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Show San Juan River near Bluff City ( 0; r. d ID, SVJ1), and b? » i s burled there. He clahned he was 2o ya_ us old when he ' lied, and he died about 2> years ago, which u__ Ld make him eight or nine years old who:: he went t o Fort Sumner. From Fort Sumner he returned to the arau where Recapture Nash empties into the Saai Juan River ( Quad 12, SE,';). His family had been l i v i n g here before they went t o Fort Sumner. My mother's r v t h e r ' s rame w. r- Mbzaon Dohaahi fela, " Slow Far; ' s S i s t e r . " She was bom on the south side of the San J- an River near Bluff City ( Quad ID, SWg), and „: ie died at t h i s same p l a c e . She was a grown wo_ an when she went t o Fort Sumner and she returned from there to the area where Recapture Creek joins the San Ju__ i Hivcr ( Quad ID, SE,';). by mother's l ' a . h e r ' - name '..- as Hactiin A j L t l e i t l i e t , :_ ian Who Flays Stick Game." He was of the T ^ ' a a s c h l i ' Clan. He was born near Aneth ( Quad ID, SE-*-), and died near Moonlight Wash at a place called " Organ Rock" ( Quad 1C, 3E7}). I did not learn if he went t o Fort Sumner. My f a t h e r ' s father was of the B i t ' a h n i i Clan. I never learned his name. He died near Fort Defiance (' Quad 3D, NE- J). I did not learn if he went t o Fort Sumner. My f a t h e r ' s mother went t o Fort Sumner when she was a grown woman, and she returned from t h e r e to the junction of Recapture Creek in the San Juan River ( Quad ID, SE- J-). The headmen I knew when I was a young boy were: Dohaahi, " Slow Man," Biliin T l i z h i n i , " Black Horse," HastiIn Beshizi, " Knifer," and Asdzaan Chii B i t s o i, " Grandson To Red Woman." Dohaahi was of the Haashk'aanhaatso Clan, and he was born near Recapture Creek, near the San Juan River ( Quad ID, SEy;). He died at Mexican Water ( Quad 2D, NFj}). He was a headman and a l s o a policeman. He was appointed by the Indian Bureau from Fort Defiance. He was a Medicine Man a l s o , and performed the ceremony called Lightning Way Male. B i l i i n T^ izhini went t o Fort Sumner, but I did not learn where he returned t o. He and Dohaahi worked together as headmen wherever there was anything t o do. The two of them would come and t a l k to the people; they were outstanding at explaining things t o the people. He was appointed headman by the Bureau of Indian Affairs from Fort Defiance. - 2- |
