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the uncanny spell cast over them. The murder was com- 

 mitted by order of the chief without knowledge or fear 

 of the white man's law and in the name of the Great 

 Spirit, says the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 



"Natani Bezab, Hoskay Oho Neeth, Natch We No and 

 Bitsie No Dozio were found guilty after a trial fraught 

 with difficulty and delay. The defendants never had 

 learned even a smattering of the English language, mak- 

 ing it necessary to translate every question and answer. 

 The jury consisted of white men. Bitsie No Dozio did 

 not actively participate in the crime and was told by the 

 court that a parole or pardon would be recommended for 

 him within a short time. 



"A young woman of the Navajo tribe was afflicted with 

 tuberculosis. Her parents sent a messenger for Gi Shin 

 Beta, who had a reputation for healing the sick and cast- 

 ing out devils. He had also a black spot on his long 

 record. Four years ago he attended a young woman ill 

 of a similar disease and was said to have cast a spell over 

 her from which she never recovered. 



"The girl was found in a dying condition. The four 

 men charged with murder waited without while the 

 treatment was being administered. The medicine man 

 went out and consulted the stars when he noted her con- 

 dition. Returning he said that he had seen a large wheel 

 in the heavens and two men shoveling ashes into the 

 center of it. This meant that there was no hope for her 

 recovery. 



"After she died a black spot was found over her heart, 

 and her father instantly divined that the medicine man 

 had shot an arrow of witchcraft through her body, there- 

 by causing her death. He consulted his friends and the 

 belief became general in the Indian camps that Gi Shin 

 Beta possessed a 'body full of devils.' 



