The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-13
NAVAJO CUSTOMS
AND MANNERS IN
HOMES ARE TOLD
0ivall Ricketts, Gives Descrip.
ton of Everyday Events on
the Reservation. With Some
Local Color Added.

CurtIsu. Nrlz De-. If-Jus. JOS
jog. JUa. ipp tor sumc nine or ten
ml.,s Nc logged thi.ulh the dr.ftcd
snow. lId under dream stN. Na,.
IIu|nl. the med plu uukyr Ir. g.
" .,u. sam the Interpreter and the.
'uc. paper maNer
We were ON our way to VISIT Tho
HDa lu..4 who N.oj near the Foul
Corner. a heavy SNOW mad tall,u and
is Jusgcd along horseback AT thai
gait which is neither slow nor fast
nut as M" boy expressed Dr.. 'plhm
Duns,'nt.' the sky WIS thrcatenils
more snow.
W. found our nist patients 10 IL ho-
gan built uut In the middle uI iu open
taIley TWO middle aged womcu had
"a severe ease OF grIpp, ana two of the.
children were aiiing. IN, doctor nNed'
them up with mrdiCin's. hut after h.,
lid gwen them their curos the man.
uI tu, house asked U he couldn't gitc.
tntU .umc castor Oh. D. seems the
mGiaHf ar" familiar Win this old
fashioned remedy. also With Hhat the,
'otu tho 'smelhng medicine lam
uuu
Tnn doctor thon read o row verses
ul tho guspols. At THIS po'nt the Run
uiua HORSE. the father assisted tor 30
PRAYER The doctor asked tn"m to
hos, thor ncsds The navajo. who
nad , Hiur nhnd5ua tiol about h
head. r,rcrontiy removed 4 aud gave
oId,t. Goo th, three iftio children who
were s.ttne Uu a shccpshiu un tne OPP
a tp side uf the hogan. Goo how ih'tl
Dol .l. ThIa VIs ACCOMPLISHED .. tu
instance of The lttlc hoy Who was SIT
ting between his two Older sisters h'
thee horoically holdirs Doe head m
fhv pr, per attitude
Au aged sluaN was h,Wiu M sheep
sil.s Go IitH with ma OLD dull tt,t. hof
lu.f' COT These piece. -h' WN. uak,u-
nuW utorshuc-
Just hoipr %aprulchiug thr next ho-
pIl We gtV "a t1rclcrrcd narotuot"d
brave cot about ak summers 'hottoot-
INK 4 thruUgn the snuw tu a neigh
boring dwelling. How these people
do live through The winter weather
The tlothing ui ~" women aud child-
ron is exceedingly moasrc. 10 may h-
thought Dos some that THIS mode uf
llfr would harden them and prevent
them suUcriug from the pettS colds
AM plippes thHt ooicli the whit. man.
one thing We observed, that the "si'k
Nuajos were al women ana children
the mon. who dress very warmly now.
soIdcm huNi1g any ailments Also.
whom we. -uayac rrnping about shuru
a.: clothing s AZ %provcutor ui illness.
bat yiu cir draw AouT conclusions
when you kuuv -; The 'sicN' folks
V, visited had nothing but the white
man. common complaint -"rippc.
w were huwu noth'r stop IN the
800 " .....I.. ~. NHsH Lot. 81 th.
SECOND hogan We visited, The w"may
OF 40, house WAS catdluE the wonl
with Two small oardorR thus is the
first snpc pf the blanket industry.
speaking II the art of making hlpu-
kcts. It ire very intercsting go know
how the Nayaios learned this valuable
Industry. u seems that years ago the
Nalaio was one CO.. the ucrccst ui The
indian tribes. in fact the Spaniards
gave them their present name. calling
thvn NaNaio ,c Apache. II was their
wont 10 roam far iNly from huin- in
in the RIo U;randc valley and plnnd"r
the homos of the Splnurd settlers
over there. pn one of th"-r trips they
srcurcd several goats as their booty.
when tho Arrived home they gave
thcm to the women ami children who
were 1aiPhtcd with them. They tend
90 them ald IN a few years thcN a
quite "A numDer al Nocks. TIM IL th'
h%cginuing of the NaNniu blanket
At the second hogan We VISITED the
doctor was telling the Indian about
the Supday services hN the Domingo
Mt tho chapel. and asked him II he
know about the Domingo aad his
work. Wheroupon thu Indian, with =
smile. dug out a nour sack from the
pile oi shoepskins ia oLo c.rncr OF
tho hogan. ana h,san taluug ont vail
uablcH Of silNcrwnrc. bends. ana what
Wcic perhaps other TREASURES Finally
he came to a small p%ncknpo winch ne
carefully u%nwrappci dnd drew out
about a dozen of the little picture
cards with the Hlh'c lessons depleted
thereon, These hc showed go the doe
tor with a show at pride, telling him
that ho knew about the tonchingS nf
the missionaries,
There are s0mc people Who mn''-
tain that the navajo b. hotter of win
his own conceptions of religion than
With those az the white a Win
this We have quarrel Eut W. do think
that II rs perhaps n little better Tor
tho Indian to get way from the de,