New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

graces of looks, form and manner for my edu-
! cation, Here''-producing Photographic
! the picture of a naughty Acoma maiden AcOma
is that picturesque city of the cliffs near which
is the famous Enchanted Mesa about which
there has been much wild and furious dis
cussion The Acomas have remained untouched
! by all the rawlings Of the scientists, and none
more than this young girl. She is of the
percilious type. Proud and rc~arved, she is not
generally liked by her femal- companions, yet
the young men of Acoma quarrel over her and
even fight for her favors. She disdains the
simple dress of her AcOma sisters, and clothes
| herself after the fashion of the few white
women she has seen. One day she expressed
desire for a fancy Mexican shawl-made in
Massachusetts which was exposed for sale at
Laguna, and of her suitors. willing to pur-
chase her smiles dashed off on his horse. bought
| the gaudy wrap and returned offer it
| upon the shrine Of his affections The maiden
| gladly received it, and for one or two days
| smiled sweetly upon the giver. When she con-
| scented to be photographed she insisted upon
| wearing her shawl. Yet her coquettish
| nature would assert itself. and the poor fellow
| came to a few days later and said: Il gavt
| her the shawl, and she snubs me- l no
got em money, got em shawl got EN-
girl. Girls heap good / tried to comfort
him with the hope that by and by she would
| smile him again, and he said May be So
may be sol But when she is good | don't en-
| joy her because L never know how she
will send me away and go with another fellow
| "And when l the discarded lover again
| he intoxicated as he could possibly be
on wine he had bought from an Isleta Indian.
| '"This girl said Mr.. James. he handed
another photograph to the listener lis regarded
as one of the bellies of Oraibi Indeed that
kewanishnina and Mashongce married. she
| is the most popular of all the unmarried girls
| that remain, and she is old enough to have been
married several years. 1 asked her why she
didn't hurry up and get married and she laugh
| ingly replied that she would rather stay at
home at present and for her sisters babies
than for any of her own Yet this is a
rare thing to hear from Indian lips To them
| motherhood is the most hOnored of estates, and
they are trained from early childhood to regard
themselves the future mothers of the Moki
people They pray for good husbands and for
many children. and the expectant matrOn calls
upon her friends to be glad with her. for Those
| Above have been very good to her.
| 1.-The headdress of the Moki girl in this photo
| graph is called Na-so-mi. and is in imitation
Of the squash blossom which is the Moki
emblem Of maidenhood and purity. AS soon as
a girl becomes manageable she is required by
the law Of the tribe to arrange her hair in this
fashion or, rather, her mother is expected to do
IT for her, and it is interesting to witness the
| operation. On the peculiar terraced houses OF
the Mokis which recede in steps like gigantic
ladder the roof of the first story house makes
a convenient yard court for the inhabitants
of the second story and on this roof the hair
dressing is often done. The mother or elder Sis
ter sits down and the girl squats on the ground
| between the knees Of the one who is to do the
| work The hair is brushed with small bunch
| of grass which looks like broomcOrn. This
| bunch is tied loosely together with buckskin
! thong and then held in the hand that the
| butt ends serve as bristles. The other end
| makes a good broom to sweep up the floor or
| their houses. The hair, after being brushed, Is
| coiled around a stick shaped like the half of
ellipse and when the tresSeS in place the
stick is pulled out and the hair stands alone
But when the girl marries she must no longer
dress her hair in this fashion, and. ruiz
she doesn't wish to do She is proud to be
| married. and glad to have everybody know the
fact Her hair must be dressed in two
| pendant rolls which hang upon her shoulders
These in imitation of the fruit of the circu-
lar SQUASH which is the Mok emblem OF
ternity or fruitfulness.
| "In the Oraibi photograph you may observe
how all Pueblo Indian women dress. or course
there are exceptions. owing to the influence OF
| white women but where the primitive customs
are followed the chief and only garment is a
well woven blanket. made Of cotton or wool. or