| Show N mu r A N and its fits y ali albert alb crt R lyman ca case you YI i and expect to eier ae r tile put P I 1 ats allt e s x i ed 1 eu led and anol blamed iud belittled let us break the news bently right now that th these ese st stories orles aie i e to be told from the tl ie clutes Pl utes point or of view furthermore I 1 i aF a the nal pi proceeds oc eeds yve we may drop all all conven ion allty and tell jell it in tile the first person singular and why not t tl it just that way if you yop carried car rieda a persistent strain of injun blood dating at least as tan far tick bacic as when the french flag floated over the kabbash Wab bash that potent strain would surely prevail in ili time over the imply vogue and would broadcast ideas with III no wore more than th anold old ein aloyed in telling thiap before the of C captain JO john hn smith and b hla Is company to jamestown and having such it ii stain how dodou know you 1 bave been all injun jf dt the dutch pud p english li aInt pr nr rived on the scene in the nick of time i anyway harin f lived right here in san sail juan with these clutes ever since we nye were than halt a century apo ago we have mathied our philosophy to tile the point where we frankly admit ve ne first endured them i then pitied them and now pet get fills sled we have embraced embi aced some gome of their st rogest est prejudices wheres they come from and when Is not to if appear in ili this account of course certain families and individuals pave 1 ave arrived ln recent time from neighboring tribes anil and countries poseys people from navajo mountain charley from the i pa cerle joe dishop bishop from southern utah etc dut but when the lie old stock oc clutes came I 1 find and where they came from Is still a riddle their resemblance in ili form features and language to tile the Pah Pali aarl otla tribes of utah would indicate that they tire are rilly pilly from froin there thare but it is not abe be they came unhindered to possess V country without a former pop population tila to oppose their thear invasion more likely they 11 had od to make a resolute ft to get the country and from their hard earned victory dates their I 1 splendid love lova for san juan which ewy ann of them is always ready to express nothing was more sacred and vital to mancos jim than the fact of his fathers having been laid to epst st I 1 in ill allan canyon lie was elvei tanni papoose hood to rosti rest when ills time should conio collie right light there with them we quote sir walter as a great patriot because lie he said breathes there it a man with soul so so dead who never to himself lib lisell hath said this Is my own OM my native land old jims declaration in iii tile the lutteral gut teral 1110 idiom III of tile hie mountains might not be a place with etli the c classics I 1 ass I 1 es bullits but ills lits love of san juan with its rug ge ged d rocks locks its pleasant demor memories les and its packed to tombs ri bs was just as in intense tense and just as le legitimate as scot scotts ta love loe for caledonia ye ais af studied proposal atti attractive active inducements and angry threats 1 have failed to move the plute remnant liem nant from the beloved land or their fathers in the days when wn mancos jim wag vas in ills his prime and die they refused with flat flatfooted footed finality dunlin to consider any proposition to move them away ava and n ww i ills his children and id grand pi and children are aie still protesting with unwavering unraveling purpose tho old man mail has withered away avay and gone to the cov ertEld rest lest with ills his fathers surely buiel till flue sentiment to SO mel illel lib bibly on oil tile the plute heart de 10 ves consideration and respect c ct im r stead of the popular contempt with which it Is so orten often ed eda and who cin can blame the ala ol 01 1 plates loi for loving sin san juin juan efel ohp them could live not only fil lenee hut but ven n in of the alolf outside 1 orld they could pi inapt the outside and lomo collie bad bach here to lafety fron all pursuers puis neis allt ahn coil gather ithai the lie gaass seed froin aiom abe ali sau hills here heie e volunteer wheat they iff could liivet ln ivet the ellov yellow breal reel lil b the bushel without any an alln I 1 ir r cultivation ithon they tin rould ty 1 tile tl e squaw bellies aeri ieri les and on oil tile hie f it rocks locks and from these things lh built bi lit substantial old pluto b s aits nits which was ti the ta ff of their life before any white men camo came I 1 here they could feist feast on ve n hotle ditl e themselves in aej alep avd aid rest lest and hunt built lo fo theil hearts lioi ilg content loi jol tills this vis fw ti ir r uh barting ground and theirs tho i tilt fist xa i d unchallenged 1 licht to all ta p gamp ln P I 1 lien pea peachie clie tile the bl bik po Is ViVel 1 led spontaneously for foi voly year eai the griss ani and bronso nev L rew rank before the white alte mans cattle Rille 11 t out bild tile the old plute mile at livel in el fit fat ind and saucy wherever wll elpel uri riep was mide made what lait glorious freedom they hadl had 11 1 I ln lat tiava tran li bertyl beit if their amli foil was not absolutely supreme if vas is because they dered theli their advantage e by figlia fights with ith 1 each other 1 they 1 I hey enlo iced theli their In verious orders to the navajas navajos to stay south of the river and sometimes they invaded that southern country ind and brought back loads of 0 plunder and beards of clock once they captured a comp company ut of na fatjo ajo women and held them ns fis hosts Ps much to the annoyance anno yince and humiliation of theli beuthein Bou thein neah bors boig but they kept tile bonien till their I 1 s alreed to 10 ther their terms tf of course coin be this Is it A plute version a and nd every navajo gives it an entirely ent liely different slant the navajos cavajos point to a place in their i reservation lesen atlon where heie they ambushed a gang of invading clutes leaving of then them dead on oil tile the ground savage peoples but why vl make that tant distinction since luce all people are sav ace especially thos e who ft ho east boast or of their civilization nil all people have to fight about every so often and hen they ai aie e ready they find or 01 make thol the slon tor for beginning hostilities tile stimulus ofa odai a r seems to bo be like the much advocated hool tonic to tle the hurnon organism rind the plates and navajos cavajos supplied each other with in a mutual sort soil of way as as occasion demanded put it they it haid ed long eras of peace in ili alch which they crossed bick back and forth foith over 01 er the arci ri verto to attend each others social functions a is ihal towns town and schools do today tod iv the foegal ip ht ho 0 a big dince dance a a L barbecue or nr special hunt but what hat ever pc the lle special feature it 0 little w itliong horse races the keople with the fastest card cai ailed off the lio honors leonors nors but what cut a heap noie leo ice than that they carrica oft it hie ili stakes when pride and gidej met ilet aide and greed it meant trouble tio uble tile the le bration alon developed into a wr war 1 bof of ilot oils and then into a scatter scat tei ing and i a running fight in ili which tile tho t I 1 11 igors hull led for foi their own side glde ot of 1 tile the san S in juan the 11 e clutes made few jn iti im in tile the country but they ald id hive have good race lace tracks traces in ili various ailous parts of if tile the county before white men bli tved tho a number of their wars began at these places tile the was wag j 11 culi Lati illy ally a place of friendly til endly meet aj li peace was the rule lule and war tile the exception between the two native aar laces s W when I 1 ien the bluff people first pen tile zealously guarded hunting liti fiting ground of the flutes the elk mountain they found the navajo peacefully camping with ills his shep in the very heart of it into this wild world securely sec niely lemole lemoie moie front cioni white invaders came the wee lio howling ling little papooses oses that were to so siu mani alle lies in the mei t of tile lie future settlers what wil at a ballue school in ill which to train the tor tormentors mentors of tile long suffering about le tiie time of tile the dattle battle of gettysburg Getty Eburg 2500 or 01 more miles away jill in tile lie distant east something happened in ill the or ol mr and mrs coleel pools it was just a common leveldt pant of rather minor importance Import anc e the t e I 1 liae alte or of it I 1 was vas not kept and no record 1 wis made of oc it for really the cheer i pools people had no idea whether that month li wis avas ca red august or 01 february I 1 all the hie fanic from that lay day fol wrid then wa was s a i howlins howling new member in tile he pools family a member who not jac ing his alti nijib protests I 1 pio ro tests I 1 lode in lie be braile on oil ills mot lothers lieis bad back gazing dr away over oer the till of hor her pony is as the slie rode lode from one to another ano i no illige prophet pio piet or 01 medicine man enfiled to tl or 01 even to dream ak liiv put pait tile the infant Cheer ponts was lahke bet et lie was to become posey nn and to 1 ik hick up such a rousing lousing racket lacket tint that tho bir big whimp cip captains cipta tain ins I 1 in faraway hotl corll l prick up their ears eais and arn srn end one of their number across the die continent to persuade bilm I 1 lin to be e 0 1 alft to more mois fully appreciate tile tho future exploits of the rising it Is corth I 1 while to glince it at tile y and acl catle cl tle ability of nl his big mother who whatever else may be said a id for 01 alsed a son soil with well developed bt and one lie physical lion iron to mic birt litany liard ini phlp Sh hips lp her brown blown hands vaulted by the thin ni mother aller love leip pl decd tile the loft oft bejar hark aoi aromia uil ills denler little boi bo y and hicel the buckskin laps flaps 1 him slie she krett knew no such luxury as linen or 01 cotton clapers foi her baby and id buck fl an fn would bp be unsuitable even een if they could afford it nut but tile the bark or of cedar af abundant blin dant and sMil tary it needed no aa lor loi it wa soled tt it was I 1 va 8 Y wath th a brand i ll ii e ow ar supple whether that cradle V wei ate p unla reiT ceLT once in two tw 0 days dai s 0 or r at more frequent fie quent intervals a fresh mantlo mantle of soft birli birk was v ai given etch time I 1 to the baby bab posey saddling a snaky squirming cayuse was but a trivial gan ot the accod of mrs Cheer atop atoll of br tint that saddle site she boull load mient buckskin cooking utensils and picker ollai mitts or of water ater to the vides rides of the saddle she would tie the lie ends of the lie half dozen poles of their toi for tile the poles to drag behind and she would poise herself astride of all those these provisions with etli the howling posey bound up in ills his sarcophagus op on her back from that camel like perch she would ilfrey 0 tho i 3 pony to tread d ali the straight stiRl glit and narrow to the next lamp camp ing ini place ulicee lie he was as not nor squirming at all at the new camp ground she leaned baby against a lock or hung him to a d limb while she lie built a fire raised the and prepared food for lord chebi pools ho had gono gone hunting huntin by another route while ahle she moved camp she wove e baskets ani and ollas of withes and made them wa ter tight with pine gum she tanned idear li lefiles lii ilos files ground seeds and berbles into flour for their bread maele made buckskin clothes and moc mo caphis aln dried venison milked liked the goats and cared for the howling holing poey when tile the baby could walk sh she e cumbered cambered cumb ered him with very little or even less than that in fil the way vay of clothing cloth lna hf 11 1 toddled led about tile the lup as free fie or of rags lags as nature first made man later lat et on judging from a dose close per saml I 1 acquaintance with alth the cheer po IF family lie begin began on oil ills way to clothes by bv wearing veir liiK a tiny short shi t te few em embargoes embargos emba bargos igoa darkened daik ened his ill horizon bor pap ten thousand d bonts don ts wa ch buzz ill swarms about the ears or many children came but etlo 1 I to ill ohp 11 hippy appy little 1111 plump te the great anvil wild ld beautiful world lay jay a world 01 d promising life and freedom limit Ifil ift with eager instinct he lear learned libil the and the hills and the cliffs chich h a strange destiny had set as the for him and his people to act upon poll here the places for the fights lie was to make tile the death laces lie vas as to run and the remote joiner where here lie he was as to langu languish teli and lie he from a wound received inilla last slid and most picturesque battle |
