been a confidential advisor and interpreter for those these in dasans tor for many years been home he would not have permitted the burial of the guns and blo blankets bets as aa the indians had just about been d divorced from the custom in former years as lich high as five and six SIA horses borres we were re slough when any prominent indian indianu died though the persuasion and teachings of the abo chite its people the indians have given up this funeral cus torn tom Moka Moha a wife died a few weeks before her husband |