La Junta tribune., 1915-09-11

ezys READY 70 answer your Gre<tinE
With = friendly good morning. or
its equal. and probably with hand
shake. They tell Us their religion il
Kindness and xenueness. and when
they first hold their nex born dangh-
ter up TO the morning sun their
prayer Is. Nay she aizays be kind
and gentle 10 all the world. and may
all the world BE- kind and gentle TO
her, and Ezy she never die. bat Just
sleep TO awaken ~iih the Gods
They certainly seemed to b. living up
10 some such creed zrn sure they
are more kindly 10 the stranger than
IN. white people would b. under sim
liar circumstances. They do not OBJ
ieet In the least 10 the stranger GO
ing through their homes and talking
about them and watching them in
their home life. wonder how many
white people would stand for the In
dians coming into their homes with
out knocking and shocking into er-
erythinx. / can see them getting q
good. swift kick The above Is not
true Of all the Indian tribes. however.
by any means. The Sayaios and Pr
utes. at least. are quite different. yet
IN all the tribes il seems 10 be the
rule that a. long as one ha. anything
TO eat all the Others are welcome to
share II. and 1t is customary for the
visitors 10 come In al meal time and
take their place with the family
around the meal without a word.
At 5.i5 O'Clock that evening the
snake dance came of in the village.
and as it was our first experience II
vas certainly very interesting. am
not going To tell you much about Il.
however. as two days later Ee sAx a
still better one which / want to tell
you about II lasted thirty minutes.
and then ~e started another twelve
miles 10 the village OF walpi. Up. o.
Poiacal. where we arrived the next
day in a soaking rain storm. We hid
along the trail under the overhsug-
ing rocks and did not get very yet
and when ~e finally arrived at the
village ne we're fortunate enough to
rent a large. clean Indian room, fif-
teen feet by twenty-five feet. with Q
cook stove and table and q wood
floor. which is unusual. We nov
had 4 haven IN time OF storm, and ve
sure needed IL the remainder of that
day and night. a. It rained buckets
full That evening ~e sa~ the corn
dance. which Is practiSed the same
as the snake dance. except they use
stalks Of green corn instead OF snakes
The next morning we arose before
sunrise 10 zee the antelop. race
which IL run by one of the clans TAX
ing part In tn. snake dance. They
are nearly naked and start four OF
five miles away In the valley Al sun
ris. md run 20 their homes In the
village. We watched them coming
from the village hill top. while they
s.r. s;ill like small specks away in
the distance. and untli they arrived
a, their homes. The Hopis ar. great
runners and can outuina the best of
horses In long race.
That evening. August 2sih. the
main snake dance cam. off. II sAs
gala day among the Indians And
som. shit. people a. veil. for there
must have been 500 white visitors
from all over IN. country ou, iher.
In tn. desert iso miles from N. rail-
road. Several OF them ~.r. from
a. far away a. New York. Th.r.
must must hay. been :.seo Indians
In tn. audience. The Indians e.r-
tAinly ioy. brirh, oolors. and In con.
s-au.no. thereof. the audience and
stage setting Vas worth uavelius Z
miles to s.e. !, Was a sigh, that
Viii long remain Sey vivid Ia ms
memory. The dance vas held IN
narrow street. probably fifteen fss'
vide and 'if'y feet long. on one
side of the stree, the house. ross
-four stories. by means OF step. or
terraces. and the audience. arrayszi
IN all their bright oolofs. vas mos,
" assembled on these house top
The houses also enclosed on. End of
he streets entirely. eioep, for pa.
sare under them, through whleh
the dancers came. The other rsa
vas aiso partly closed. aud the faur,t
side Sas open 20 the cliff which dros.
ped sheer two hundred Zee,
straight, down.
a rope vas stretched within abogt
three fee, Of this oiisf aud I xas for.
'una'e enough TO get In this ,hfs.
DOT space. right nstt tho mn, -.