Western Wilds, And the Men Who Redeem Them: An Authentic Narrative ...
Western Wilds, And the Men Who Redeem Them: An Authentic Narrative ...
John Hanson Beadle
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In 1870 they began farming under direction of the agent, but so far it has not been much of an improvement on their own system. In 1871 they planted extensively, and had a young orchard growing finely, wh«i, on the night of May 31st, a storm of sleet killed every tree. The seeds furnished by the department were utterly unsuited to this altitude, and they have returned to their old system. The country appears to get dryer year by year. It is a pity they could not be transferred en masse to the I...ndian Territory. They work in iron, wool and leather ; but to no great extent, ex- Digitized by Google AMONG THE AZTECS. 273 cept in the second. Of this they make blankets, which arc the wonder of all who see them. The loom is rude and primitive, con- sisting only of beams to which two sticks are lashed; on these the warp, or " chain," is stretched" very tight, the two sets of strands crossing in the middle. This, with two loose sticks, dividing the " chain," and a curved board, looking like a barrel stave with the edges rounded, constitute the entire loom.
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