The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-20
4 RenuIsiNe Snecimen.

day, on mY way here to this dreamy old
city-the city of Holy Faith Near Espa-
nola is the pueblo of san Juan, and sew
eral of the Indians had come over with
specimens of their pottery to sell to the
Tourists passing through. As / got off the
train my gaze fell On this object crouch
ing, like cat, at the corner Of the Sta
lion. For an instant l believed | was the
victim of a nightmare This horrible
thing, this repulsive, shrive led, mummy
like creature, squatted there and grinning
UP from under shock OF black greasy.
matted, filthy hair, was human being,
after ali, not a hohgoblin.
spoke TO ii and discovered that il was
q sQuaw. These Indians dress 50 uni
fornlly 1t is difficult 10 tell the bucks from
the squawS. Both hang their coarse black
hair until it covers the eyes. Through
this hirSute mass glitter those intensely
black, Snakelike eyes, with SO unpleasant
nnd eldritch effect that you feel your blood
turn cold when looking at them And the
way they crouch and squat upon the
ground. doubled mp in some mysterious
gackkniic corkscrew fashion, i enough 70
strike terror to your soul. for the effect is
that they appear TO have no legs whatever.
and You are possessed by the horrible fas-
rination Of the idea that they are creatures
which end at the hips, and that any mo
onont they may topple over and run all
over the ground al your feet.
1 Governors Palace.
Well,~I lived through the shock. and
having become acclimated 10 the Pueblo
Indian decided To visit him on his native
heath Aftorward wished hadn't. and
IN the coming years, whenever a Whit of
decayng garbage, the odor of swine or the .
scent OF the tenement shall aSSail nv nos .
1flis, IL VIII walt me hack 10 TesuQue. and (
especially TO the palace IF its governor.
or IcSuque has 4 governor. and the gov
erhor has a palace, The governor was alb
scht Yesterday. doubtless on some delicate I
diplomatic mission However his door
was unlocked. and my guide, pushing it 4
e~oen, invited me 10 enter
The governor Of Tc>uoue i ever, ,,o,a (,
oeinocrailc IN his methods Of living than J
Is the governor OF Colorado, for the former ,
eats sleeps and governs in one rround !.
Moor room oi the pueblo. His front door !
is painted the azure Il the sky. his floor i
OF mud AIS couch Is covered with skins 4
and blankets. his walls are hung with
cheap pictures of saints and martyrs ana
shrines and rosarieS. for -he governor i a
good Catholic, as are all his subjects aud
his ceiling i decorated with the r,,de
drums upon which these Indians bear that
>nufiied, blood curdling music heard an
sbair various religious festivals. Tbsir
religion. however, hrs not taught mem
that cleanliness is next 70 cosniusss -
and the governors palace at Tesuoue is
one to be visited with a held nose.
Work In Pottery.
The Pueblo Indians are an exceedin-Iv
good hUmoTed race They laugh conrin,i-
ally as they look you over with cheerful
curiosity One young back could say ,
i Hello,'' and 80 delighted was be- with !
this linguistic proticiency that he shouted
the word At me over and over. laughing
the while Il was little
Embarrassing at first until discovered x