Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-24
HEAP BIG |NJUNS
IN WEIRD DANCE
Hundreds of 'Pale Faces"
Witness Buffalo, Deer and
Antelope Ceremonies
EX-CHIEF SHOWS POWER
Severely Reprimands An Artist
and Newspaperman--Santa
Fe Contingent Large
(By Staff Correspondent.)

(By Staff Correspondent
San Ildefonso. Jan. 24.-"Tum-tum-
tum-tum tum HE, HE! HE. ***%*
etc, ETC."
That is one way to describe the
queer sounds that were heard here
yesterday at the dances given by the
Indians in this pueblo before a large
audience of Indians, and pale faces
which We're literally pale from the
cold drives of ten, twenty and thirty
miles taken by enthusiasts who wish
ed to witness the weird ceremonies of
the North American Indian.
The weather, however. was perfect
for the performance of the dances, al
though trifie warm for a few of the
Indians whose gyrations might be de-
scribed by bordering on the strenu-
Gus.
At sun rise when the first march of
the Indian dancers took place until
late in the afternoon when the last
''tum-tum" had echoed from the
throats of the Indians drums and the
last "Hi-e, HE" from the lungs of the
dancers and the final whirl-right-abou
face had been made with the utmost
precision, the affair was one to hold
in a magic spell the man, woman or
child who had never before witnessed
a real Indian dance done by Indians
in an Indian pueblo.
Santa Fe Represented.
The announcements concerning the
dance as published in the New Mexi-
can seemed to have attracted a good
deal of attention for Santa Fe and vi
cinity was well represented at the
dance, or rather in the ldience which
witnessed it. Parties came out to the
pueblo in the evening and were made
as comfortable as possible in pueblo.
"Jessy' Nusbaum, the eminent pho
tographer and young archaeologist
enjoys great popularity with the In
dians and he merits the good will of
the "pale faces" for the assistance he
lent in making them comfortable. An
Introduction to an Indian from Mr..
Nusbaum was better than gold and the
chief saw that the sun of their hospi-
tality never set on the white folks
thus introduced.
The tallyho which left Santa Fe at
2 a. M, arrived here before the sum
rise march. Mr.. Williams in charge
of it was the envy of all who had fail
ed to wear fur coat for the early
morning breeze had sting in it that
was not compatible with the wealth
er reports of Observers Linney and
Sloan at the Santa Fe weather bureau.
Mr. Williams showed such dexterity
in finding the trails which provided
ozone for the lungs of his party and
those of people in carriages that fol-
lowed the tallyho homeward yester-
day via Nambe Falls that it is said the
order of Past Master of Path Finders
will be conferred upon him.
In the tallyho party were Mr.. and
Mrs. Wakeley, Mr.. Davis, Mr. Drew,
Mr. and Mrs. Pankey, Miss Lawhon,
Miss Martin, Miss Dysart with Mr..
Williams as chief driver
At 4 o'clock a second party compos-
ed of Dr. John P. Wagner, his two
sons, Harold and Rupert Wagner, and
a newspaper man, left for the pueblo
arriving here about a. m They re-
ported that they found large quanti-
ties of liquid air on the way out
Doctor Wagner and his party were
entertained at a log-fre by Chief
Antonio Domingo to whom they were
introduced by Mr.. Nusbaum.
Hot coffee and rolls were served by
Indian dignataries to their pale and
shivering friends in a "salle a manger'
on the other side of the square A fine
looking young Indian woman with
laughing eyes and still more laughing
, came there to get warm were allowed
to go close to the blazing logs in the
open fire place
Mass at $50.
Father Haelterman, the Catholic
priest and pastor, celebrated high
mass in the village church at $50 a.
m. There was a large crowd in the
church, the men going to the left or
gospel side of the church and the wo-
men to the right or epistle side. A
, Santa Fe newspaper man who stood a
little too close to the center of the
church incurred the displeasure of a
former Indian chief or governor who
e let everyone know that although shorn
l. of his spurs he could still ride in
h the saddle" He pressed the press
h representative to one side and said:
e IF you want any foolishness around
e here / don't" This caused a litter
it among the members of the Santa Fe
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