Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-10-10

YKN o see the Navajo properly, one
should travel by stage from
81 Gallup to Shiprock, N. M. BY
taking this route, one can see
the Indians living their own
natural way, and it is hard to believe
that they live practically on the ground
day and night unless one sees them in
their homes.
Our party, seated in a four-horse
rig, rode 25 miles the first afternoon,
staying that night at an Indian school
named "Tohatchi" (meaning Scratch
for water'') Here we found nice COM
Portable buildings. fsiU the Ceachnrs
OF the Indsaps-'1 lied us to the best
they had, and we felt quite at home.
The next day we covered 40 miles,
stopping at a trading post long enough
to eat luncheon. That night we put
up at another Indian school, nan. !
''Toadalena" (meaning running wa
r'er'D This place is 1000 feet above
sea level, and the scenery Is very pref
ty. The people here gave US good
meals and a nice place in which TO
sleep The third and last day we made
luncheons as we rode along. AS we
travelled we were fortunate enough to
miss the awful sandstorms so common
at this season The sun shone about
IL hours each day. and we were trav-
cling early enough in the spring to
miss the heat.
Very Little Clothing.
The Navajos ligs,-in hogans and te-
PEGS, built low ANA small, with no
floors and very little ventilation. They
usually have a rough door, or hole in
the top. One of these small houses
seldom has more than one room,
which accommodates a family of al
most any size These Indians sleep
on sheepskins, and cover themselves
with the blankets they make. Very
little clothing is worn by them, and
ver seldom q hat. Most OF the men
haze kerchiefs around their heads, to
keep the long hair out of their faces.
and the women usually have blankets
over their shoulders, and their hair Is
tied in q knot back of their heads.
The jewelry worn by the Indians
consists principally OF silver rings and
bracelets. made by them, set with tur-
quoise. and worn chiefly by the wom-
en-.
Anyone travelling in the desert would
never think 1t so thickly populated,
but if an Indian should be shot, there
would be se-.eral hundred at the scene
OF the shoe W in less than half day,
as they have rejecting mirrors to use
in signaling their distress calls.
The Navajo rugs are noted for their
beauty and durability; but one would
be surprised to see how some of them
are made. They have frame set up
IN the outside of their hogans, and
here they sit In the sun. taking days
and sometimes weeks. In making a
single rug. The average price they re-
ceive for their rugs IS about SO each.
The genuine Navajo rug is made from
their own sleeps wool
Dislike Paper Money.
On AN average of one every twenty
five miles along the roads on the Nav
afo Indian reservation, white men
have stores. or trading posts. Here
the Indians bring their rugs, wool and
so forth. and trade for the necessities
OF life. The trader ships to the differ
ent parts of the United States the
things he buys from the Indians. II.
In the course OF business, the Nava-
! los get any paper money. they have 1t
changed into coin before buying any
thing as they do not understand the
value of currency.
When a Navajo becomes sick, the
medicine man, or woman. of the tribe