Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-02-18

ly denounced the sending of pennileSs
patients to the west without arrange
ments having been made for their
maintenance. At the conclusion of
his talk the anticipating committee
reported. Ae resolution has been for
warded the city manager asking that
the ordinance relating to the nuisance
be enforced. and that notice be posted
in all public places. The Woman's
club, high school parent teacher as
ISOLATION and Harmony club have en-
dorsed the leagues action. The league
will hold its next meeting Wednesday
afternoon at the chamber of commerce
when compulsory education in the
public schools will be discussed. The
president, Mrs. H. d. Henderson, will
preside.
The College club will meet Wednes-
day afternoon, Miss Isabel Irwin be-
ing in charge of the John Burroughs
program. Burroughs Breath of Life
will be received by Miss Irwin and
he discussion to follow will he led
by Mrs. Robert Fisher and Miss Helen
Armstrong. The hostesses at the So
'ial hour will be Mrs. c. A. Coldren
Mrs. It. w. Duncan and Miss Elizabeth
crumbee.
he press committee of the Woman's
Tub has prepared the following ac-
cunt Of the program presented al
he club on Tuesday:
The illustrated lecture on The
Prehistoric Ruins of Mesa Verde by
|. Dean William Scarlet, together with
he music and interpretive Indian
iances given by the pupils of the
phoenix Indian school, was one of the
most interesting programs given by
he Woman's club this year Dean
Scarlett travelled through the Mes;
ierde country last summer taking
many interesting pictures of the Pre-
historic ruins which were used to il
ustrate his talk.
People are becoming much inter-
,sted in the great archaeological work
If Dr. Fewkes?" continued Mrs Nc
Neff who then touched upon the
points brought out by the lecture
In Mesa Verde we End over two
hundred dwellings of these prehistoric
people which have been uncovered
iaid Mrs. McNeff in quoting the
speaker.
These people We're supposed to be-
ong to the monaghan race who landed
in our eastern coast and finally after
he lapse of no one knows how much
ime, found their way down into the
,reat southwest, where they found ma
.ural dwelling places in the great
,aVes followed out of the sides o
sheer cliffs in which they began the
ERECTION of their stone dwelings-as
he family grew thhe dwellings, grew,
until the cave was filled and took or
he appearance of a city. chff palace
or instance had over two hundred
looms. Near the cave which they
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poured forth water for domestic use
m Balcony House" there are still two
abundant springs of clear cold water
IT the back of the cave. In many o.
-hcse dwellings the timbeIs are in I;
perfect state of preservation today.
These prehistoric people were ag
MISUNDERSTANDING their crops -ano
lerding their animals in the valleys
)elow--by day and at night, climbing
O their cliff homes. Life was hare
lnder the best conditions.
In the course of time as these caves
became over crowded they began the
juilding of pueblos on top of the
mesa where we find them today. DIR.
pueblo in the park last summer and
ound many interesting relics of these
.ncient people.
Some time about the year 1900 A
D.. they left their homes in the Mesa
Verde, probably being driven opt by
hanging climatic conditions-nautral-
Y they followed the course of the
;treams southwark where conditions
were less hard. We estimate tn,
lime of their departure by the aid
II the trees found i'm the ruins
Accumulated evidence today leads
rs to believe that the pueblo Indians
If northern New Mexico and Arizona
IRE the defendants of the different
clans of these cliff dwellers Dr.
'ewkes thinks the Hcpi Indians are
The descendants of the strain of cliff
Iwellers who once inhabite the Mesa
Verde. because of the similar type OF
lwellings-culture and many legends
of the Hopis which all point to this
conclusion. AS time goes on we hope
% know more of this prehistoric
race.
Following the interesting talk by
Dean Scarlet ard by reason of the
strong contrast between the Indian
of yesterday and the Indian of toda,
made the more interesting to the
crowded house came the wonderful
indian dances-so well executed by
he pupils of Phoenix Indian school.
The Kachina dance in which the
young boys between the ages of IA
and 20 go out at sunrise in the spring
Of the year and execute a dance
praying for good crops for their peo-
pie. Then the flute song with its
call TO the birds to come back as
winter has gone and spring has come
and again the wonderful buffalo
dance which interprets how the young
Indian men hunt for the buffalo
lind him-spear him first on one side
then the OF her-thpu emf II uI--diyide
it-some of the boys are represented
Is running home with their share
Dthers run to the forest for maidens
o help cook the meats etc. all so
we'll illustrated by the graceful move
ments of these children of the ancient
race of Indians.
There comes the present day edu
eation of the red mans children. A
iuet-clarinet and cornet by two stu
dents of the school-which was a
credit TO any school. While the man
lgement of the Indian school does not
encourage the keeping alive" of the
songs and dances of the ancestors OF
these children. neither do they dis
courage tie practice. However ii
I'may he of interest to the public to
know just how these children who
nave been students of the school
since they were six years old could
master these dances of their fathers
1t was done in this way. The boys
wrote to the reservation beyond Flag
staff for description Of these dances
The costumes worn in the regular
dance by their people Mr.. Stacy
their teacher at the school helped the
boys and girls work out the interpre-
tation of each dance, and with the
costumes with such gorgeous am