The Coconino sun., 1909-03-05

or six horses are tied together and then to the pole; the horses are driven around for two or three hours when it is all threshed. It is then piled in two large dunes. After this they depend upor the wind a great deal. When the wind blows, the threshed wheat is thrown up in the air by spadefuls, and this is the mems work. After the wheat has been seperated from the chaff it is stored away in large grain baskets. Some of it is car ried down to the store where it is exchanged for sausage and flour.
 The Pima have composers of songs, as well as our white bro thers have. The Pima have many songs, songs that they love, love more than anything else belonging to their past lifo; songs that tell of their happiness nd sorrows, songs of the medicine man, who is supposed to have t h e healing power, the war songs, love songs and dancing songs. All these are pleasures of the Pima home life.
 The dances are held at certain time of the year in different vil- lages. They are announced to the people by the chief of each village who rules over the people and tells them what to do. Whenever there is important business to be done, or dance, he gets up on top of his house and tells the peo- pie about it. The writer has at- tended only two of these dances in her life. All these have now ended and are only a part of the history of the Pima home life. A few years ago, the white peo- pie came to this village and es- tablished schools for these Indians. They stopped their dances and most everything that these Indians liked to do. It is no wonder that today you cannot get anyone to sing an Indian song. The children were sent to school to learn the white mans language and better way of living. At first the Pima did not want to be seperated from their children. The children's hearts were filled with sorrow to think that they could no longer en- joy the outdoor life.
 On this reservation is a small Presbyterian church in charge ot Rev C. H. Cook, the Presbyterian missionary. T h e Pima go to church every Sunday, and bring their families. After they have seated themselves, they listen to the long sermon for one or two hours. Before, only the school children could sing the hymns, which they enjoyed doing. Two years ago, some oi the returned students translated some of these hymns into the Pima language so that the old Indians may share the pleasure in singing them. Some of the Pima are good Presbyterians some are good Catholics and most all are converted to Christianity and enrolled as church members. MT. Cook has been with the Pima so long that he has learned the Pima language and can talk to the Indians without a n interpreter. They all like him and respect him for he has done great deal for them.
 When white people first came there, they found their houses of the oldest fashion. Today you may find many splendidly built adobe houses usually about 10 or I2 feet wide, s to 10 feet high, and I6 to 24 feet long. These houses contain two nice rooms and some- times three rooms well ventilated. The Indians cook their meals on stoves, serve them on modern tables, and sleep on nice beds bought from some furniture store. And nearly every home has it's sewing machine. Many o | the Pima possess graphophones. And in every home better food and clothing are found. It is true that wherever civilization comes to some savage race of people, in a few years you will find a great change come upon the people, for I have seen this, among my own tribe, the Pima.