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Show I g ! UlLuuiuijLUiii HU.tuJlUIuw.U HUtuJlUIuw.U HUtuJlUIuwU iiiuiuiunii . . lanIlHII ; ; ) i.niiin iniiin . niirn i ui III ii 1 i i I i inu m/J m J mi / n " IIIfIJ ill III m /fIJ fIJ / 'n n ' iiiii"iin iiiiiiin Ilf1"nn Ilf1nn ISM'hR ISMhR I ] [ | ] " ' " IllHll I 11 I nil HI I 1111 III 1 II U u in OJ it q ' ) DIUIIIIIIPIIII OrullUIIPIJJI UJHUJIPIJI ] In Ii u ! iM flUJ1 un J I 11111 1111 II I inn Jiln IllS J I i II i u I i m UI G i c f i nu ii I i 0 i mn IrlrUlnllJI ri pinnii.ii pinniiii rwntiut . f i nUJ nuiui nuil 1 0 I n ITILIU 5LIU IIJLlJlIIUIl nun liii in'ii inii 111'11 11111 liii ' ' I IHopi 11 I | H HL Hopi Opt -L L - Legendsg LegendsBy Legends egen d s I | s g By C . L . , CHRISTENSENFor CHRISTENSEN i 2 ; 2g ' g ( For 40 Years a MlS Missionary Misalonary . onary Among the H Hopi Jpl < and Navajo Indian Tribes ) I U . UUIlllmlWnnJlflllllluqWIWlUIIlIU LTWlIlL1IUUfflllIJ iiuuqwiwiuw ILjIL1UW IUUW 1111 tI HIUULlllllllllili1i ujiitw uiiiii I .10 10 u.w uw . . IiIUIi'1i IiIUIi1i itu , ' , . 'Ii"iIlUW IiiIlUW 'Ii"iIlUWI ' " I I The story of Tuba-wa Tuba wa - is as follows follows"I followsI ' I I"I "I I " am Tuba-wa Tuba wa - I won Tellesh-nim- Tellesh nim Tcllesh-nim-kl Tcllesh nim kl Telleshnimki Telleshnimhi - - - ki hi , , but she was never happy , , because becauseshe becauseshe becauseshe she did not have children She called calledherself calledherself calledherself herself Co-chee-nl-men Co chee nl men Co-chee-ni-men ni Co.chee-ni-men Co.cheenimen Co.chee Cochee - . - - ( The Bereav Bereav- Bereaved Bereaved Bereaved - - ed Queen ) Hir Hlr heart was burled in inher inher inher her youth , and to her I am only Tuba TubaI TubaOnce TubaOnce TubaOnce Once I 'c c ' \ ' was as the great Fletcher of 'Of ' our ourrace ourrace ourrace I race , as Indicated by my former name . When I first met Jacob Hamblin Hamblinand Hamblinand Hambllnand | and Ira Hatch , I then knew they were wereour wereour wereour our deliverers , although they were werecalled werecalled werecalled | called 'Mormons Mormons ' ' Hence , I Y , Woo-pah Woo pah Woopahmy Woopahmy Woo-pahmy Woo pahmy - ( my Hopi name ) , give you this true trueAMV < AM-V AM V - orwhat ofWhat of what hartocned hapPened hajpcned to me , to my I wife , and I3.nd I3nd . to my ' To me . , . In myoId my old age , , came a great greatsorrow greatsorrow greatsorrow sorrow when Co-chee-ni-men Co chee ni men - - - left me meand meand meand and married . a younger man Had she shedone shedone shedone done this in her younger days she shemIght shemight shemight mIght have raised ra1sed children to honor honorher honorher honorher her forefathers and land leave them a name nameon nameon nameon on earth We were married In honorI the thetemple thetemple thetemple I temple at St George , Utah , a great greatecUice greatedifice greatedifice ecUice edifice ! , somewhat similar to those my mypeople mypeople mypeople people used to build I fear it remind remind- reminded reminded reminded - ed my wife of the tragic traglc death ot of otPalakah ofPalakah ofPa-lakah ofPa lakah Pa-lakah Pa lakah - , and no man could fill f1ll his hisplace hisplace hisplace place in her heart Thus w " we ( " both go godown godown godown down to the grave In mourning " In 1882 Tuba , whom I met . again in inthat inthat inthat that year , said to me : I ' Woe-pah-ta-kah Woe pah ta kah - - - ( meaning A Tall TallMan Tallj'Man TallMan 1 j'Man jMan Man ' ; ; this is the name the Hopis HoplS have V"UIlIiJIiIiUIllIUIi VUIlIiJIiIiUIllIUIi 'I I ' " UIlllIlllLJUJIUI . * 1InIII , , ll1J ! II I III II I IIUJIUIIUIi IJJlUIIUt IIUII IIUl LI IItlJl IJIIJI II U I U Ii IIIIIUIUU ILJJiUIIJU II U III IU IJIIII .1111 1111 . k kgiven . . given me ) , , come with me inc to the Oraib1 Oralbi Oralbivillage Oraibivillage v1llage village and I will W1Il show you one ' of 'Of our ourmost ourmost ourmost most sacred services semces ; ; one like we uscd used uscdto usedto usedto to hold when we lived far to the south southand southand southand and had hud our temple rituals Do you know youknow that my people undertook to tobuild tobuild tobuild build a Sun temple as far north as asCoehoeIeeU asCoehoeleell asCoe-hoe-lee-U asCoe hoe lee U Coe-hoe-Iee-U Coe hoe Iee U Coe-hoe-lee-ll lee ll - - - ( Timber Mountain That ThatWas ThatWas ThatWas Was Consumed by Fire ; this samem'Ountain samemountain same mountain m'Ountain ' Is now now ' ' ' known as Mesa . Verde Verdeand Verdeand Verdeand and is located in southwestern Colorado Cobredo Colo- Colo Cob- Cob Colorado - rado redo ) This was as far north as we wewent wewent wewent went with temple bl building lding When the thefire thefire thefire fire was raging my people dug their theirw.ay theirway theirway w.ay way . out from underneath the ground groundand , and the holes from 'from ' which theyemerg they emerg emerg.e emerge emerg.eed emerged . " ed into a nearby can canyon "On On " exist to this thisday thisday thisday day . . The village v1llage is under a cave , , on onI onthe onthe onthe I the east sideof side side- - of the canyon Since that thatI thattime thattime thattime I . time we have to use our klvas kivas ( work workshops workshops shops ) " So Tuba and I arrived in the Oraib Oraibi Oraibivillage Oralblvillage- Oralblvillage OralblvillageAt ! I ISo village - . . . At night , when the service servicebegan servicebegan servicebegan began in a klva kiva about 60 feet long and and18 18 feet wide and ' . about 8.bout 8bout 18 feet high in intoo inth inthft too th . clear , they ' placed 'Placed me In the north north- northeast northeast northeast - east comer corner as Tuba's Tubas ' special guest . A Aveil Aveil Aveil veil was stretched across the west end endof endof endof of the . Uva 1.1va 11va kiva , about 10 feet from the thewest thewest thewest west ' wall 'wall Its color was purple and andit andit andIt it was of beautiful workmanship worlananship Near Nearthe Nearthe Nearthe the center cent.er . of or the veil were embroideredContinued ( Continued on Page P ee 4) 4 ) _ I HoLgends HoLgendsII Hopi ; LegendsContinued Legends LegendsCContinued ; II ( CContinued Contmued Continued from first pftiXc pac pare , ! ) \ I I cd , which whichI dre dressed figures t\\ t \ two t0 0 gorgeously of ofthe ofthe ofLthe this story One I will call dolls in dolls had its back turned u uother towardthe toward towardits the other otherhad the hadthe worshipers while t tits the olber had hadits toward them Thesetwo These Theset Thesetwo faca fac2 face tuincd tumed tuined its high priests priestswere , , representing t\\ t t0 two figures , \ \ 0 worshipped during the theI theceremonial theceremonial theceremonial I wcre were ceremonial to bo be Behind the veil , , in thespace the thespace I II IEipace of 10 feet between the veil and andthe andthe andthe I Eipace space the west wcst vest wall of the kiva , were three I t Imenchiefsrepresentmg tmenchiefsrepresenting . _ _ . , , men-chiefs-representmg men chiefs representmg men-chiefs-representing representing ' - - - i n the l-J l J lJa - a three threeI thrffi thrffiI - - - - Chief ChlCf Creators of Heaven , Man , Beasts BeastsI Beastsand I I with withI withdrums chiefs These thice thlee thiee and Fowl Fo\\l Fo l Fetal \ \ I I drums made music of some . sort .sort , andthe and andI andthe andthe the soundHIS'different sound alas \ was'different wasdifferent \HIS'different HIS'different HISdifferent ' ' different fiom flam from any drum drumI drumbe'lt drumbe'tt drumbeat I heardTwentyfour heard heardTwentyfour I ITwentyfour be'lt belt be'tt bett ' ' I 1 ' bad 'ad ad had ever I Twentyfourorshippers Twenty-four Twenty four - \ worshippers \orshippers orshippers , ; attended attendedthe attendedthe attendedthe the ceremoniz ceremomil cercmonl'l1 cercmonll1 ' ] The Theere They } ' \ - were \\-ere ere attired m in mbreech inbreech inbreech breech clouts and a ' remarkable t'ePlarkable tePlarkable whIte whiteapron whiteapron adorned with manydesigns many . liattci L3ttel iattei the apron , , I Iof ' , designs in gold colci COICI colei On the aprons apronsof apron apronsof < ; were a aI asquare asquare asquare I . leading worshippers of the tv two 0 square , , a compass a mallet and many manypretty manypretty manypretty pretty flowers The two figures-the figures the figuresthedollson figuresthedollson figures - - thedolls dolls-on dolls on - - on the veil , , representing high highI highpriests highpriests prIests prIestsere , \ were \\ere ere \ also lalso gorgeously attiredI attiredwith attiredwith attired I I wdth with vari-colored vari colored varicolored - - aprons and shrouds , , lor l or robes I I The robesThe hail hair of the worshippeis worshlppels worshippers was wasI wasI wasworn I worn down over their eyes lest by any anyI anychance anychance I Ichance I I I chance they should behold the three threeHoly thl thieeHoly ee eeHoly eeI I Holy Beings behind the veil The wor- wor worshIppers worshippers wor worshippers - I shippers were of solemn behavior , and andnot andnot andnot I TheyI not a word was uttered by them They Theywould Theywould Theywould andI I I would join jom hands in a sacred grip , , and andchange andchange andchange change these grips frequentlyI frequently I II ; I knew some of the worshippeis worshlppel worshippers s , and andI andI I am of the belief bellef that theyere they \ were \\ere ere mem- mem membels members mcm-beis mcm beis andI - I bels bers of a Masonic Masomc lodg lodge lodgC In the south south- southwest southwest southwest - west comer corner , near tho the veil , was placed placeda 3 a . tall jar In the jai Jal was a figure figurehaving figurehaving figure'having figurehaving ' having the appearance of a man TheHopis TheHoplS The ] Hopis HoplS called this figure Pue-wa-kah Pue wa kah PuewakahPrince PuewakahPrince Pue-wa-kahPrince Pue wa kahPrince - - - ( Prince of Devils ) When the wor- wor worshippers worshippers wor worshippers - shippers were rec receding ding from the veIl veIlI veIlthe veilthe veilthe I the figure's figures ' ' head would extend flom fiom flomout fiomout fiomout theI out the top of the jar , high into mto theair the theair theair I air , and the figure was presumed to beexerting be beexerting beexerting exerting its base influence mfluence for evilamong eVIl eVIlamong evilamong among the children of men When Whenthe Whenthe Whenthe the worshippers approached the vell veil veilthe , the figure would withdraw its head headbeneath headbeneath headbeneath beneath the top of the jar . , as if it did didI didnot didnot I not exist , were not present ( This Thistrick Thistrick Thistrick . trick was probably performed throughIthe through throughI throughthe Ithe the agency of concealed concea1ed wires Wlres or orStrings orstrings I Stnngs Strings , ) On top of the veil were two twodoves twodoves twodoves doves , moving forward and 'backward backward ' backwardand , and when they met they acted as ifthey if'they if if'they 'they they ' they w " were "ere ere ere mating matmg " ' ( Thisalso This - ulso -also also was wasmore , , more than likely , laccomplished n'comp1ished ncomp1ished iaccomplished ( ' by bymeans bymeans bymeans means of 'Of ' concealed strings strmgs or wires ) The Hopi worshippers Morshippers would rest restand restand , restand and smoke , and ' \ would ould ask me if the thewhIte thewhite thewhite whIte m men n had bad any ceremonial lIke likethis likethis I lIkeI this , and how I liked l1ked it They ex- ex explained explained ex explained - plained that the veil vell was a 13 very veryancient veryancient veryancient ancient , one and had been brought broughtfrom broughtfrom broughtfrom from a temple in the south country countryand , and that nothing like it could be madefor made madeI madeor madeor for or bought in m these days After they theyhad theyI theyhad theyhad I , had performed nearly the entire entll'e entlle ' nightthe night nightthe nightthe I the position of the two figures on theveil ther theveIl the theveil { veil was W.3S W3S . reversed , and one of the menI men menbehind I { behind the veil , representing one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the creators , shouted "Massahumpb "Massahumptowah "Massahumptuwah "Mas-sah-ump- "Mas Mas sah ump "Massahumpituwah " - - - b itu-wah itu wah tu-wah tu to-wah to tuwahI tuwahThe - , " I ' ( The late Colonel A M MSre MStephens MStephens Sre Stephens " hens , . a learned Scottish gentlem gentlen gentlem'in gentle- gentle - t t m min m'in ' \n n ' \ , who wrote the entire HOpI HOpIlanguage Hopilanguage Hopilanguage language most accurately , , with conecfc concct correct correctspelling concctf concctSp f , Sp spelling l1111g and interpretation , , said to me meI methat methat methat that "Mas-sah "Mas Mas sah " - " may mean Moses , , and and"Umptuwah and"Umptowah and"Ump-tu-wah and"Ump andUmp tu wah I "Ump-tu-wah "Ump Ump tu wah "Ump-to-wah to " - - " means We Hand YouSomething You YouSomethmg YouSomething Somethmg Something to Live by At any rate ratethe , , the Hopi w " word ord ' 'Mas-sih-ump-tu-wah"means 'Mas Mas sih ump tu wah"means wahmeans ' Mas-s\h-ump-tu-v Mas s h ump tu v Mas-sah-ump-tu-w sah w - ' \ - - - . ah " means Law-gn Law gn Law-giver Law giver Law-gner gner - er So said ColonelStephens Colonel ColonelStephens ColonelStephens Stephens "Hopi"the Hopithe He ga\e ga e ga"e gae gale \ " us theord the \ word \\ord ord \ "HOpI HOpI " " the correct spelling , not "Hoopea Hoopea " , , " asformerly as asI asformerly asformerly formerly spelled He also give gives ' ) thecorrect the theconect theconect I conect correct spelling spellmg of the word 'Moen- 'Moen Moen Moen- 'MoenI 'Moenkopi 'Moen-kopi 'Moen Moen kopi ' MoenI Moenkopi - I kopi ' " , not Moen Coppy , , " the formerusage former formerI formerusage formerusage I usage Colonel Stephens lived l1ved many manyyears manyI manyyears manyyears I years in Keams Ke-ams Ke ams - Canvon Canyon Can on , Alizona Arizona , andwas and andwas andwas I was postmaster and clerk for T V VKearns VKeams VKeams Kearns Keams ; he ' was Baas as greatly inteiested intelested interested and andwell andwell andwell well t ' versed 'ersed ersed ersed in Indian lore For the theinfOlmatlOn theinformation theinfoimation I andI infOlmatlOn information of pioneci pioncel pioneer residents of ofUtah ofUtah ofUtah Utah I will state that Colonel Stephens Stephenswas Stephenswas Stephenswas was railway agent at Ybik Ycnk Thik , Utah ( m in inJuab mJuab mJuab I Juab ' county 'COunty ) , when that place w \ as the thetelmmus theteiminus thetei telmmus teiminus minus of the old Salt Lake lRll"ay lRllay railway lailwayin " , , heI m in 1875 I knew him at York YorJ . , , and he hetold hetold I told men many Hopi legends some ofwhich of ofvhich I ofI Much which ( are incoipoiaied 111colpolafed incorporated in m this naHa- naHa naira- naira nairafive naira-tive naira tive - l'tlve ltlve naHal'tlve ' five ) I ' II IThe The high ' priests 'PrIests of 'Of ' the Hopis would wouldmak.e wouldmake wouldmake mak.e make . great demands of the people forthe for forthe forthe I the temple services , , such as Cap- Cap Capperahoeyea Capperahoeyea Cap-pera-hoe-yea Cap pera hoe yea - pera-hoe-yea pera hoe yea - - ( young male gats ) for forspecIal forspecial forspecial specIal sacrifices , at other times they theydemanded demanded a clean young sheep , and andalso andalso andalso also doves The sacrifices were cooked cook cook- cooked cooked - ed and in part consumed as food feod The high Thehigh priests went among the people , peoplewearing wearing frightful masks as head cov- cov coverings coverings cov coverings - erings One , , in particular , , wore a agourd agourd agourd gourd on top of his headand head and -and - another anotherunder anotherunder anotherunder under withteeth his jaws , both gourds filled wIth teeth gavesacrifices The people most liberally gave sacrifices They made the t11e children articlesto hand childrenhand to the high priests the articles to be sacrificed , and the |