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CHRISTENSEN z zFor i | For ( ( For 40 Yars Years ( ? a Missionary Among the Hopi and Navajo Indian Tribes ) _ Oraibi village is the capital of the theHopi theHopi theHopi Hopi people , and in 1877 it had theI athousand a athousand athousand I thousand inhabitants Located to the thewest thewest thewest west of the village vilIage , stands a large rock rocksphinx-like rocksphinx like , , I IsphInxlike sphInx-like sphInx like - in appearance , namedJ namedOraibi namedOraibi named J iOraibi Oraibi ; so highly is this rock esteemedthat esteemed I Ithat 1that that the Hopis almost worship it . To Tome Tome Tome me a Hopi chief described this rock rockthus rockthus rockthus ' ' . thus "Do Do " you not see him facing the thesouth thesouth thesouth south with his well-set well set - eyes ? He has hasa hasa a hooked nose , . his ear is large , and so sois sois sois is his forehead ; his js mouth is closed closedabove closedabove closedabove above a well-formed well formed - chin . Can you younot younot younot not see that his abundant ab1U1dant hair Is Isparted isparted isparted parted on his left side with his right righthand righthand9 - hand ? ' He has brought his hair back backover backover 0\ 0 0er over \ er and between both ears He is the thevery thevery thevery very image of our forefathers , who whowere whowere whowere were the image of the First Man . We Wehave Wehave Wehave have no paper to remind us of him himand , and so the Creator made his likeness likenessin in stone . We have a stone in our ourvillage ourvillage ourvillage village with writings on it We show show- showed showed showed - ed to Ira Hatch , , Andrew S GIbbons Gibbonsand , and to a man named Shelton , , but butneither butneither butneither neither could couId read or decipher the thewriting thewriting thewriting writing " ( The Thc "writing writing " ' is as follows , the thecharacters thecharacters thecharacters characters carved into the face of the therock therock therock rock " . ( : r\,4v11 r ,4v11 4v11 \ , & It is estimated to be two thousandyears thousand thousandyears thousandyears years old , so I was told by a thousandI geologist geologistThe geologistThe geologistiThe I , The three white men named in thepreceding the thepreceding thepreceding preceding were the first , , with Jacob JacobHamblin JacobHamblin JacobHamblin Hamblin , to visit the seven HOPi Hcpi Hcpitowns Hcpltowns ! towns . Ira Ha Hatch h was compelled tolive to tolive tolive live in Oraibi Oraibl village vlIlage for six months monthswhen monthswhen monthswhen when Navajo Indians stole his own and andShelton's andShelton's andSheltons . Shelton's Sheltons ' ' horses Brigham Young Youngsent Youngsent Youngsent sent a posse of twenty-five twenty five - men to torecover torecover torecover recover the horses . J . W . Whitmore Whitmoreof , , of Ncphi Nephi , Utah , , . who was a member of ofthis ofthis ofthis this posse , is the solo sole survivor of the _ m . _ _ . . . . . . . , . . " . .u u . n , ' , ' , Id " " , . "IUII IUII " IIIIIUUI1I1IUIJJUU IIUlU II IIIU UI . . group theIndians of pioneers who lived among the colonization Indians during durmg the days of coloniza colonIZa- - - tion ) During the three and one-half one half - years that yearsthat Tuba lived in my home he seem seem- seemed seemed seemed - ed to be an unhappy man , and very veryuncommunicative very1U1communicative 1U1communicative uncommunicative But at times he hewanted hewanted hewanted wanted peopleabout to speak about his people , about their history , about their re- re re - - ligion religion . . He said on one occasion ' . "Do Do " you know that we have a great greatstone stone in Oraibi Oralbi village , with writing on it anit onit two thousand years old ? It says that saysthat at the time the writing was plac plac- placed plac- plac placed placed - - ed on the stone the earth was level in inthis thIs part of the land , and that these thesevll1ages thesevillages thesevillages vll1ages villages were built bullt at that time You Yousee Yousee Yousee see these logs in our klvas kivas are long longand longand longand and they are heavy . " ( Note-I Note I Note - - 1 esti- esti estimate estimate esti estimate - - mate the logs to be forty feet long and forty andforty Inches thick , , hewn on two sIdes by sidesby some sort of an ax The work is iswell iswell iswell well executed ) "I I "r r " offer you this evidence , " , " he con- con con - tinued continued , "to to " prove that we had no nomeans nomeans nomeans means whatIs of bringing the logs bogs up to what 18 is now a high eminence We had hadneither hadneither hadneither neither wagons nor large horses to bring tobring the heavy logs up to this moun moun- - tain mountain tain"We "We We " had many small horses-pintos horses pintos horses - - pintosand , and yellow and black ones-and ones and ones - - and the thefarther thef.arther f.arther farther . south you went the more num num- numerous numerous numerous - erous they were But this country was wasa wasa wasa a level , heavy-timbered heavy timbered heavy-t1mbered t1mbered - land , and we wecouId wecould wecould heavytimbers couId could never have brought the heavy timbers with horses to what is now an anuplanc anuplanc anupland uplanc : . ? . Our horses at that time Ume "cre cre were "cretoo weretoo " weretoo too small , too light 11ght 11ghtI 11ghtSee I ' See the Coe-hoe-Iee-li Coe hoe Iee li Coe-hoe-lee-ll lee ll Coo-hoc-lee-If Coo hoc If - - - mountain mountainMesa mountainMesa mountainMesa standingtimber sbndIngtimber ( Mesa Verde ) There still st111 is sbndIng standing timber on it , and from Ni-at-takah Ni at takah NiattakahSan NiattakahSan Ni-at-takahSan Ni at takahSan - - ( San Francisco mountain ) to Car-na- Car na Carnaroe Carnaroe Car-na-roe Car na roe - - roe ( Sheep mountain , or Lizard Head Headin , in Colorado ) , . stretched a solid so11d growth growthof growthof of pine timbers Can you not see the thebig thebig thebig big Petrified Forest that was burned burnedby burnedby burnedby by fire which rained down fromContinued from fromI I ( Continued Cont1nued on Pace Page 4) 4 * ) Hopi LegendsI LegendsContinued Legends I ( Continued Contmued fromi frOtnl from first page pa6e ) heaven0 heaven ? " It consumed many people peopleas , as well as trees and ! ammals"There animals"There animals ammals animals"There "There"ias "There There " \ " was \"ias "ias ias a race of white people peoplehere peoplehere peoplehere here , , too All AIl of this race were de- de destroyed destroyed de destroyed - - stroyed . , with mth the exception of two--a two a two-a two - - aboy iboy I Iboy boy and a girl-who girl who girl girl - who had sought refugein refuge refugeIn refugein refugeI I In a Cliff D\\ D Dwellers Dellers \ ellers ' ' house and hiddenthere hidden hiddenI hiddenthere hiddenthere I there They Thgy Th y were young and mnocent innocent innocentso , I ! so a great eagle brought them down downfrom downfrom downfrom ' I downI from the cliff cllff and sat them among our ourI ourpeople ourpeople ourpeople ourI I people , , who cared for them . and nour nour- nourished nourished nourished - I ished them These two , , the boy andthe and andI andthe andthe theI I the girl , are < the progenitors progemtors of theAlbinos the theAlbinos I Albinos , or white IndiansI Indians"A Indians"A Indians Indians"A ' I "A A " fearful earthquake occurred aft.er after aft.erI aft.erthe afterthe afterthe . the fire from heaven rained down on onus onus onus I us Can you not see these valleys valleysappear valleysappear valleysappear9 appear ? " ' See , , the great city Tallahhogan Tal-lah- Tal lah TallahI Tallahhogan Tal-lah-hogan Tal lah hogan - - - hogan IThe The Singing Smging City ) is lying flat flaton flaton flaton I flati on th the | earth , shaken to pieces , , and andthe andthe andthe the people buned buried m in the earth , justsouth just justsouth justsouth south bf hf of Shi-pow-i-labey Shi pow i labey Shi-pow-I-Iabey Iabey - - - ( Peach Vil- Vil ViI- ViI Village ViIlage Vil Village - I justI lage ) The great city west of Shl- Shl Shi- Shi Shlmaepahbey Shimoepahbey Shi-moe-pah-bey Shi moe pah bey - mae-pah-bey mae pah bey moe-pah-bey moe - - village ( Plenty Suooly SUDDJy Suunly ofWater of ofWater ofWater Water ) , on the point pomt of the hill , alsowas also alsowas alsowas was destroyed The point pomt of the hm hill hilla , a cliff chff , was greatly dIsfIgured"There disfigured"There disfigured disfigured"There "There There " also was a time of total totaldarkness totaldarkness totaldarkness darkness , , and no fire could bekiiidled bekiiidledto be , . kindled kindledto to provide light to see All the elements elements ele- ele elements - \ments ments \ ments were in m commotion-frightful commotion frightful commotionfrightfulthunder commotionfrightfulthunder commotion - frightfulthunder thunder and lightning , and lerce fierce lercewmdsand fiercewindsand fiercewinds wmds-and wmds and winds-and winds - - and the people were alarmedOn alarmed alarmedOn alarmedOn On the earth nothing could stand standsafely standsafely standsafely safely . . "The The " Hopis , the Navajoes , the theApachesthey t theApaches h e eApachesthey Apaches-they Apaches they - - they all 1l tared fared alike aIlke They Theywere Theywere Theywere were buried burled with a shallow covermg covering covermgof coveringof coveringof of earth A prairie dog \ wolked worked 01 hed his hisway hisway hisway way out from beneath the earth cov- cov covermg covering cov covering - ering ermg , , thereby discovering discovermg light TheHopis The TheHOP15 TheHopis HOP15 Hopis and the Apaches helped the theNavaJocs theNavaloes theNavajoes NavaJocs Navaloes to escape from beneath the theearth theearth earth covering covermg first , when the Nava Nava- NavaJoec Navaloes Navajoes - joes Joec loes ; had all emerged into the light of ofday ofday ofday day they placed a large rock over the thehole thehole thehole hole from which they had emerged emergedand , , and left the other people to get out outas outas outas as best they could"A could"A could could"A "A A " crickett followed a grass root up- up upward upward up upward - ward emergedfrom and when the creature emerged from the depths into mto the open air we wesaw wesaw wesaw saw light again agam and we helped each eachother eachother eachother other out , and again we were in thelight the thelight thelight light of day In our own land But Butsince Butsince Butsince since that day the Navajo people have havenever havenever havenever never been relied , or depended upon , by uponby the Hopis " I asked Tuba what he thought was the wasthe reason , , or cause , of all aU this d de- de destruction de destruction - struction structlon , , and replied " ' believe belleve "Pea-he "Pea Pea he " - " ( I do not know ) . , "I I " be- be be - lieve lleve it was the anger of the Great GreatCreators GreatCreators GreatCreators Creators We had wise men among amongour amongour amongour our people who foresaw these events eventsand eventsand eventsand and them.These themThese who told Mold the people of them , . These wise men told us not to He lie , nor norsteal norsteal norsteal steal , , nor defraud , , nor k1ll . kill , nor com com- comnut commit commit - mit nut adultery . They told us all these tl ti thesetiansgresslons thesetl theseti ansgressions ansgresslons were great sins sms andvery and andvery andvery very displeasing in the sight of the nrf'f\t nrf'f nrff t ' \ . of all - - sun . , ' ' , J | Great Creators allthe ithe the stars , , the moon , and of all living livingcreatures livingcreatures ' creatures on the earth The Crcators Creators Crcatorsdeemed Creatorsdeemed Creatorsdeemed I deemed Man to be the best workman workman- workmanship workmanship workmanship - ship of their hands , , and hence Manwas Man ManI Manwas Manwas I was to be clean , , and to him the , I Ipronagation jpronagation pronagation of mankind must be aI asacred asacred a asacred I sacred , duty The sins of the people , [ especially the commission of adulteryl adulterylI adultery adulteryhave , , I have caused the destruction of many manynations manynations manynations nations , , of many peoples Our people peoplehad peoplehad peoplehad had departed ! ! from the ways taught manyI bythe by byl I I l the counsel COUI1Sel of the Fathers from thebeginning thebeginning the thebeginning [ beginning , and these wise men , whosaw who whosaw whosaw saw reIjected far into mto the future , , had been re-I re I re- re rejected re rejected - I jected by the people and many of ofthem ofthem ofthem them had been put to death " I Tuba's Tubas ' opinions why the I Igreat Igreat Igreat I ) IThe The These e were great destruction had come He said saidthat saidthat saidthat that the events related had truly beI beI befalIen befallen be- be befallen - I ' fallen falIen his forefathers , . and 3.nd 3nd that the thesurvivors thesurvivors thesurvivors I I | survivors of the destruction have haveI havebrought havebrought havebrought brought the history of the events to totheir totheir totheir their children as an obligation obl1gation to their theirreligIon theirreligion theirreligion religIon and for the preservation ofthe of | the lives of the people"We people peopleI I I "We We " handed the history down from fromfather fromfather fromfather father to son , , " he said "Before.e "Before Before " \.e .e ire ireI1Qst \ welost . .eI .eIQst I I1Qst IQst the art of writing it was written writtenBut writtenBut writtenBut But because of our endless wars wehave wehave we wej j have lost our written record " ( To be continued contmued ) |
