University of Utah - Utonian Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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I TIS GATHERED AT FOR 1UCHESNE FOR THE LTNTAH BASIN INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION The Comanches prayed to the Sun and at daylight when the first rays of light appeared in the east, they sang: The sun ' s beams are running out. The sun ' s beams are running out. The sun ' s yellow rays are running out. The sun ' s yellow rays are running out. When the spring time came, the cottonwood trees throughout the arid region compose the must conspicuous parts of landscape. They fringed the streams and rivers of the Great Basin and grew profusely in the canyons of the Wasatch. To them the L ' tes and Paiutes sang: The cottonwoods are growing tall, The cottonwoods are growing tall, The cottonwoods are growing tall, They are growing tall and verdant. They are growing tall and verdant, They are growing tall and verdant. OUTSIDE VIEW OF THE SUN DANCE GROUNDS AT WHITEROCKS. ITMI ... it.. Page I

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KAK1- PHOTOGRAPH Ol llll SI DAM 1:. MOST SACRID OP LIP. (PRIMOMts bows and arrows, but among the Piutes rabbits, gophers, snakes, insects and fish were eaten. Baskets of conical form were made and used for gathering and winnowing grass seeds. Cot- ton was raised in southern Utah and made into clothing. Spades and digging sticks were the common agricultural implements, and shoulder- blades of the deer were used for spades. They lived in wickiups made of brush. The northern tribes had tepees. Like all Indians they sang songs in praise of the forces of nature; they danced to their simple rhythmic chants, and preserved the traditions of their fathers. One of the favorite songs of the Mountain Indians was about the high peaks that propect into the home of the Great Spirit: The mountains are high The mountains are high We will climb them, we will climb them. We will plant our feet in the land. There lives our God. . A CRolP OP Ills GAMBLING, A PVNORITE PASTIME OP BOTH MALES WD FEMALES Page 12

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A IIVPTY .Will III R The Utahs at various times in their history raised corn, squash, and beans, and practiced irrigation. Tradition has it that in the south- ern part of the state, cornfields were carefully watered by the Indians earning water in ollas to each individual plant. One of the beautiful prayers of the Mountain Indians is that to the Great Spirit asking for rain. White floating clouds Clouds like the plains Come and water the earth. Sun embrace the earth That she may be fruitful. Warriors of the six mountains of the world intercede with the cloud people for us That they may water the earth I make the ancient road of meal That by song they might pass over it The ancient road hite shell bead woman Who lives where the sun goes down, Mother whirl-wind. lather — Mother, creator of good thoughts I ask your intercession with the cloud people. There are today about three thousand In- dians within the state, all of them living on reservations, and receiving rations and lands from the government. EX-GOVERNOR MABEY. CONGRESSMAN COLTON, WITH LITES A HAITI! op BRAWN. I II SQUAWS ENCAGING IN A TUG-O-WAR -A S 4e—