Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-31
The Zuni Indians.
Interesting Description of Their IIabitntions.
Customs. Etc.

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POO. ordinary method of tracing seucl'
'si io nruye tHia $50 also with thru
"i'l' hHu., whose patents BOO $40 BOO
."h.c' Wgic Indian. OF the urdiuar
Nu,l IHu whose children again afc ItO
ne oHcr indian children DO ihc yi'llaO
a. il iNa tiut Dl their skins Boo t.i
I .'.., NOT destroy the theory advance.
/ 1' El!cr Baker lud other Elders 300 tht
CHURCH, NOT those advocated by MAN,
scientific men of the age 90 the uHec
| il!l lhc color of another race. tlousl
Z h'i 90. generations through repcate,
quo marriage, may occasionally assert
IHlN 900 perfect Np.. when o. exist
| cngg WH. barely lu8wu
While sayiu. boz ihc VILLAGE last ui.hl
/ Wc were invited by the governor III
I attend dance of thr yuuug people
/ Uleie w..e 900 fact three dances bud tIp
governor assured Co., ibat the on. ha
I took %. go represented the "leitsf
1.g1I' ur thc 'grsiocricy" of tht
village ANCr waiting ul ous patience
was almost exhausted % VOTING Indian
with a drum 90 length appeared. and
alter waiting another bali hour or moro.
Doe commenced 90 beat Dts dram. very
gently 90 urst, Lutas De proceeded ne
ut % harder ami harder. thel iHe Older
dams began 90 sing. keeping time
with 90. duum Az hft they sang in
1n uuiuItaue, than BOO % more audible
manner and at length they introduced
Their iul volume ui voice. Next tIr
younE men began TO- drlu.-urundre4-
Toy ihg bali ] shall not ATTEMPT 20 drs
ruhc ihg.ra,i.rc. boz suffice &, 10 slv
inat they 10 last placed thgmsclvc. ta
in' number OF tWuuircight uu the nig
stone 'Iupf in two flN IS assuming posi-
ton slmeNhat similar 'u that Of our
more civilized whilallu.c. when they
lie preparing Co dance Scotch Reel uf
kindred figures. But ls yci there wrr.
no women un thc floor, the men stood
llete alone % long time waiting Ter thg
olhcr hlIi OF ihe plrIic pants of the iu.
tended dance Co EUi ready. Nothing D.
done 300 % hurry hy these Indians no
lh' mean um Ihe young Wum were
preparing % DO tHII.f 900 tIe same r.om
and at length ma'cdcl 40 iu sinai. %
ana took Their position hgtEcau the
men without saying % NUf.. Whether
Ucy chose Their partners right there
HnI lheu ur "'ail.T 10 W.s tni.r.iolI
beforehand ls Goo who tHH respective
women were going Co dance side bv
SIDE of, our lnaill Interpreter was un.
able TO tell. or at least we could not
make him un leutan ] sufficient 10 give
IN Tie desired cap duauon. II was per.
maps fully three hour after the Young
man INST began 60 beat his drum thai
the dancing proper commenced. appar
emily q took them that long 10 get no
sufficient steam or ambition 10 81 u
iorth. Aud then the whole movement
simply 10 what we would clil
% plain balance all' or stepping 10
music, while turning to the right and |
then TO the lgii now facing partners do |
such they could be called: Tor 10 yts |
impossible 90 tell who were partners |
and then facing the ladies' on the other |
side. But there was no swinging Of
partners, nor did the men touch the |
women throughout the whole perform.
aneci save Tor an accidental touch of |
the elbows DO turning around or Boz /
moving slowly from one end of thc hall |
10 The other which was done several
'lmg' during the exercises. The men !
danced 100 their morcI ins, while the
women We're hlrgl00tcd The men
danced holding @ goufd in the night
hand anI % leather loo DIE let. The
women, while dancing, held a feather
10 each hand. Though the music con
listed OF nothing more than the beating
Ii o. single drum and Jhu singing of
number Of men, and though The ture
Fsa painfully mongton1us. IGi plro1k |
d % sImgncss throughout there WAS !
lmr and tact in Il; which lha respective
ilnccrs seemed 10 understand almost TO
PERFECTION, FOR every dancer seemed 10
icp accurately 10 the music M. turned
md moved with one accord, and appar,
,ntly made no mistakes
There were, according to the a.. S.
encus Of 1880, 1905 Indians ~ Lun.
'ut though they a.l spent part OF the
imc Of the main village, q large number
20 OIL in the SUMMER season 10 farm M
elghboring villages, OF these there are
lrce or four in the vicinity; consider.
BILE grain Is raised, aud miiaient s ,
lvud or stored away TO keep the iuhlh.
ants ln bread for three or four years. | ,
Inc peach orchards Jr. planted 900 the /,
Iud3 bali way up the slope of d noun
liu standing luur miles tU tlu southeast |
I the village on the top Oi lhIs noun
Mn, which i5 upwards of 500 feet higher
ran the country below, are the ruins oi
Ne old LGu. village, where the fore
theb of iny present population "a long .
me ago Sought ru.ugu from their encm, =,
s, they are supposed 90 have lived !
lcre for several generations
Though there i5 900 unpleasant smell
bout iHg kuui village, ! found the in,
illiantH more clearly ln their habits 10 |
] appearances than / had expected.
jEing from such reports Is had prey. !
usly heard concerning them. Most Of
g.f rooms ate large and airy and the \
ais aud IIuuH are kept quite clean in
lst places; car,hgu N1ou abound. but
ere are some laid with dat stones.
be- largest dwelling room Wu entered
assured no less than rs feet loo length
rs feet in width; and was about ~ d,
q nigh from lllor 10 ceiling. Some o.
ier dwellings which Wg visited con- ~,
ned rooms varying ln size from I5xll n
2uH4p feet ln some rooms there vi
re crude paintings ON tie walls, bun n,
furniture was very sCaut no tables ~,
chars are seen as a rule. small ma
oden blocks are used 10 sit upon. and M
ais are served upon The floor where
" the beds are spread.
There are in New Mexico nineteen ca
liam puehIos altogether, containing 20 gr
al population Of 1851, The smallest
these pueblos or Villages .p01agucl
only fifteen inhabitants while the IN.
'tst IS the Lunl village, which we are
ting The puebloludiaus .sO-Ctllgd
The Spanllrls because they dwelt boz
,cd hlbuat0ns' or permanent yll-
asl are the original inhabitants of
a Mexico, They are noted ior that rI
lllly and gguilgucs, of character that ! Nt