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Show INDIAN DEPKEDATIONS 321 is princpally singing and sucking. I never saw an Indian with a bald head, and they have but very few decayed teeth. They pluck out their beards and eyebrows. They are very much afraid of witches and crazy people, . and believe in making medicine on paper to kill people. UTE AND PIUTE TRADITIONS. By H. J. Gottfredson. The Ute and Piute Indians have traditions very similar. Hans J. Gottfredson was in business at Eldorado Canyon on the Colorado River for about seven years, and employed Piute Indians ix work for i im. He camped out with them a considerable and from them learned some of their traditions with regard to the creation, and the Lord's dealings with his children. They believe when the earth was created that it was level and beautiful, that fruit and vegetation grew spontaneously, that game was plentiful everywhere and that all was peace, that God ( Towats) lived in the south, and that the Lord had two sons. The elder son, who was independent and could always take care of himself, was the father of the Indians who inherit his nature: the younger was a cry baby always wanting everything he saw, and he is the father of the white people. The Lord granted him his desires, and the whites inherit his disposition, that is the reason why the white people are smarter in getting and in inventing and mak-ing things. But as orators they are not the equals of the Indians. At one time the father became vexed at his children for some cause or other and tearing through |
