The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26

one of the oueerest sights In n country OF queer
sights. 1t is built In a contract mass. scarcely
leaving room for n narrow alley, Ono story
rises above another-one Indians house il
built upon the fat roof OF another's-until. in
the centre OF the city. the sixth story has been
reached. with perhaps more to be added. Real
estate Is not valuable, but the foundationsdo
not expand. As families are formed the pile Is
surmounted by another house, a ladder Is
placed against It's side or n hole cut in the
roof OF the house below to furnish an entrance,
and there you are. II two Indians take n fancy
to the same town lot, one builds his house on
top OF the Others.
when the foundations of the town were
first laid. a few narrow ALLEYS were left. hut as
some Indian took n fancy to the location. the
alley was bridred over and the house built
upon the bridge, until iu this way practically
all the streets in the town have been converted
into tunnels. Not many years ago there were
no doors in the side walls of tho houses. but
each house was entered by first climbing n
ladder to tho roof. and then descending an
other ladder on the inside. This Is still the
favorite mode OF entrance. md Mt anv hour NJ
the day the women can be seen mounting
these ladders with the pans OF water deftlv
poised upon their heads. A few Of the moro
progressive or perbaps Iozjer Zuhis b,ve cut
doors in the aides Of their ho,,sea hut thew are
looked upon with disfayor Nv tho mora aon-
seryatiye. who stick 10 tbe old method which
makes every mans bouss his costle.
1.-The roof OF the village. for II ia nearly all
under one roof. ia the plavnround Of tho chill
dren. In the evening II presents a picturesnue
appearance, with its swarms O, children romn.
ing among the CLAW chimnevs. iumpinp from
one low roof 10 another. and carefully avoid.
ing the MANY holes which eerve ma doors and
Windows. But tho onpeorance ~ tho crier
changes all this. The crier ia one OF the chief
Indians. and his station il on the highest roof
in the centre OF the VILLAGE. IA bis voice mama
trates 10 every point of the village everv ono
essumcs A ,stenino atti,rde Tho obiIdrar
stop in their play. the women stop their work
and remain motionless. A walking Indian stops
in his tracks. the wo%odehopper lands hi. axe in
the log. Every one remains in the posItion
where the first cry found him until the crier IA
through, This il the way any news is pub-
lished. When riding one day I lost one OF nv
spurs. told the crier to publish the fact that
I would give the finder a reward. and the next
day the spur was returned TO me.
This brings to my mind another Of their
peculiar faculties, the wonderfully trained eye-
sight. Their ability to trail a man or beast is
simply marvellous, An Indian knows the track
OF his prey, and will notice Il when n white man
cannot see q trace OF II. He can pick it out
from among q score OF others. or follow II along
n travelled road with the greatest ease. An
Eastern traveller. while stopping at the vii
lagc. went out for q bear hunt with the Indian
trader and on Indian guide. After some hours
they sighted a bear. but did not get n shot at
IL, as 1t fed. An Indian was put on the bears
trail and followed IL at a slow trot until even
ing There was no snow on the ground and no
mud. As far as the whites could see there was
absolutely nothing to indicate which direction
the bear had taken. The traveller was incred-
ulous and said he did not believe tho Indian
knew what he was doing. but some hours later
he was wholly convinced when they came I'D
with Bruin.
1T is this keen sense OF SIGHT which makes
them so valuable as scouts in the army, Where
myeye can distinguish only a blur in the dis
lance. a scout will SEQ the tiniest moving oh
ject. and will be able to tell what it Is. Show
them n trail and ask them when It was made.
and they will tell you with reasonable accuracy
This fine sense does NOT seem so remn rkah le
when we remember that it is n savage cbarac-
t~eristic. a birthriCht, and one which thew train
from childhood. I have seen a number of small
boys scare up a rabbit and run It for hours. in
fact until the rabbit was caught. following II by
the sense OF sight as accurately as a dog would
by the sense Of smell.
THE history OF tho Zuni ia n curious one.
Three centuries ago he was the nearest an
nroaoh IN o,vi,,zo,Ion ~ w. w.a.oan
~ ',V'.,Aa'Ion on.he western continent
To-day he is the nearest approach to absolute
barbarism. He builds his house |, tho same
way he Hid then. the same forked .ticr sarvas
the purpose Of a plough. and his grain he still
grinds into -four by grinding II between two
s,ono. r. ,oor, ~ 81, -, .t.ir,.". Ivy
''ohee' i'i years 'ie "oFk ol cl'lIizatloh mas
been going on about him. but he tenaciously
clings 10 the old wpvs Of his fathers The ree-
orvatto, ;no,,aoa ....,,, ,mNi 20,
er'a''o" 'hc'uues peau'iiul Valleys OF rlch SOIL
and timbered uplands. but the Zuhis either
oaanow.r na ,n.'' nnu "nu 'on-
Heauenty their crops IN that dry clImate are
necessarily very poor. They are an industri-
Gus farming md nostoraI ,peonla md I'm
ill., most othar TndInaa 'u,l'' "nN' ~,