Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-29
THE Moouls.
A Visit to the Largest and Least-Known
Pueblo Indian Village.

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| A vlsit to the Largest and Least-Known
Pueblo Indian Village.
Colonel James Stevenson, of the Blu
reau of Ethnology, has returned to
Washington after sojourn Of about
six months among the Indians Of
Arizona, bringing carload of rare
and valuable curios, illustrative of the
social habits, worship and industries
of various tribes of which little is
known. He was accompanied in his
travels by Mrs. Stevenson, and the pair
had an adventure among the Pueblo
Indians quite unusual in its character.
Having explored some newly-discov-
cred cave villages in the vicinity Of
Flagstaff, Arizona, they gathered q
small party and struck across the
desert to the northeast for the Moqui
towns, several days journey distant.
They arrived safely. and encamped at
the foot Of high mesa, upon the top
Of which stands Oreibe, the largest,
westernmost and least known of all the
pueblo" towns. Its population il
Hov". n Gnu my eon':
ana tne vhIase Is = compact mass OF
ruoole stIuctures: stanoing one upon
anotneI, nke = Piie OF empty boxes;
plan of architecture. The people, like
all village Indians, are comparatively
harmless, but, unlike the majority,
ma q stlong AVERSION u coh'ac' Win
'he "ha'es-
some OF lne ieauihg men OF ,ne 'o"n
caI,e uo"h 70 .ne camp anu, al'er con.
s,ueI ac,e Paia'eI, Sac oonSen. .na'
,nell .ulage MIN. " sts,'eo' ou. sIiPu-
.a.eu Una. no enol' .. sno %t oe Haae To 10
con.e,' 'HS poppy " OH r .isua'y ihe
next oay nj. anu MS. Stevenson, &c
comPanieo oy tneir Iou5 Ilienoly M0quis
rom otner Siiages ano as many MAYA
loes, rode 70 Ihe top Oh tne mesa, as
mounted' walked INTO tne Viuage plaza
ana tnence cnmDed Iaaoel 70 tne ooP
Oh the c0cique 5, OF nisn priest mousse
men tne presence Oh Tue strangers pc
came Known mere were slgns OF e1c1se-
Inent tn!ouSuout inc 'iaS 1ne
ueisnuofns louSe0oPs o.o .ue P'aAa
"ste suiUnSu ~ sAoiteu ual 1"llAns'
wno cna.Ueu ~ .ouu Voices anu niaue
.niea.eng sestutSs. One jury Sway
upon roo, JUST apoVe tne coclq9e
uangiee iar,At sSggesuseiy no0seo az
the end' ana iouoiy demanoeo mat Inc
WINES De TAKEN 70 the eSsuia' OF unoet-
ground cnaPei OF the village ana there
summary oeait Win. One OF TWO
oemonssrauve inoiViduais vo!1nteered
70 De the nfst 10 Apply tne KniIe. Inc
lriendiy Moquis $1,000 tneir gIound
only lew minutes, ana then disap-
peared, but the Navaloes' VINO are
made OF nrmer material, renamed.
Coionei stevenson says tnat whiie inc
SITUATION was hlghiy interesting II was
ProDapiy less alarming tnan IL wouid
nave Deeh 70 PeoPie unacquain1eu Win
the naturai timioity OF the IueDios;
MIS- stevenson, VINO nas so!ournea
WIN her husoano among many WIZ
Tides, anu Knows 'ne inuian c!arac.er
wen; createo an oPPortune INVERSION
py snakihS ner hst III the race vi
hunch-p acAeo sasaSe' whose VIhuic..e
eioquehce seeheu 10 exert most iiis-
cheVous ihhuehce over MS iei!owS' ao-
dressing 10 MN al the same Tune sew
erai prieI put vigorous remarks In En-.
course quite unapic 10 understand pc
iore the man had recovered ms sen
possession the strangers nau oackeu
down the ladder, ana then slowly MADE
their way with the wn0ie nowiinS
pack men ana women, chiiareh anu
uogs' at tneir neeis' 10 their Ponies'
mounted ana rode ooWn 10 camp. 1hey
1ounu the COOK VINO was inc only
other white person IN the party con-
sideraoiy alarmed. ne said the camp
was surrounded soon aiter their depart
ure Dy many irienuiy lndianS' put wnen
the Moqui deserters reacneo them anu
told the story OF the proceedings on tne
mesa all mounted their ponies ana
MADE haste 10 get away; Inc COOK
feared MS companions had oeeh ihaos
prlsoners-perhaPs murdered.
Inc party renamed IN the neiShDor-
hood several days. visiting the other
Moqui villages 10 all OF wnich .hey
were weicomea, anu many .'iieS .hey
were visited Surlep'it,ousiy ~ n.en. W
people from Oreioe, VINO nroagn. cuI,o s
lor saic' wnicn they oareu no, oiier
openly. In TINS way ,air coiiec'.on
was ii,''!c o NahM nie 'no So y. 'ne
ePlsouc ~ OIei'e was ol.'e 80. ~ ~
CANYON; 'wea s;at ' nn nu, ; r.n nto
proprietor OF when, an Ehglish rancn-
man, mas AVea ~ Tue vicinity h'an
seaIs, ahu oy la,i uea P uJ anu
nrmhess mas Salneo an eAliao'u 'ry
lnnuence WIN po'a Nas wv anu No
gus. MI ., nea,n a. ~ oho 80; eisn,net "a
party oI .niee VI iotl WINE ,nen' 'nI
only ones nVlng WITHIN Sky liliies, anu
aG ma n or Iwen.y Nasajc : lor .escue
Inc Oretpes leSei'eu lnio' niaLou =.
ms aPProacn. anu .ne nea" inen VI 'rei,
,iioS In:on.i as.n. III. meo IN H. ,ha . sr
ms Na.aJo rs I L .ien; anu IN. :ne wv
,nciuatng Tue nunc .a.k c cine ".,s
orouen. IN ne.m .ieu s sneiu eiDTms aho
sooN luem W nis ann ~. =, tn
prisoners were oenant At nrst' out amer
two or three Gays oonnnement under
the guardianship OF NsVa9oe Jaiiefs' VINO
beat drums, danced ana induigeo IN
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