Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-29
THE PUEBLO INn,.,.


Twenty-six of the sinal,.,,
~.e-.s Oldest Republics. A.
Ofall The native peoples ,l.. !, /
in North America, none is r;s, Pan
folklore than the Pueblo Ind, s Ia
New Mexico. who are, | bclisna os d
To the largest OF the native ra.. next
in the United States. Tho, oes LETT
nine Thousand souls. They have . y;
teen cities (called puebos anu alne-
this territory. and seven in Az
and each has its little out,v;nO0a;
onies. They are not cities IN CO..
is true. for the largest (Zupi, hs sue
fifteen hundred people. and Tho ""s oOly
est only about one hundred; I'm, ' 10y
they are. nevertheless. Ans sxf
city, with ITS fields. is "A wee
-twenty-six of the smallest 40 h
haps tho Oldest. republics in The ~. PEI
for they were already such VIM" ', y
first European eyes saw Am...
Each mas its governor. its counon
sheriffs, its war-captains. and ~,
officials who are elected annnsn o'ase
laws unwritten but unalterable ,s, y
are more respected and bette. a
forced than the laws of any Ams.ea
community; its permanent ana ~
comfortable houses, and ia .eg
fields, confirmed first by Snuir -,
later by patents Of the United &c..
Tho architecture OF the m,.s,.
houses is quaint and characteristic V y
the remote pueblos they are as m..
AS six stories in hcight-built som as'
what in the shape of an enormns.
terraced pyramid. The Pucblos Allow.
the Rio Grande. however. have ts
the influence of Mexican cusiom,. -.
their houses have but one and -.
stories. All their buildings. inclr,iss
the huge. quaint church. which e,os
pueblo has arc made Of stone nl,s
tered with adobe mud or of prea. s,s
dricdbricks OF adobe. They ara n.
most comfortable dwellings in n.
SOuthwest-cool i'll summer and v.,n
in winter.
The PueblOs are divided into ii,
tribes, each speaking Il quite diai,a
language of its own. Isleta, the o,mIn,
village where I live. in an indi,,
house, with Indian neighbors And
under Indian laws. is the southermo.
Of the pucblos. the next largest a
them all and the chief city of the Tar.
VAIN race. All the languages o. II,
Pueblo tribes arc exceedingly dihicul,
| to learn.
| Besides the cities now inhabited. In.
ruins OF about fifteen hundred o,hs,
pueblos-and some of them the nsb!ss,
ruins in the country--dot the brown
valleys and rocky mesa-tops Of Nevl
Mexico. All these ruins are OF stoos
and are extremely interesting The
implacable savages by whom thor
were surrounded made necessary The
abandonment of hundreds OF pueblos
The Pueblo Indians have for nearly
two centuries given almost no trouble
to the European sharcrs OF their Do
main: but their wars Of defense agan.:
the savage tribes who surrounded them
completely. with the Apaches Naya,i
jos. COmanches, and Utcs. lasted until
IL few years ago. they are valiant
lighters for their homes. but preie,
any honorable peace. They are not
indolcnt. but Industrious tilling their
farms, tending their stock. and keep
ing all their affairs in order. The
women own the houses and their con-
tents, and do not work outside; and
the men control the fields and crops
An unhappy home is almost an IN.
known thing among them; and Tho
universal affection OF parents fer chill.
dren and respect Of children for paf.
ents are extraordinary. have never
seen - child unkindly treated, pafsns
saucily addressed, Or plsymah
abused, in all my long and intimas
acquaintance with the Pueblos 81
Nicholas.