[A Truthful Woman in Southern California by Kate Sanborn]@TWC D-Link bookA Truthful Woman in Southern California CHAPTER VIII 4/15
It is a bare, gravelly tract on the side of the mountain, which, in contrast with the chaparral about it, takes the shape of an Indian arrowhead with a portion of the shaft attached.
Covering a large area, the arrowhead is a landmark for many miles around.
I could not help thinking that if a gang of Italian laborers were employed for a few days sharpening the outline of the arrowhead by cutting away bushes along the edge, and setting out others judiciously in the converted background, the effect of this interesting natural phenomenon might be much brightened.
There are hot-springs at Arrowhead, and a hotel renders the varied attractions of the place available. While we are kiting along let me tell you what I know about baskets made by the Indian women of the Pacific Coast of now and long ago, the last considered valuable and now commanding high prices.
There are several experts on this subject in Pasadena--Mrs.Lowe, ex-Mayor Lukens, Mrs.Jeanne C.Carr, and Mrs.Belle Jewett, who has the most precious collection of all. Mrs.Lowe has gathered together for her Basement Museum, which any State would be proud to own, all that she could find of special interest relative to the Indians of California--clothing, headdress, weapons, medicine charms, money, beads, and of course many baskets, for baskets are as indispensable to the Indian as the reindeer to the Esquimau.
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