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Show 'tY.?l .~,' I! i. y£;hau~ I1'IlrIl:)$a'l " i 6 · Spectrum Sun<lay, June 22,1980 S17 The two peoples have helped each other in The Mormons' penchant for fencing the fields and using the water to irriagte various ways. The Mormons delivered the usurped the Wahnquints' best camping Pahutes from the ruthless slave trade spots; and the grazing cattle and sheep between the Utes and the Spaniards and destroyed the plants which they had always taught them to grow food and preserve it in ,used for food. The indiscriminate killing of new w~ys instead of relying on capricious game reduced the number of wild animals nature entirely. The Wahnquints shared with their Monmon neighbors their available to the Kumo'its. Whereas, for generations, they 'had en- knowledge of native food and medicinal joyed a life of complete freedom in the plants. The whites brought the Kumo-its richest 'of the Pahute territories, the education and modern medicine. They, in Wahnquints became destit~te and were turn, provided the white's with buckskin and reduced to begging for their ,subsistence. taught them to tan it and introduced them to Their numbers were decreased sharply by unfamiliar native resources such as plants white men's' diseases. Not understanding and minerals "for dyes and the oose plant their plight, some whites thought them lazy whose fibres made rope and string. It has been, at times a sort of ungood-for-nothing thieves, especially when, as sOmetimes happened, a Wahnquint killed comfortable symbiosis'; there have been I -a white man's horse or cow or ran them off losses to the Wahnquints as well as· gains, to get somethmg to eat in payn;tent for the one of m'ost serious being ·the loss of their recution of their "cattle", the wild game. culture; but both peoples still survive side by side in peace. . Then they were severly punished. Still, devout Mormons felt an obligation to Even so, there are still problems; and one is the Lamanites, as they call all Indians, sometimes fed to wonder: Who' is better off, believing them to' be descendants of Lehi, the timid, often. hungry, Pahute man in his . who left Jerusalem prior to its destruction ..abbit-skin cape and the women in buckskin millenia ago, and hence, are a reptnant of skirts that Escahmte and Dominguez enGQd's covenant race. There have usually countered in 1776 in the Valley of San Jose been, therefore, those who have tried to (Kumo Uav . or Cedar Valley) or the alleviate the Wahnquints' suffering and to r sometimes shy, but well-dressed, healthyhelp them solve the problems occasioned by looking Pahutes of today? this clash of cultures. -. Your GeneralMerchandise Store liunting Supplies Fishing Supplies ' Gun Repair Camping Supplies ' General Sporting O'o ods . 'Need a gift to take home? We have everything from Dutch ovens to fine crystal. Come in and browse.' ~iftwrapping -Hunter- Cowan Downtourn Cedar City Lewellyn Harris, one of· the Mormon converts f[om Wales, one of . the Indian missionairles who traveled, lived and preached among the Indians and performed h~alings among them. On-Ihe-Spot-Oelivery --ol-the high-mileage .Dodge Omni at - "0 bUNrr MOTrOR·co. EPA · ' EST. EST. MPG. HWY. MPG. 33* • Use EPA est. mpg. for comparison. Your mileage may vary depending on speed. trip length and weather. Actual highway mileage will probably be lower. .' BUY OR LEASE, AN OMNI TODAY. Now get tQtal performa~ce in a total family car. .Omni 4-door combines high·mileage with well· proven front·wheel drive. It offers more pas· senger room and cargo volume than a Pinto 3·dr. Runabout and Chevrolet Chevette according to the EPA Interior Volume Index. And Omni 4-door r.etains it's resale value better . than its major import competitlon~ Come. fully-equipped with- • Electronic Ignition and .perk control • Whltewan radle' tlr•• • AM Radio : ~:~~;_~,:::;r.':~~~~::~or •~,=~y ).apoke Itn,lng • Electric clock • TI['ted gl ••• • Inlld. hood r.r.... • And much more . • Based on a nallonal average 01 wholesale pnces 10f' comparably eqUIpped cars WIItl aulomallC transmiSSions. WIDE SELECTION IN STOCK NOW. FAST ANANCING FOR QUAUFIED CUSTOMERS. GREAT DEALS. IMMEDIATE DEUVERY AT•.• From left to right: V-buts, Williams Brother and Joe. |
