Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-09
NEW MEXICO.
Tho mOnoilou Prospecting and
NItuis,g Associntton.
At San PhiTlipi the Rio CHnde is aboat
two hundred feet in width, and be II re.
cordeh 20 the credit of

semDllhg urge uhsKetS OF hampers, maze |
Of willows and poles, have been taken to |
the desired places in the river and there !
filled with stones aud sunk TO the bottom,
thus forming piers, and upon these piers
from ono TO another are placed logs hewed |
liat on the top and IN this manner Is the |
stream bridged. Being but two logs IN |
width IL Is only available for foot travel. |
II having been determined not TO travel |
on Sunday many Of the party availed |
themselves of the opportunity to cross the |
river and visit the village. An inlelligi- |
ble description OF the place will be diff |
cult, indeed, aud il failure results in my |
attempt, the reader must take the will |
for the deed
At first view one is struck with the SINH |
larity in appearance Of n Mexican or IN |
dian town, with AN extensive brick yard |
where the kilns have been prepared for
burning, but remaining unburni. In San
Phillipp the majority OF the houses are
but one story; lew are two stories, and
in such instances the upper story is much
smaller than tine lower, having a terrace
on the latter. So also when n third story
is added asecond terrace is formed. There
are but few openings in the outer walls for
ingrcss, egress or light where doors exist
they seldom exceed three feet in height.
Windows are diminutive Affairs, often not
fpot square, and flied with small pieces
of mica rs a subsIitnts for glass, and re.
cured by strong wooden shutters. Ap-
preaching the town at the nerth end we
see no place TO enter, and continuing on
to the west side we find ourselves in the
midst OF goat and sheep corrals, wooden
carts, crooked plows, broken pottery, adobe
ovens, dogs and burros, but no door invi
finO anlrupna N ha ;,
row passage way leading to the plaza,
around which the town is built. Enter
ing this pnssage the eye is dnzed with the
novelty OF the scene. Scores of ladders.
their tops projecting several feet above the
roofs, are standing against the sides OF the
houses, up and down, which men, women
and children are clambering as their
household duties seem TO require. In the
| plaza on which ill the houses front many
were engeged:in wishing their heads Of
coarse hair, black as the ravens wing, from
lotion contained in large earlhen i,rs.
the composition Of which would NOT ,,r,-
dertake TO give. The ottir of roses did
not predoninate M we soon learned when
one OF the jars was emptied of its contents
near to us. The stink pots of China could
not have given forth more offensive odor.
Women and yonng girls were bringing
water from the river in large Jars, which
thew carried on their heads, and stopped
by the way TO gossi p will, their neighbors
about the fashions and the latest scandal,
the same as do their fairer skinned sisters
In more civilized countries. The dress OF
the women is not elaborate, or varied in
its character, consisting of short skirt
usually Of dark blue material, reaching
to the knee, and from thence down TO the
ankle the leg is bandaged with successi We
layers Of cloth or buckskin until il is of the
same size between those points, and then
covered by an open Logging secured ut the
top by a red garter, the lower parts being
permitted TO flap about the ankles. The
$ feer are quite small and pretty and are EN-
I cased in moccasins OF bnckskin. The uppeI
portion OF the body is covered with blacl
shawl or blanket, "oniy this and nothinl
more" The shawl or blanket is also uset
: ns acovering tor the head when required
G The dress OF the men consists of shirt o
: any material, breeches of white Gotten cloth
= and moccasins. In cold weather they avail
# themselves of the blanket also. One oil,
y fellow who had in some manner possesse,
n himself of frock coat of decidedly cler
e ical cut, and ancient appearance, was slrid
i ing back and forth on the plaza, with al
the dignity OF II King, sans shirt, san
i breeches, sans everything, except the oil,
r black coat, "all buttoned down before
!. He was evidently high muck a.muck o
= the town, possibly member of the boar,
\ OF aldermen. To enter the residences O
e these people the visitor must ascend one o
D the ladders above referred 10 and then g,
y down through scullIe hole in the ROOT
3 AS did not go into any of the houses OF
I this OCCASION l will deier description @
the internal arrangement and appearance
until some future letter when may lav,
something TO say of what saw in tire
T days visit in the village OF Santa Doming,
E two years later.
: The Pueblo Indians are industrious
= frugal and forehanded, cultivating farm
e greater or less in extent, raising all th
= products suitable to the soil and climate
S besides being possessed of large herds O
cattle and horses, and hocks of sheep ant
goats, all of which find abundant goo,
! grazing ON the rich gramma and buncl
/ grasses which abound OH the mesa anC
table lands all over the Territory of New
Mexico, and which will within u shor
E time make il the greatest stock raising re-
gion on the continent. These Indians ar,
I OF dark copper color. The women ar
e short and squatty, with tendency TO Cd
/ pulency, thier faces round and not pretty
0 Them are OF medium size and fair fig
nre,. but have not that nobility of appear
r aDce as has the less civilized Sioux. Whel
not otherwise engaged their lime is passet
e ON the roofs OF the houses in visiting, gos
/ sping and making neighborly calls. am,
. ~ all The houses are joined together thi
1 Is done without going upon til. ground
III young fellow wishes 10 make nm even.
| inU ALL m hia inuuA,it,, I,o al,
e the intervening roffs, and reaching the on
, where she dwells his foolstep il qnickl
recognized, head of black hair appear
e through the scnttle hole followed BY th
4 body of plump little squaw, and seating
( themselves beside mud chimney or Ii
e some other convenient place, with one arr
k around her waist and his other han
!, elaspng her dainty digits Whispers swee
d nothingness in her ear-tells her ho,
many ponies lie owns and how brave h.
a il, and she says Oh my lin Indian. i
Z this there is striking similarity betwee
IL Pneblo's and cats.
y Passing out OF the plaz, and at tb
i right hand stands II circular building
y possibly fifteen feet high and twice tha
: number in diameter. This we are mad
i TO understand is u council chamber, and
d probably the form wherein his Royal Nil
aforementioned airs his oratory. The roo
Il IS reached by the inevitable ladder, and /
= the center is the scuttle hole, ihroug
l. which we HISS and by another ladder reac
e the floor below. In this room there ~
h no openings Whatever, except a srns
'e place resembling loop hole for muskelr,
" and The scutile in the roof. These, how
le ever, admit light sufficient TO enable us
1i make nm investigation. In the center
N lle room Is n fire place, or ut least plac
4. for fire M the chnrred cIal aud ashes GeaI
ly indicated, and no doubt The spot whel
the council fire is lighted on occasion
Ia when great matters 0f state are TO be di
W cussed. No furniture ia in the room, n,
es even nail keg To sit upon, and 10 we il
E fer that all are expected to take their "me,
" icine" standing. Several skelcl,es mia,
\ will, charcoal Of imaginary animals orn
re ment The walls, and two inches, Of one
le. wlicl, will speak in another lettt
n. There being nothing more To see we aga