. Christian herald. t of the stranger atShan Kive. Primitive conditions amongthe American Indians are now rapidlydisappearing, and in another generationwill be traditions even to the sons of the It has been for the purpose of offer-ing visitors from other parts of the world—to whom the Indians are a novelty—anopportunity to see nearly the last of thosestill living in tribal condition that the ShanKive was organized. The Utes are particu-larly fitted to the festival, because their raceheld all the mountain region hereabouts forunknown centuries, and to retain it con-stantly had to figh
. Christian herald. t of the stranger atShan Kive. Primitive conditions amongthe American Indians are now rapidlydisappearing, and in another generationwill be traditions even to the sons of the It has been for the purpose of offer-ing visitors from other parts of the world—to whom the Indians are a novelty—anopportunity to see nearly the last of thosestill living in tribal condition that the ShanKive was organized. The Utes are particu-larly fitted to the festival, because their raceheld all the mountain region hereabouts forunknown centuries, and to retain it con-stantly had to fight the Arapahoe, Chey-enne and other Plains Indians. At that timethe region was alive with game, and as theIndians held the soda springs sacred, theyall coveted the surrounding land and it wasa bloody battleground. The Utes have always been friendly tothe whites, and it was this friendship thatenabled the early settlements to continueduring the war of the Rebellion, because the UTE INDIANS ON THE TlFOR PIKES PEAK. UTE INDIANS DANCING AT THE ANNUAL SHAN KIVE plains tribes were afraid of their ancient ene-mies. It is in remembrance of this long friend-ship that the Utes are invited to come to the oldhome each year and hold the Shan Kive. At the last of these celebrations a band ofseventy-five Utes mustered for sacred dances atthe springs. Shan Kive corresponds to the car-nival time of other nations. The pleasure-lovingpeople of this bright and sunny land break into gaiety, such as is, perhapsjequaled anywhere for picturesqueness of action and setting unless it be atlnival time in southeastern Europe. One who knows them best tells us !interesting facts about these Utes who hold the Shan Kive. Of all the Indin the great West,he says,none were more difficult to understand. Everthey did or attempted to do of a personal nature was kept a secretthemselves. They would not permit an outsider to learn anjthing aboutipersonal characteristics if they could prevent it. A Ute would not eve
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