Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
M0QU|S BEING
40 Are Attending
School at Keams
Canon
WOMEN ARE BOSS

well to 10 and Not DecreaS-
ing in Numbers .Docile
and Peaceable.
A. X, Brigden, industrial teacher at
the Moqui Indian Training School at
keams Canon, Arizona, OH the Moqui
Reservation, tells an interesting story
OF the progress of these Indians. They
number about 1000 men, women and
children and are not decreasing. They
are in good health and have been re-
markably free from contagious dis
eases in late years. A few years ago
there was an epidemic of smallpox.
This brought about many deaths
among them Since then they have
been doing well and improving nice
ly. They are orderly and peaceabJ,
amenable to discipline and obey ord
ers promptly and readily They are
docile and Mr. Brigden thinks they
are superior in intelligence to many
other tribes of Indians. The pupils at
the school learn rapidly and have
adopted civilized ways readily. They
are about 170 pupils at the Training
School
Fine School Buildings.
The buildings are extensive, com
Portable and supplied with modern
convenences. The girls domitory is
two-story stone building of fine ap-
pearance and accommodates nicely
about ninety inmates. The boys
dormitory is of the same general class
and houses about the same number
of pupils. The school building proper,
which contains three large school
rooms. Is one-story, built of stone and
is also finished in handsome style
An extensive basement Is connected
with the building wherein the offices
of the different officials are situated
The employees building Is a two and
one-half story stone building, Of fine
architecture and appearance, which
contains a dining-room, kitchen, store
rooms living and bed rooms. The em-
ployes mess together. There is also
a large, one-story stone building on
the grounds used for a laundry and
power-house, where there are steam
engines generating the necessary
power; and an electric light plant
supplying light to the buildings. The
commissionary building is also con
structed of stone, very substantially
built and one and Onehalf stories In
height. There is a carpenter-shop OF
good size, one-story in height, also
built of stone. There are barns, wagon
houses and other necessary outbuild-
ings, all making quite village. The
buildings are built on one line run
ming southeast to northeast and cover
about one-fourth of a mile of land.
The buildings and improvements have
the appearance of small village, sit
uated in Keams Canon, which is at
this place about one-fOurth of mile
wide, has steep sides at least 300 feet
high. The water for the school Is
supplied by mountain springs in the
canon and is piped to the buildings.
The springs have an elevation above
the school of at least 800 feet and
therefore the fall is suciffiently great
for all practical purposes and for use
in extinguishing fires, should this
become necessary. Near the school
there is but small tract of irrigable
land available. This is used for a
garden to supply vegetables to the Of
ficials, employees and pupils. Although
but two acres in extent, it furnishes
good supply of the best vegetables
of the temperate zone. The only trees
in the Canon in the vicinity OF the
school are cottonwood trees for shade
purposes.
Three Moqui Villages.
There are three villages of the Mo-
quis about twelve miles northwest OF
the school. The principal village is
Wallapi, and this village contains
seven hundred inhabitants. There
are two other villages, one about
eighteen miles from the school, called
Oraibi and one about 80 miles from
the school, northwest. The school
population is obtained from these Will
ages, which, however, have also day
schools for the small children, who
cannot be taken from their parents.
The principal crop raised by tae
Moquis is corn. They are quite sue
cessful in cultivating this cereal, so
use every available spot where corn
can be planted for that purpose. they
also raise a good many vegetables, es'
pecially onions, chill, beans, and mel
ons. They are owners of large herds
of sheep and goats and are quite sue
cessful in this business. There are al
so some cattle owned but not in
great ratio. The Moquis are good
sheep and goat herders. In 1906 and
1907 the sheen and goat industry paid