I46 AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST [n. S. t i f 1899
��organization, but are subdivided into a number of bands, under its own chief.
The White Mountain delegation was under command of the hereditary chief, Go-zhazh, "Jingling," known to the whites a* Josh, of pleasing features and manly air (plate IX). They wore the dress of their tribe, with flowing hair, red turban, close-fitting buckskin legging, and characteristic turned-up moccasin. The women have their hair cut across the forehead. Nearly all the men had tattooed upon their foreheads figures resembling the rain and cloud symbol of the Hopi. The Mohave had the same dress and general appearance. They brought with them their native baskets and dance costumes and set up their round-top canvas wikiups after the style of those on the reservation.
The Chiricahua, the last Apache band to go on the warpath, were finally run down and compelled to surrender to General Miles in 1886. As the people of Arizona protested against allow- ing them to remain longer in that territory, they were deported bodily to Fort Marion, Florida, thence after some time to Mount Vernon barra'cks in Alabama, and at last to Fort Sill, on the Kiowa reservation, Oklahoma, where under a few years of good management they have developed from miserable savage refugees to prosperous farmers and stock raisers, quite a number being enrolled and uniformed as United States scouts. The delegation was a picked one, and included Naichi, " Meddler,*' the hereditary chief of the band, a man of soldierly air and figure ; Geronimo, the old war captain, a natural leader of warriors, but withal a most mercenary character, with one or two foot-racers and experts in native arts, and several women, with two infants in cradles. Be- ing under military control, they were housed in army tents. The exiles devoted their time to good advantage, making baskets, canes, and beaded work for sale, and found much pleasure in meet- ing their old friends from Arizona and exchanging reminiscences.
Some tribal ceremonies were arranged, but were discontinued owing to an evident purpose to reduce everything to the level of
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