The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-03

| thelr llte can be traced to lhlS pellQu' The only domestic creatures in their vil- lages were large turkeys, whosy feath- CTS served as head ornaments fer the warriors; but horses, cows, sheep, goats, dogs and, last but not least, the indispensable burros were added to their domestic stock
 The most important change in their communistic mode of living dates from the annexation of New Mexico to the United States and the introduction of railroads. Their unfriendly neghbors, | the Apaches, Commanches, Kiowas and Navajos. were restricted to their own reservations.
 Feeling safe under the powerful pro- lection of the government, these peace- able people have begun to relinquish their old mode of communicate existence in the strange dwellings. Until recent | ly there was a promiscuous living to- gether of large families in the numerous apartments of single house to which access could only be obtained through | the small aperture in the, roof, More modern cottages are being built for single families, farming is carried on on a large scale, and in some parts grape and fruit culture Is attempted with good results.
 All the villages are characterized by a certain industrial monopoly. In one of them for instance, the pottery for all | the Pueblos is manufactured; in others, like the Moqui villages. all the people are employed in the making of finely woven goats hair blankets, in which occupation many are great experts. AL | though a large number are engaged In the sale of blankets and Indian goods in the southwest part of the Union, in the gold dlggngs of California, in Mor- mon settlements, in the small rall- road stations of Arizona, the average Pueblo Indian prefers settled life. He | Is domestic in his habits and loves his family. his cattle, his farm, and his neighbors as dearly as does his pale faced brother. And has he not cause to rejoice and be contented with his lot? Has he not a faithful and charming wife? There are some pretty girls of perfect contour among the Pueblo In- dians, especially in the Tigua villages. Are not his gleeful children, who are enjoying a romp on wonder hill. obe- dient and reverentlal in his presence? The impudent spirit of Young America has not yet exerted it's baleful influence here.
 How scrupulously clean are the households2 The good housewives of the Netherlands do not excel the Pueblo squaws in cleanliness. Floors, careful ly swept; all along the walls of the spacious room. seats and couches COW cred with fine variegated rugs; the walls tastefully decorated with pictures and mirrors, and large eupboards filled with luxurious fruits, meats, pastry, and jellies. Thousands Of white bread winners in the large cities would envy these Indians If they could behold their affluence and contented state Nor do they obtain all this without fatiguing toll. The land is barren and dry which compels them to induce irrigation through long canals from far-away streams.
 The Pueblo pottery of to-day differs but little from that of the sixteenth cen tury. In the pottery villages the work is done mostly by men, who sit on the broad, shaded platform and shape their immense vessels in Imitation Of human beings and every imaginable animal shape, The protesduey fshaped mouth is generally intended for the opening through which the water soup, or milk is poured.
 The squaws are assuming more and more the occupations of the modern housewife, though they still grind their corn in the stone troughs used hundreds of years ago, and they still bake their bread in thin layers on hot, glowing stones.
 Dressmakers and tailors still go a-begging among the Pueblos, and no attention whatever is paid to Parisian dictators of fashion. The good Pueblo squaw cuts, fits and sews all the cloth- ing for the family, which used to be composed mostly of leather. Her hus- bands wardrobe consists now of few multi-colored shirts, pair or two of pantaloons with silver buttons, moccas- ins, and a shoulder blanket.
 The headgear, if any be worn, is sim uly large colored handkerchief Girls are usualy dressed like the daughters of southern farmers, but they refuse to discard the bloomers, over which the petticoats are worn a little below the knees. These leathern pantalettes are a necessity in a country where poison ous snakes and insects abound in gar dens and fields. To see a Pueblo girl at her best. she must be surprised in animated gossip in bevy of girl friends, or when engaged in mirthful laughter while at work. Then the ex- pressive, deep black eyes sparkle, and the white teeth offer a glittering con trast to her fine black tresses, eyes, and eyebrows.
 The Pueblo Indians are to be congra- tulated on one fact especially, that they permitted their moral improvement through the agency of the black-frocked missionaries and school teachers who came from the east, but also that they are one of the few tribes that re- sisted the conscienceless rascals who would wreck their homes through fire water" and gambling devices.