1898] A Unique Character 



pueblo of Acoma 1 and its " Enchanted Mesa " 

 in New Mexico. 



Lummis, by the way, although Eastern-born and 

 Harvard-bred, is one of California's unique and 

 original characters. Active and versatile, Western 

 to the core, he has attempted without hesitation 

 any feat, physical or mental, which touched his 

 fancy. When we first met him he was editing The 

 Land of Sunshine, afterward Out West, and the edi- J*^*?* 

 torial section, picturesquely styled "In the Lion's Sunshine" 

 Den," always contained vigorously trenchant criti- 

 cism, occasionally intolerant but generally with a 

 fundamental basis of justice. In Indian and Spanish- 

 American affairs, on which he has long been an 

 authority by virtue of study, travel, and personal 

 observation, Lummis is profoundly interested. With 

 him and his talented wife, 2 Mrs. Jordan and I came 

 to have most friendly relations. The best test of that 

 friendship, he claimed, was the naming after me of 

 a son born on my birthday anniversary, January 19, 

 1900. In the future of Jordan Lummis, now a 

 tall, fair-haired youth of much promise as an elec- 

 trical engineer, I naturally feel a distinct interest. 

 And to his father we shall always be especially in- 

 debted for the memorable experience soon to be 

 related. 



From Flagstaff, then the usual point of departure 

 for the Canyon, we made two preliminary side 

 trips. The first was to Walnut Creek Canyon, 

 some miles to the south, where a number of well- 

 preserved cliff-dwellings are wedged under an over- ciiff- 

 hanging rock. The second, on horseback, led to dwellings 

 the top of one of the San Francisco Peaks, extinct 



1 Accented on the initial "a." 2 Now Mrs. Courtenay De Kalb. 



1621 3 



