The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-10
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The Pueblos. the most important
tribe, are quiet, semi.civilized people,
living In towns THE word Pueblo mean.
Ing town. along the valley Of the Rio
Grande and ito tributary streams. Their
houses are built Of adObes, comfort and
protection from the elements. and also
from their hostile neighbors, being par
amount objects in their location and
construction. Their rooms are kept
reasonably clean and quite neat home.
like appearance surrounds their habita-
tons. The people are rather under
medium size, compactly built, with
quite dark compilations, even for In.
dams. with open, frank cOuntenances,
and rarely presenting any appearance
OF disease. The dress Of the men con.
sists OF white cotton or calico shirts,
heavy cotton trousers, wide and reach.
ing below the knee, buff leather leg.
giDgs and mOccasins Of buckskin; y
striped Mexican blanket, and either .
common soft hat or colored handker.
chief for head covering complete the
outfit.
The women wear q long shirt of cal.
leo or white cotton reaching to the
knees. over this q shrOud or petticoat
from the waist to the knees. and from
the knee to the ankle their calves are
covered by wrapping which is made
OF 6uckskin. called by them gramoosa.
1t Is wrapped round and round very
carefully until the limb is Of the same
size from knee to foot and Of quito
round dimension, tho size of mems
trousers of the present day. This wrap.
ping terminates in neat m0ccasin, and
Is evidently designed to be the principal
female charm, in presenting the appear
ance OF a small and neat pedal extrem.
ity. Very little paint is used by either
OF the sexes and but few ornaments of
any description.
The government Of each town con-
sists Of a Cacique, who is chief officer
OF Church and State, Priest of Monte.
yuma and Director Of the temporal af.
fairs Of the town. The Caciqae, aided
by the thee principals selected by him.
appoints the Governor and all the OIL
GERS. The Governor is appointed for
one year, and is the executive officer of
the town. Nothing can be done with.
out the order of the Governor. The
office is purely honorary, but the honor
does not cease with his term OF Office,
Us he then becomes q principal man.
AMI he may again become Governor BY
reappOintment. The ex- Governors com.
pose - council Of wise men and are
the constitutional advisers of the Gov.
ernor." The agucil (Sheriff) attends
to the police duties, under orders of the
Governor. The fiscal (Mayor) attends
to the religious ceremonies. A Captain
Dc 10 guerra (wsr Captain), with his
Captains and Lieutenants, has no duties
TO perform except in case Of war. They
are timid. modest. industrious people,
who desire peace with all mankind
above all things; primitive in their hab-
its. relying almost entirely on their own
resources. They have never cost the
Government any considerable amount,
and with reasonable protection, with
education and time, may become useful
citizens: They have gardens, vineyards
aud fields SUFFICIENT to supply their
wants. They have herds OF cattle,
sheep, horses and burros to supply ali
their needs. In cultivsting their ground
the crooked wooden stick has given
way TO the steel plow, and after two
hundred years (since tho yoke of the
tyrant was laid upon their necks) the
era OF progress seems again to dawn
upon acknowledgements Herald.