The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-10-01


Oi oil the na,ive peoples the, remain in
North America, mono Is richer In folklore
than the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico
Who are. believe. psit 10 the largest Of
the native races lelt in the uni,cd States
They number 1900 souls They have 10
oitlss lcalleJ pueblos, also.l in this terri.
tory, and seven IN Arizona, aud each has
i,s little outlying colopies, They are not
cilics In size IL is true, tor the largest txu.
MI has only 1000 people, and The smallest
only about one hundred; bu, ciiies they
are nevertheless. And eaoh city With It's
fields.is wee repnblic &c OF the smallest
and perhaps the oldest republics 10 ,he
world. for they we're already such when
iirst European ey~ saw America Zach
has lie governor. i,s concil, i,s shcrii'.. iis
var captains. and other officials Who are
elected annually; its laws, unwriiien but
unAltersble. which are more respected and
better enforced than the laws OF soy Amer
lean community; Us permanent and very
tOnfuTtabAb hftN w FAA"' h'ft't
confirmed first by spsia aud la,sr by pa
tents OF the United S,a,,s,
The architecture 81 thc pueblo hoaats
is quaint aud Characteristic. 10 The re'
mote pueblos theyare as mauy As aiS stories
in height huil, somewhat 10 The shape oi
an enormous torraccd pyramid. The
Pueblos slops the Rio Grspde, however.
have felt the inauepoo Of Mexican customs
and their houses have but one and two
stories, All their bulldogs, iocladipg the
huge, quaint church. which ,h pueblo
has, are made Of stone plastered With
adobe mud, or OF great sundricd bricks OF
adobe. They are tho most comfortable
dwellings 10 the south west--cool in sum,
mer and warm In winter.
The Pueblos sre divided into Elk tribes
speaking quite distinct language OF its
own. lslets. the quaint village where l
live IN m Indian house, with Indian
peighbors, aud under lDdian lave, 10 the
southermost oi the pneblos, the ntnt
largest Of them all.and tho ohiei city o.
the Tee.wabn race. All the languages OF
the Pueblo tribes arc exceedingly difficult
to learn.
Besides tbe cities now inhabited. the
ruins OF about 1900 other pueblos--snd
some OF them the uoblost RUNS in ihs
country dot the brown valleys and rocky
toesa,tops OF New Mexico, All these ruins
aro Of stone, and are extremely interesting.
The implacsbls sAvages by whom they
they were surrounded made necessary the
aband donment OF hundreds OF pueblos.
The Pueblo Indians have for nearly two
centuries given almost no trouble to tho
European sharers OF their domain; but
their wars OF defense sgainst the savage
tribes who surrounded them completely.
with the Apsohes, Navsjos, Comanches.
and Utes, lasted until very few years ago.
They are vaient fighters for their homes.
but prefer any honorable peace. They are
not indolent. but industrious -tilliug their
,, farms, tending their stock. aud keeping
al their sffairs in order. The women own
tho houses and their contents, and do not
work outside; and tho men control the
fields and crops. An unhappy home is
almost IN unknown thing among thom
: and the universal affection OF parents for
children and respect Of children for par .
enss are extraordinary. ] have never oeen
. child unkindly treated parent ssucily
addressed, ,or 3 playmate abused, in all my
long and intimate acquai1sancs with the
Pueblos,-C. +. Lummis. lin September
81. Nicholas.