Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-10
T\IQl f INDIAN IEWELRY
ARTISTIC SILVER OhE AMENTS OF
= THE PUFBLOS AND NAVAJOES
Remark able Results Produced hy
Primitive Imp!cment~-I Earring
bracelets aud fiur~

bracelets aud Kings
II the qua II: Terri;ory of New Nc<
leo there sill flourish two abor .inal
races, whoic,ale uearers Of iswc}ry,
whose ~iycrs fl~ tutn or wark UNI me
and eharac,,ri>,sc III design ami y: re
ma-kablc reatnc.> when W. consider
their rude appliances These are I'll,
pueblo- and Tire Navafoc>
The i'uchio> arc commonly clas>ei aS
Ind ans hut Indians th"v are not Pure
bIooded descendants OF the anclent AZ
tees or Toltccs there bc c;hnoin1lsts
who pretend = tell VII III hut their
grounds are luiicrp.sly >hadowy ttne
tuebo, dwell in meat. substantial
adobe houses. IL the soil. hui i irri-a-
tin. works weave ther blanket, and
tend tie l'o,k~ i, they did centuries
before the first E4rnpran ( o. 'rod the
new continent They are the Oldest ,ivi-
ilze, II { in the western hem phere
aud the most interesting. tf III cunt
less uc 10 villages whose rains mark
nearly every township If New Mexico.
ouIy nineteen are now inhabited ei
the 800 ooa rueblcs whom the spanish
conqu stadoros iou.d, only .ont remain,
hut the littlc remnant i> a. present hold
ing its own very fairly This i The sim
pc race whose ancestors mad old
Mexico and filled Il With lis wonderful
monuments.
The \ayajoe on the other hand. are
straight Indians -nomads Warriors and
hunterS--Who never TIL the SOIL nor IN
habit house. and whose rude hogans
are tenantcd no longer than suit, ihcir
rowing diSposit on Their only Indus
M
beautiful and the most durable blankets
known to the wor q, and ihum hnr out
a semi barparic but always graceful,
icwcIry The tribe numbers eighteen
thousand souls, suplo ell to occupy
preservation lying half II Mexjcp aud hall
in Arizona hut generally we'll scattered
over the whole circumamblcnt county.
he tribe has about $lon 600 wo,th OF
silver iewelry aai ornaments.
SILVER IS the only metal used hy either
Pueblo or Navajo for purr">c 81 "rna-
mcntation. For gold they have no use
whatever. and il IS only those arproM-
mate to the railroad and thcrctole con
versant with white mans WAYS Who Will
even receive nclc Sans yellow dinero,
/ Silver, however is in universal demand
with them, and It is a>tonish NJ what
store they have of it. Their supply Is
now drawn almost exclusively from tn"
cartwheel dollars Of the Yankee and
MEXICAN daddies.
The silvcrsm,h among either Puebos
4 or \aYaIocS IS a person OF mighty IN
tiuence. pom his inventive and me
chanical skill each aborignc depend for
the whcreWithal to cut an imposing
.3;ic at Tie feast day dance or the bet
staggering horse race His tools are
simple not to say crude \ hammer or
two, a three coFncrel file, a rude IRON
punch OF two and a primtive arrange
ment for soldering C0mprl>1.S his outHt.
II he is a Pueblo, one Of the lttIle rooms
in his house, equipped with a bench,
serve, hlm for work hop. if a Navajo
his smithy is under the alleged shelter OF
his hogtn-an opcn-tacci hovel Of cedar
branches and earth and a smooth stone
i, his ork bench.
The simplest form Of silver ornament
is the button, decoration Of which
both races are immensely fond. AKIN 70
the buttons are the striking belt disks
which glisten upon eHety wei to 10
Pueblo and Nala5 . on ta>,i OCCASIONS.
These are always circdiar 81 ghtlE
alched average four inches in dlameter,
are hand somrlv made. AID average - IN
weight Fr5tn four II do<cn # these
are worn. ~tfuG4 upon u narrow thong,
n "A belt some ultra daudi"s have a
shoulder belt of them be- de-,
In hot~r trapp us the well to-do
>aya i past cti4r.y gorgeous. BE
sides large ~ 1Ic of nu5itv silver
ornaments on hi, al IL Il sunday
bride Is one ms y. " 81 and bit an