The sun., 1910-05-22

a number Of Indian songs were ob,a..sd
by phonogTaph
The Indians were afraid a. Ars, n
sing into the phonograph. said q,
Goddard. but after some persuas,o,
they complied with my Wishes. and
sucoeeded in recording some c'lriou.
song. including the Song Of tho sun
which IL sung a sunrise.
The erection of the sacred -
which seems to typify the world. -,rd IA
sentiment Of many Of the songs ~ ,ankly
directed TO the sun suggest tho sun i,scs
Of the plains, While the great imp1r' aBe.
attached to the songs and the drana,,o
Representations of the gods recalls m.
healing ceremonies Of the Navajo
In northern Mexico continued Dr
Goddard. 4 found an old Indian. asa
Maria. who knew many Indian legend,
and from him I obtained many iolsIz-s
stories and myths. he also reiaiea q,
mo many stories Of the adventure u
Kit Carson. some % these stories nav.
translated from the Indian teAt e. no
published ultimately
Altogether Or. Goddard secured aao,n
30 specimens In the Apache country.
Including heEdsd moccaslns. huckssD
clothing. war bonnets and a large nuuher
of examples of Indian bssketry
In relating his adventures in the Pueblo
country Dr. Spindan said that one ~ ,hs
events Of interest," there wal the yearlv
feast day. which "a celebrated hy ths
various tribes Of the Rio Grande coun,rv
Each Ol the Pueblo tribes IN the Ro
GTande region has AestA. he said ana
Il usually occurs on the birthday n
patron saint Of tho Ppeblos. The feaus
days are celebrated az San DOninTo
Santa Clara. Aan Juan and Taos.
I WITNESSED Ons Of the most intarsss.
ing in the series at Taos on Septambsr
N Tho night before the fiesta a sinaat
dance was given, a slow dance. performed
IN front of an -fobe church.
The dancers carry branches Of oottnn-
wood and aspen. which they wave with
picturesque effect. Indian women RNvlv
oostumsd stand on the roofs Of the aiohs
house rising In pyramids and witness tbe
dance, which h really impressive The
next day the fiesta h opened with a raoe.
the contestants being young athletes 6
the northern and southern groups
1T n q relay race Of about six hundred
feet and At the end Of the raoe another
dance IL performed. Members Of q secret
society, who are known a. clowns. on
delight makers. perform in tho after.
noon and put up q pretty good show.
They give a very clever initation Of
hunt
Probably the most spectacular dancs
In the series is the buffalo dance, which
is only rivalled by the deer dance. IN
these dances the Indians make than.
selves up 10 initiate birds and various
animals.
Other dances I Witnessed were he
eagle and Navajo dancea Clad in buck
skin costumes the girls make their debut
in the Navajo dance. 20 the accompani-
ment Of weird music made by notched
sticks. suggesting tho noise q snail boy
might make running astick over lAths
In tho eagle dance two young Indians
appeared from q ground lodge partly
aitired IN huckskin. with buckakin oap
representing bald headed eagle. and thelf
arms happing as Il shout 10 ~ In
bodies OF the Indian dancers we're covered
with eagle down
Or. Spinden obtained about eightesa
hundred specimens IN his tFavela
through the Pueblo land. and among
the examples Of pottery he found
were jarH known ng ceremonial pieoes
decorated with the figures n delight
makers. the sacred serpent. black hears
and eagles. some Of these specimens
are nearly hundred years old.