The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-12-12
4 PUEBLO caueo.'
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III. 49,. 4 PUEs-o causo+
The Aeomas and nov n.
IN God OF the ohri,,y,,N ohy Won.
Like the people ofar"al
Mexican Pueblo tribes "a. Oh.
nave their annual festie,,'. 'ls
OF which is lost in ,bc -.s Do
prehistoric ages. Tbc l'..--
writes Clarence Pm Oh.
Weekly, put all the On 10 il
ing possible over tho ,.-..''..al
Ism Of the ceremonial. ,.5
influence these cclcL-a.,,.- -'.a
~ on or near some eai,..., 't
nous among these fubn,,,-5
vest festival, when, vir
dances, the people reioir,.. sl-s
ing OF the fruits Of tho o., 'ls
performance Of secret ri,. A.l
estufas, 70 which ccre-,.- we,
not a member Of the tribe u
the maskcrs, musicians ava az
decorated in paint. ribbo.' o',
ornaments, stream forth I. q.
space before tho viIap. ~ " %
the peculiar stamping ste, va. .l''.
Indian performance ~ t-''ei.
continued the proccssiors...,, az. 2.
the music Of rude rf,. s.... -4l
beating. In some Of tf,-- - 4.
performers are attircd In ,,---
OF buckskin, adorned with f-.
tons, beads, feathers and -1t
pletely covering the face sT5
mounted with horns, and l.-
small Sits Tor sight and r.......
The Pucblos, . provide. --
neVe In inucnchiur ,aaa.lr.
the supcrnatgral powers. s,-
on these occasions 10 vf.,a
70 pay due obcisaucc 49,
God and lesser diyinities m
a fine old structure OF ADO
built in 1902, after il E-f .-
mantlcd in the Indian -lr-,. i
Il is a massive oIifro ono s....
hfty feet long forty fpcr v.is.
feet high, with walls seven ..
standing, froutci by an c-..-
ancient burial ground. on ~,
brink Of the mesa. The s,-s
cemetery was brought uD fr.. 7.
q. the bluff and placed IN ~
at this poilt-an operation g..t
cording O. pricstly tradition ~
forty years. The huge i-.--.
at each front corner 0f tfaat...
capped above the roof by -fst,
in which swing two bells Vt.,, &
tradition asserts % be the -,.-
Queen Of Spain at some pe-,-5 /.
eighteenth century. One of IT,.
bears the inscription. San ps.
ID. 171O" 1t is a wonder t.-
heavy bells and the great r.rsi.
forty feet long and Of rr9r--
thickness, that cross the ba7- :
church, were ever brought 20 .i.,
the mesa.
Adjoining the church are the -,
the old Franciscan mission n
EsteVan de Acoma, cstabl,.a
the eminent archaolog.st and M.
Prof. Ad. II. Baulc!ier. by
Juan Ramirez not long after d.
1928, he naming the place sir
Sebastian on account Of its r5,E-
and the large number Of petils
cumulated on and about /,
Ramirez returned 20 Mexico. AL
there in 1864. His ssccessor NJ.
Lucas Maldonado, from T-a
Mexico, also Z franciscan. In q,
t. the uprising Of the IEdians q
Mexico under Pope and Cati.e.
the Franciscan order CONTROLLED 4
missions among the Pucblos. o.
gust 10, 1859, tTenty-ono FTa..
friars were murdered in various "a
New Mexico, and among then
Maldon3do, Of Acoma. After .heH
quest Of the province, twelve
later, by the Spaniards under D.a7
Vargas, there were for several !
occasional disturbances and bll0is
But by the beginning OF TIE sigats
century the province had be-
tranqulllized, and the Pueblo u.
and the Spaniards had adjusted
requirements 50 as 10 gctalolg tQg
without a great amount o. tric.1
1t is a strange and plcJuresq1s
when within the thick walls Of q
church, dimly lighted by deep VIC
like portfolios, in which sheets Oh
or yesO transparent gypsum ser
glass, the Indians, in the sane "a
OF dress which their ances0Ea
when they built fires 70 the g
ancient days-some wrapped il N
blankets, with broad black and
stripes, and red diamond figures
center-pass 70 and from the alin
its bright but impressive de,o'l
The church interior Is deco-a.3
two valuable pictures, the "F!fs-
Child" and the st Joseph,
were brought from Spain more '1G
hundred years ago. The ceiling 81
ly frescoed in representation o! %
moon and stars, the work, in i-e ?
ming of the present century, o 81
priest, whose name is so-e7ls'
scribed beneath the dust that i1' Z
ations has been settling upon 'la'
of love and devotion.