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" muumiaui " " " " " " " " amm " " " - - - - - The Albinos were treated m a very verycruel verycruel verycruel cruel manner until the missionaries missionariespersuaded missionariespersuaded missionariespersuaded persuaded the Indians Indian to extend to tothem tothem tothem them a more kindly kmdly treatment The TheAlbInos TheAlbinos TheAlbinos AlbInos were forbidden to iriarry marry The Themen Themen Themen men were made eunuchs , , and the thewomen thewomen thewomen women were treated with herbs that thatcaused thatcaused thatcaused caused them to be barrenMy barrenMy barren barrenMy My first fll"st fllst " introduction to these people peoplewas peoplewas peoplewas was in February , 1877 , when a . com- com company com company - pany of six elders of the Mormon Mormonchurch Mormonchurch Mormonchurch church visited the Hopis The names namesof namesof namesof of these elders are . President Lot LotSmith LotSmith LotSmith Smith of the Arizona Pioneer Colon Colon- Colonization Colonization - ization ation Company , located at Sunset ; Bishop George Lake of Brigham City Cityor , or rather Brigham Fort ; : ( the fort fortwas fortwas fortwas was constructed to withstand the in- in invasion In Invasion - vasion of Apaches , for it was situated situatedon on the north border of the Apache Apachecountry Apachecountry Apachecountry country ; ' ) so )0 0 co perilous were v.erc verc . condit1o conditions conditionsthere conditionsthere there at the time , 1877 . , that it whs was wassaid whssaid wassaid ! said there were enough dead mailcarriers mail mailcarriers mailcarriers carriers along the route to supply mile mileposts mileposts mileposts posts from Sinta S\nta S nta Santa ' \ Fe to Prescott ) ; : Warren M Tmney TInney Trnney , a . youth ; : Joseph JosephWakefield JosephWakefield JosephWakefield Wakefield , and C L Christensen ( the thelast thelast thelast last two t'Wo ' men being in a fair way then thento thento thento to be become ome prominent Indian interpreters inter inter- interpreters interpreters - preters ) , and last , but not least , that thatwonderful thatwonderful thatwonderful wonderful pioneer , Ira . Hatch , who whohad whohad whohad had . spent six months m exile wIth wIththIs withthus withthis thIs thus peculiar race of people , and who whohad whohad whohad had been greatly befriended by them themBJatch themHatch themHatch BJatch Hatch was our pilofc pilot and guide Wetraveled We WeI Wetraveled Wetraveled I traveled sixty-five sixty five sLxty-five sLxty - miles mlles in a north- north northeasterly northeasterly north-easterly north easterly - easterly direction and found a small smallspring smallspring smallspring spring with , perhaps , water enough to tofill tofill tofill fill a hat , just enough to quench the thethirst thethirst thethirst thirst of a few mourning doves One Oneof Oneof Oneof of the company v . was aas as requested to offer offera offert offerto t\ t to \ tbrief brief pra prater prayer er and to dedicate dedicat the thespring thespring thespring spring , and I 1 remember that the man | said waterfor ; ' "Oh Oh " o ; , , Father , increase i : ie this water for the good of ehe [ these people e , who are ! living areliving ina in a desert land ; they are short shortof shortof shortof of ofater \ water \\ater ater . Also that the weiary weary wdary traveler travelermay travelermay travelermay may quench his thirst " travelerI I pioneers It was the custom among all pion pion- pion- pion - - theland eers in the Indian country to bless the land and the water , wherever we went wentand wentand wherever we located This Thls water wateror , . or Ea1sibetoeLittle EalsibetoeLittle spring , was named Ea1-si-be-toe Ea1 si be toe Eal-si-be-toe Eal Eal-si-be-toeLittle Eal si be toeLittle - - - ( Little Water ) In 1924 , when I againwas again againwas againwas was at the place , this spring provided providedwater providedwater providedwater water in plenty to suffice for four fourhundred hundred fourhundred head of cattle and horses Let horsesLet the reader laugh , if 1f he will wiII , but butsuch butsuch butsuch such is the power pov.er pover . of faith . and .and of ofprayer ofprayer ofprayer ofprayerWhen prayer prayerWhen When our company came ca.nw canw . to Wlthin within withinsix Wlthinsix withinsix six miles of the mesa on which are aresituated aresituated aresituated villagesTawah situated the three eastern villages- villages villages - - Ta-wah Ta wah - ( Mixed People ) , Shl-chlng-J- Shl chlng J Shi-thing-i- Shi thing i ShlchlngJmoeby Shithingimoeby Shi-chlng-1-moeby Shi chlng 1 moeby - - - - - moeby ( Starve to Death ) , land and Wah-pit Wah pit - - ( Wah-pitHighest Wah pitHighest WahpitInghest WahpitHighest Inghest Highest 'Up-a 'Up Up a ' Up Up-a Up a ) - a conference conferenceas was \\as as \ heldas held heldas heldas as to what our reception would be be.The beThe . . The village vllJage designat designated d as "Starve Starve " to toDeath toDeath toDeath Death " is so nam namd named -d d 'd < ' - because trodition tradition troditionsays traditionsays traditionsays : population says that many years ago the popula popula- - - tion was threatened thre\tened thre tened thre'itened threitened ' \ ' with extermina extermina- extermination extermination extermination . - resultingfamine tion due to a drougth drougthand - -and and - resulting resultingfamine famine To this day the people of this thisvillage thisvillage thisvillage village are classed as a poor people peoplealwi , alw\ alw alws alw'rys alwrys ' ' \ s in needNo needNo need needNo No other othcr al animals maIs than dogs , md and andoccasionally andoccasionally mdoccasionaIIy occasionaIIy occasionally cats , have ever been in inWahpit inWalipit inWah-pit inWah pit Wah-pit Wah pit Wali-pit Wali - , the highest town on themesa the themesa themesa mesa Just before one arrives at this thistown thistown thistown town a . place is found on the meSa meSawhere mesawhere mesawhere where the width is only six SlX to eight eightfeet eightfeet ciglitfeet feet , and here the traveler climbs up upand upand upand and over a rock twelve feet high ; in inthe inthe inthe the centuries so heavy and persistentContinued persistent ( Continued Continue < ! on Page 4) 4 ) I _ _ . I Hopi LegendsII LegendsContinued Legends II i iContinued ( Continued Contmued fronii from first pa6'e pa6e page pa ' e ) I this rock that a adepression adepression adepression has been travel over | depression has been worn in it so deep deepthat deepthat deepthat tall standing init In Init mlit that a man six feet it is visible only from the waist waict ; up upThis upThis upThis limit for horses orburros orburros or This point is the ! burros packing a . . load and from helc here helcon hereon heicon 1S is 1Scamed iscarried iscarried its nature , . the load , whatever on camed carried by hand to " the village The Thevillage Thevillage handes"note handesnote handes"noteoccupy occupy village itselfmore itself does not occupy space spacemore spacemore more than nine Y'u Yu yiids ' ds in width , but butborne butdone butborne borne done of the castles casUes , or houses hOU5CS , arc are arcmore aremore arcmore than sixty-five sixty five - feet high , some someof someof someof more contain as many as onehundred onehundred one jhundred of the h houses uses oneI I Ione rooms Only theone theone the hundred and twenty Ta- Ta Ta-Wah Ta Wah TaWah Wah , leads up to the theme themesa themesa one trill tr"tiI trtiI trail " , , via - theI in sight of ofthese ofthese ofthese I me mesa When Whpn we came these people they seemed to swarm swarmfrom swarmfrom , from their houses like beesI beesThey beesThey bees I ' They sent a delegation to escort us usinto usinto usinto into the towns , with the instructions il1 instructionsto tructlons tructlonsI tructlonsto I , that if we weie weiC were considered con- con considered con considered - to the delegation con-\ con \ sidered to be of a doubful nature the theescort theescort theescort behind us , but If IfI Ifwe ifwe ifwe I escort v . was was hs to fall in we 'were were > ' were considered con.cfdered concfdered . : , to be friendly friendlythen , us usWen usWell usWell to precede then the escort was deemed to be beof beof bei Wen Well , evidently we were of a doubtful nature , as the escort feU fell feUIn fellin fell'in fellin the inten- inten intentions intentions inten-1 inten 1 - - ' In behind us This move , tions of the people nnd rmd rand of the escort escortof , unknown unhnown to us usAscendmg usAscending usAscending then ; of course , was [ [ Ascendmg Ascending the winding sindmg \ Indmg trail we en- en encountered encountered cn-i cn i - countered a peculiar pecuhar sight There were weremen weremen weremen men behind every rock rook lining Imlng the traIl trailall , all armed anned with bow and arrows , darts dartsand dartsand dartsand and spears , even a few old guns , most most- mostly mostly mostly - ly flint locks , land and other ancient fll'eI fireI fll'earms firearms fire fll'e flle ' I the thehands thehands thehands | arms were seen now and then in hands of some of the men I do not notI notbelieve notbelieve notbelieve I believe that any of the fire arms had hadevel hadeves hadevci evel eves been fired by the people now own own- owning owning - ownIing ing them We laughed , for fer we own-I own I were werewitnessing werewitnessing werewitnessing witnessing a sight never beheld any- any anywhere anywhere any anywhere - where else on the trail trall that had led ledus ledus ledus us here When hereWhen we reached rdached the top of the themesa themesa themesa mesa and came to the town the chief chiefberated chiefberated chiefberated berated the escort foi fOl for its folly , and he heapol heapolcCized heapolcfcized apol apolcCized Ized to Ira Hatch , whom the theHopis theHopis theHopis Hopis had named Pue-yam-ey Pue yam ey - - . ( Hatch Hatchwas Hatchwas Hatchwas was extremely bow-legged bow legged - and land when whenhe whenhe whenhe he preached to the Indians in dead deadearnest deadearnest deadearnest earnest he would swing swmg his arms and andbend andbend andbend bend his bowed legs ) Hence the Hopiname Hopi Hopiname Hopiname " Light LIght- LIghting Lighting Lighting - name , which means "An An Eagle ing on the Ground " We found in the town a splendId splendIdSpamsh splendidSpanish splendidSpanish Spamsh Spanish interpreter who had been to toCalIfornia toCalifornia toCalifornia CalIfornia twelve times , traveling via viathe viathe viathe the Yuma desert His Indian name namewas namewas namewas was Pa-la-kah Pa la kah Pa-Ia-kah Ia - - ( Master of Languages Languagesa ) , a veryancient very very- - ancient name As Lot smith smithh'ad Smithhad Smithhad h'ad had ' been to California Callfornia as a member memberof memberof of the Mormon Battalion Battallon , and as he healso healso healso also spoke Spanish , these two men menI menfound menfound menfound found plenty to talk about and they theybecame theybecame I became fast friends , . this frIendshIp frIendshIpenduring friendshipenduring friendshipenduring enduring as long as either lived When WhenSmith WhenLot WhenLot ' Lot Smith lost his life 1ife through the thetroo'chery thetreachery thetrelachery troo'chery troochery treachery . ' of an insane man ( a Nava- Nava NavaJO Navajo Nava-jo Nava jo - - JO ) , Pa-la-kah Pa la kah - - - mourned as if he had hadlost hadlost hadlost lost a brother , for Lot Smith was the thebest thebest thebest best friend fnend the Indians had , and he hewas hewas was \ as the constant benefactor of the theRed theRed theRed Red MlanWhen lV1anWhen Mian Mlan lV1an MianWhen When we came to Oraibi village a afme afine afine fme fine reception was tendered , us It so sohappened sohappened sohappened happened that Tuba was visiting vlsltmg m in mthe inthe inthe the village , and when he saw Pue-yam- Pue yam Pueyamey Pue-yam-ey Pue yam ey - - - ey , his old friend fnend , there was some em- em embraClrg embracirg em-bracirg em bracirg - braClrg bracirg in Indian fashion , a true sign signof signof signof of love and friendship friendslup Ira Hatch in- in informed Informed in informed - formed Tuba that the Mormons had hadcome hadcome hadcome come to settle this country , and Tuba TubaleJOlced Tubarejoiced Tubaicjoiced leJOlced rejoiced When Lot Smith was intro mtro- mtro intro- mtroduced introduced introduced - duced as taS a member of the Mormon MormonBattallon MormonBattalion MormonBattalion Battallon Battalion , of whom the Indians had hadheard hadheard hadheard heard as being their thell ' liberators from fromcaptIvlty fromcaptivity fromcaptivity captIvlty captivity in tne the town of Albuquerque Albuquerquein in 1864 , there was more reJolcmg rejoicing reJolcmgPaIakah rejoicingPalakah rejoicingPa-la-kah rejoicingPa la kah Pa-Ia-kah Pa Ia kah Pa-la-kah la - - was still with us land and "as as was wasthe "asthe " wasthe the main mam spokesman of the party I do donot donot donot not recall a more interesting Interestmg time than thanthe thanthe thanI the night I spent in Oraibi Oralbl at thIS thIStIme thistime thistime tIme , listening lIstemng to the experiences e\.perlences e.perlences e .perlences perlences ' \ . of ofthe ofthe ofI the old timers The next day we wevisited \ v\evisited v evisited \ e eviSited viSited every . part 3.rt 3rt of the village We Wesaw Wesaw Wesaw saw thp the old home of Ira Hatch , In Inwhich inwhich inwhich which he spent SLmonths six SL\ SL SLx ' \ . months wnile an anexile anexile anexile exile in the V111age village V111ageTo villageTo villageL ( To be continued contmued ) |