Arizona republican., 1907-08-18

OF both males and females hangs in q
! tangled mass about their shoulders. ex-
cept above the forehead where il is
kept chopped off TO form bangs. Near
/ ~ all the single youSg plaster these
( bangs with sort of red putty made
/ from the small yellowish-red fruit OF
! the burity palm and fish oil, and the
same paste is used to paint the entire
body. Boys and girls who are esteem
| ed by their parents also have the fore
top arranged in this way, and a few
OF the latter are regarded with special
favor have il plated with a layer of
beautiful red feathers. One, woman
was covered with white feathers from
head TO foot. with a brilliant plume in
her hair. All young men and boys wear
suspended from a hole in the hip. bor-
ed during infancy, a kind of chain
called nogodau, about six inches long,
made of flat oval-shaped bits of shell.
terminating in a red feather The old
er men have a plug in this hole, for If
left open it causes difficulty in drink
ing"
The village itself, according to Mr..
Cook, is just as strange. He says:
lage that encircled in a very irregu-
lar way, facing in every direction, a
very large hut that stood in the centre
and was called baehytU. Bae (by) is
the name of the ordinary family hut.
This baehytu is the bachelors hall,
the headquarters of all the unmarried
men, the workshop where the men
make weapons and ornaments and in
struments, the dining the town
hall where most public functions occur.
and the club where visitors are re-
ceived and entertained. The baehytu
is entered through an opening at each
end, like a hole in hay stack. and
within is always damp gloomy. and
foul smelling. The family huts are |
mostly like roof resting on the !
ground and strongly resemble an old /
hay stack with a hole eaten in each |.
end, though occasionally the hut is !
raised a little and woven palm branch /
tongues form a basket-like wall. Deep |
gloom reigns within these huts. They !
are made dark that they NAV be free
from flies, and are dens of rubbish I
and filth. Stuck to the roof are bows
and bundles OF arrows. war clubs, fish
ing gear, and instruments and orna-
ments not in use at the moment The
occupants of this human lair are
sprawled on a palm-leaf rug. with a
log Of wood four inches in diameter for
4 pillow, and sleeping. or gnawing an
EAR of corn, a bit of fish or vegetable,
1r sitting tailor-fashion. making beads.
arrows. or other objects, or kneeling by
The little fire preparing food When
1ar hafs IL
S prevalent, they do not trouble to
lean house, but simply abandon and
BURN the old and build a new one on a
lean spot. Usually the entire village
moves TO a new place some distance
lway."
Their death ceremony is a weird I'M
Mr.. Cook paints it vividly:
"A day or so after our arrival child
If seven or eight years belonging TO
me of the leading families died. This {
gave us an opportunity TO witness a
strange ceremony.
"A loud. deep. prolonged hee-aw. +.
100. was beloved by a quartette of 4:
naked. painted, and feathered savages.
'quattlng slightly in unison with each
tote. and shaking huge calabash rat
les. This was accompanied by the !
vaiiing chant of a chorus of women
standing just behind the quartette and
waving fans to keep away the flies. "
The snort of two huge flutes, the bark I
ng of the calabash trumpets, the la Ia
nent of the savage mother. her body !
with her own blood. kneel- !
ng by the corpse of her child. the Il
lairs jerked from her head. half dozen i
1t a time, by female crouched be- II