Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-07

they even followed MS for imo Oh
! their ponies 10 get last glimpse .!
| their charmer
On account OF the ronShnesS OF The
! roads We decided to spend the night
al PeScado. which consists OF several
houses built OF stone and plasterPd
with mud. inhabited only when the
Zuni is cultivatins his fields. the
place was deserted when W. aiighlcd
from the ambulance. After eating
our evening meal. unchccred BY even
Il cup Of tea. We spread our DiahNels
on the floors of two l3rS" rooms. IN"
gentlemen using the otter one To pro
tecI us II necessary. Alas. ih"N
could not guard us from the hosts or
crawling maraUderS which haue
night so comfortleSs that We were
glad to resume the Journey al day
break.
| Zuni came al last i.lto view. so M
obtrusiye and brown We hardly khr"
that il Was there The houses are so
close together and piled So hish lhat
the effect is OF Il natural mound. The
brown background served as hitting
setting to the gay blankets ct 'Ee III
dian weavers, who. full OF eXciteneh'
at seeing MS in Mr.. Gushing com
panv. crowd ed around the ambulance
to inspect us, our clothes commanding
the women's deepest interest. we
were shown into the house or inc
cleanest woman of the pueblo. WI"
vacated It in our favor. She thought
herself we'll paid when upon our de
parture she received for rent TWO Sill
yer dollars and two packages Oh
needles. The rooms were low, DAT
very pretty in color The ioo's hau
been covered with thick paste Oh
some earthly substance. which gilt
tered with specks of mica and was or
Il warm mauve hue. Upon this. wmle
il was soft. the Indian housekeepef
had drawn with a stick patterns IN
artistic waves and ridges. Our 'hlch
shoes. sad to tell. soon spoiled the
prettv design but the moccasin docs
no, injure it. and it therefore lasts a
long time.
BCIOrp we HdU tIIllt w ieoh "'o'> 49,
visitors began to pour in. All the WON
en- of Zuni are attractive. especially
the Young ones. They are slender
and graceful. and wear a charming
dress woven by themselves; 1t IS al
WAYS dark blue. embroidered IN
broad band around the lower edge OF
light blue in a kind OF kensington
stitch. They wear red sashes. and the
effect of the costume is harmonious
and pleasing to the eye. We named
one little woman. Maggie Mitchell.
after the popular actress. ! never saw
ANYTHING more graceful than her at
titude as she piled us with endless
questions. Singing out the almost as
tiny southerner. our lieutenant wire.
she bounded to her side and with
Dre1ty gestures measured heights and
cOmpared one little foot with an
other, until. her vanity satisfied. she
gave a joyous laugh and melted away
into the crowd.
We had a large following when we
went out to see the people at work.
Everything is carried on out OF doors
Pottery. made without wheel. is
painted and baked in the open air
The latter process Is very odd; the
great jars are set on the ground
and over them is built a mound OF
dried COW manure. which looks like
a beehive through whose openings one
can see the glowing red Of the pottery
as 1t slowly bakes and reaches per
fiction We saw the weaving Of
Slankets, the making Of silver orna-
gray, blue. green and dark red. high
ments, the grinding of corn. the
kneading of bread and the feeding OF
the pet eagles, which are kept iii
cages built against the houses. Once
year the unfortunate birds tail
feathers are plucked to be worn oD
Zuni headdresses.
We returned to our rooms for din
ner. which We took by daylight. II
was already dusk indoors because the
little windows. made Of squares Of
gypsum. admitted scant light. and
We could not inspect our guests as
closely as we wished. The most
important one was PaIowatiwa, gov
ernor Of the pueblo, a handsome man