The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27

plaza dancing and singing'-the boys
and young men naked save for clout, |
and the girls gorgeously arrayed with
big puffy hair wings about their headS,
and the priests naked except the clout,
and painted yellow. They planted ev-
ergreen trees and sang about them and
danced as the sun came up. Their music
is Wonderful-melody without much
sense of harmony, as they seem to sing
in unison. 1t was in a major key most
ly, with the minors secondary, and the
voices were sweet and clear and strong
All over the house tops were the blan-
keted Indians looking into the plaza;
red clad mostly; absolutely motionless-
| Only the men came up. They sat there
and stood there with folded arms long
after the sun was over the horizon
| looking around over the vast plains be-
/ low They come up here every morning
and every evening the whole year
through and look about silently at the
glory of the scene Ethnolog1sts say
! that these people have more words to
express the beautiful than any other
tribe Most tribes have no such words
at all.
| You never saw such treasures II had
a hundred dollars to spend here l could
duplicate any curio store in Colorado ana
beautiful pottery. I viii be welcome home
and Ida Irwin will never leave the house
a aBlye or ticket shf to tbs d4ss Place WIN
eve left the second mesa Sunday IN q
big sand storm and got to H;uatPl, me nTss
school house and all slept on the floor.
This morning we went up the hill to the
TOP of the mesa We came to Nampayo'
house and found all her wares sold to the
traders the day before but one imperfeet
enc I bought it, and later picked up
second one in the house of her neighbor.
There are three villages on this mesa and
HauIpi is the best. It is literally built on
a rock The scene from there is most
magnificent.
I'VE are going on tomorrow to Guarado,
reservation and from there we start to the
railroad. We left the first mesa AT noon
plain to the KeIier's canyon Indian schoo
and traders store We got there at
o'clock and met Hubbell, the trader-vne
owns the store at Guanado. lie IS me
: man. half-breed high caste Spaniard anc
Connecticut Yankee He gave me a beau
form aap poior e is an artist and ha.
the most marvellous blankets ever saw
His place is the perfection OF Indian arts
. tic decoration. He lives and does bust
! ness in a remarkable house; SO by 100 fee
l is the dwelling and the store spreads owe
, half a block It is all there is at the pos
5 beside the mission. The house is one stor.
! adobe with big living room 90 by z fee
beamed with massive logs and has adob'
. walls covered with. $3.50 collection O
j them. They are not for sale. The ceiling
q is 10 feet high and big six foot freplae
is in the center of the room Two bit
: Indian rugs IS by - feet, specially made
! cover the floors. They are extremely ct
= fectiVe The trader lives here surrounds
e by Mexicans in regal style. He enter
= tains royalty and never takes a cent fror
e the dozen or so wayfarers that eat an
g sleep with him daily. It is just what yoi
: read of in books
; IN the store though is the wonder. Her
, is the greatest collection of blankets i
: the world; blankets, old pottery and bas
kets Hubbell is the patron of Indian ar
. He keeps copies of old blankets copie
O exactly by the best American artists i
n oil. These he lends to the weavers an
= his blankets command One-tIlird NOR
g than any others on the market. He lla
a three hundred squaws working for hiT
/, and two hundred silversmiths. He is &c
IS ing to do the same thing with Moki poi
: terry, having Nampayo,s pottery copied b
&, the Moki pOtters. In baskets he is doin
. the same thing with Piute wares. He ha
! a correggio ON his walls that came frol
$, Spain to his mothers family three hur
a bred years ago, and he is artistic to hi