ment on Salt river and the remainder going to their present location on the Gila below the crossing.
Salt River. A white man killed an unknown Pima some time after the earthquake for some unknown reason.
1888–89
Gila Crossing. The American settlers at Tempe invited the Salt River Pimas to a feast. |
An eclipse of the moon was observed by the Pimas, and as usual was spoken of as the "time when the moon died."[1] |
A prosperous season enabled the Salt River people to hold a dance festival. |
Tizwin was made at Gila Crossing, but no one was killed in the resulting debauch. |
Blackwater. A Papago who knew the bluebird series of songs sang for the Santan people during the festival held by them. |
The captain of the native police and the calendrist went to Fort McDowell with three other men to act as scouts for the soldiers stationed there. |
| During the year an epidemic carried away three prominent men at Blackwater. |
1889–90
Gila Crossing. Two tramps killed a man near the Maricopa and Phoenix railroad. |
The Salt River people made tizwin, and during the carousal which followed a man was shot and killed. The murderer was sent to Yuma. |
The Hi’atam villagers who formerly lived at Akûtcĭny, south of Maricopa station, went to Gila Crossing to join in the dance festival held there. |
Salt River. In a tizwin drunk at Salt River Santco was killed. Soon afterwards another general debauch resulted in the death of Hitiraki. These events caused the order prohibiting the Pimas from making tizwin. |
Blackwater. The wife of the head chief died. |
1890–91
Gila Crossing. During a tizwin drunk at Gila Crossing a man put poison into the liquor of an enemy, who died in great agony after drinking it.
- ↑ Notwithstanding the fact that several score of partial and total eclipses of the moon were visible in Pimería during the period covered by these annals, which in that clear atmosphere must have been seen, they are mentioned but twice, and that in recent times. As it is known from American testimony that the Pimas were profoundly impressed by such phenomena, the failure of the annalists to note them can be accounted for only by their aversion to even a mention of supernatural events supposed to be threatening in character.
