The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-08-10
The Great Turquoise
N Spanish, no less than in English,
we have an old proverb, saying.
''No hay NAL que por bien no
viene" Cthere is no evil which does
not come for good.") And while

Viene" Cthere is no evil which does
not come for good.'') And while
poor Wiki-tiki, that most bewilder
lng1y handsome and statuesque of Pueblo
naidens, might have wondered where the
good came in, in her enforced marriage
to hideous old Kopeli, and, last but not
least, the customary burial to the neck
which all properly trained Pueblo maid
ems must undergo on the night preceding
Raid marriage, still, as say, the good
was there you will see later -
TO begin with, Wiki-tiki was more
less to blame in the matter, being a very
fastidious person, and hard to please in
the matter of suitors. She had plenty of
them, from a. blo.IstandpoiIt-- There,
had been good Diego, porter to the Padre
Esteban at the mission where Wiki tiki
had been taught her Padre Nuestro"
and to sew and embroider. Now, old
Intiwa, the uncle of Wiki-tiki, had
groaned, no muchacha could have wanted
a better man than Diego. But the I'M
regenerate girl had said tno as emphat-
1cally as an Indian female dares to, and
exit Diego. Next, there appeared Ra-
fael, the sheep herder, signing like fur
mace, and intimating that he was at any
hour ready for the chair combilcas'' the
betrothal ceremony Of the Moqui Pueb-
los); also, that he had good little adobe
house, three burros, two good pinto po-
MES and four hundred sheep. Now, again,
was an opportunity that. any Indian girl
within the boundaries of New Mexico
and Arizona would nave given her head
for. Wiki-tiki merely tossed hers scorn-
fully, and said that Rafael could go back
and Craze with his sheep; she didn't want
to comb his hair-the rather would she
prefer to pull it! So Rafael departed.
Even Padre Esteban was angry with
Wki-tiki, and told the latter's uncle that
nc himself washed his hands of the girl;
it vas evident that mild Christian meth
DDS WOULD no longer serve in controlling
her, and perhaps it would be well to treat
her with a little NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ment. And then the father departed oni
his six-weeks' rounds, and Intiwa, with!
Joy in his soul, proceeded to take in hand
the unhampered control and spiritual
chastisament of lis hayward niece.
First, Wiki was given chance to re-
form the error of her ways, old Intiwa
and all his shamans, in solemn conclave
assembled, dealing with her case. For
moment or two the old war captain and
his shamans smoked away in stern In
dian silence, their grave faces turned
away from the refractory maiden, Then
one of them began to speak.
TO Wiki-tikis wrath. horror and an
gush, his speech set forth an old, old
Pueblo Indian law, dating far back to
the time before the frailes and the words
Of Tata Dios came to Old New Spain.
She was no less disturbed to hear that
she was the first maiden, within the
memory of those present Gall of whom
were aged seventy and over), to be so
corrected" And what correction it
was!
First, for her disobedience- in going
against the wishes Of her uncle, she
would be we'll chastised with cariso
cane. Next, she would espouse the very
next Indian who made an offer for her to
her uncle. To exercise the spirit Of OBJ
streperousness and self-will which seemed
to possess her, she would, on the two
nights preceding her marriage to what
ever sutton might present himself, UNDER
go the burial over night in sand which
was prescribed by Pueblo laws, and
which, as old Hano significantly grunted.
would doubtless be highly efficacious in
reconciling her to the ways of the IN
dians which she, through her convent
training, evidently seemed to object to-.
And last, but not least, she would be
kept in retirement, with daily chastise-
ment by means of the cariso, until her
heart was thoroughly softened and cbas-
tened, and, incidentally, until her third
and last sutton should appear.
Now, this decree, which at once went
Into effect, and was duly carried out, not
forgetting even the daily Christening with
her uncle's cariso cane, was highly bene-
icial. One week of it brought Wiki-tiki to
her senses, and she duly signfied her re-
pentance and willingness to. wed with
Rafael, or, for that matter, Diego. But
these two youths, having meanwhile
taken uSco themselves other sWeethearts,
sent word that they were not to be had.
Wherefore it was the lot Of poor Wiki
tiki to remain under punishment until a
third sutton should see fit to present him.
self.
For a long time it looked as if even the
fates could not, or would not, bring about
the wedding of Wiki. AS a matter of
fact her fame had gone abroad, and none
of the young men dared take unto them
selves this intrepid maiden to wife To
begin with, she had learned at the con-
vent to sew. and embroider, and daily
washed herself with water! Again, she
had long since refused to wear the Gus
tomary garb of the Pueblo woman, attir-
Ing herself in gay pink or green prints
Instead of the dark blue blanket with sill
yer and turquoise necklets worn on ordi-
nary occasions by women of her tribe
And there was no doubt Chough this was
merely whispered. instead of spoken
loudly that the girl, while conforming
outwardly to the secret religious rites Of
the Pueblos, inclined more to the worship
of Tata Dios and the Santos. Oh, she wa:
more than half Pee-peed-yeh CMexican)
and brave would be the man who tool
her to his house. RI IL.
Thus it went; every one talked, and the
women of the pueblo, envying Wiki-tik
her good looks and selfsame print gowns
given her by the priests sister, resteC
not until they had taken away the poor
girls reputation. "Ah, without a doubt
she was without shame. She, of the Pu.
eblos and yet not Of them. Who, disdain
Ing their clothes, wore clothes of the for
elgners and shoes ON her feet on feast
days A girl who washed herself anG
even refused to chew yeast, as did they
for the making of the pigame pudding
y Wen for Diego and Rafael that she hae
l& given them the calabazas,' And SO on
after the manner of women
Now, while the women gossiped Gas bet
ter women than they have done), and ole
1ntiwa made prayer-sticks and Whipped
his troublesome niece, who in turn waited
In vain for sutton Gas many better won.
en- than she have done), other things were
happening looking to the answering o1
the petitions that went up from the In.
tiwa household. addressed variously to
Pueblo and Christian gods EFlss