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w-inson<f ;ind other nicdiciiiiil i:)lants o-uthcrpd in th(> iiiountaiiis, with 

 fruit and honey of their own raising, they procure what additional 

 supplies they need from the traders. The majority are fairly com- 

 fortable, far aliove the condition of most Indian trihes. and hut little, 

 if any, behind their white neighbors. In literaiy ability ihev may 

 even be said to surpass them, as in addition to the result of nearly 

 twenty years of school work among- tiie younger people, neaily all the 

 men and some of the women can read and write their own languafe. 

 All wear civilized costumes, though an occasional pair of moccasins 

 is seen, while the women tind means to gratify the racial love of 

 color in the wearing of red bandanna kerchiefs in place of bonnets. The 

 older people still cling to their ancient rites and sacred traditions, but 

 the dance and the ballplaj' wither and the Indian day is nearly spent. 



