| Show iJ 1 J I i i 1 f re the r l s sHead i il l i H Head ea d of 0 f the t h e Family F iI iIi r T 1 f I i till the of o the is p in InI t I of erv my Mexico to t s I 1110 L Lr Im l n 1 n t I 1 G 1 u 1 th n he n d rho fam family am r ily Hr U tt ot If their earliest cus 1 wh M t I law lav In I ut js is ilia rho female liner linet line I IC t Ih i Ir r t inch ty Is founded upon WI ini united jy by tI a of or tie tte same mute ma mail mai il i wI trill tl e U tn It Tt play may be a Cl single t lino I In t G pf of f male malc 1 n nt ancestry l c YI hut but h ut It means m cans a rh L c 01 11 u n of f blood rein tl t d s r t thC thel l hN 1 Ier br ii Slid 1011 eu EO on P jn I it n ante line Ilse 1 or olan elan ol of f these relatives occupy apart Il parl of thi Indian 1 pueblo ell 01 or villa village t e thus forming a colon oton colony r or sot and wort ret reg rc lato theW tineI r own I domestic domeR i similar to lb t that of n family The Tho moth mother er owns ns the th hou 3 anil arii tho tha greater part t of sf the personal p cowl l l property l lowns eatS The father owns the land hunting hinting h Implements tho the horse and farming fanning Implements but tho the principal part of pt the tho crops and I 1 other property belong to tho rho mother and anil am I their thell th cr elit children I Ir Fen The rho I father el Is merely the he agent Il ent or 01 n 1 manager of or the household The Tho moth mother er or manages tho the marriages of their children child children ren Ien and the tho young oung brave purchasing ja i 1 y wife must pay l tho the ower to t her hOl otho which la I usually u one or more m r po ls blankets etc Is lla with either tho lie vi Co or the thc lI I When ho becomes tired of the tho loose lo fJ bond hond he liP s his blanket o c shoulder as ii it u sign ih i he h casts cust e our and d walks forth Borth taking a u row few fo Implements oC of tho the thon thol chase l J o or r n a n I very ver S Suit small part of L the com community o o f tn nu lu uit r property ru She Sho falls heir to I I the house h use the tho furniture and u HI other house Ih ld g old and also keeps the child Vein iou rn a v small sm ll tract trad of if land I Its value Is divided between them Im The rho rh father raWN to his hi own s clan dun or set Ills children belong to tho the thom mothers m thors clan rued find arc aro thus brought up un UIa unas as a members of If that thul clan Thu Tho clan name n n has haR Its Ito origin bright In some somo objector object n 01 I animal bear wolf wilt etc oto That Is why they the arose named Tho Thu marriage erie cero mony III la is I simple The young bravo brings s the tho dottier to the mother and takes the tho dusky bride to hl his I hi I home home n which Is la usually u a small stonily ii l OI stone apartment api rt 1 it house h so if lf at nt Acoma Alc Ac ima m i or Zuni lun But If Ji c r Albuquerque It Is ii a i small room hi In a two 0 story stry adobe I house The me mother thol her of or the tho bride has instructed l i lI etell h i tn tins art of cooking and nd in the lice making or of a fL pouch Jlou it for cui the tho U b 2 U y Sl Shu twines e 4 tho the F thinking s perhaps ct hn n s of i t happy married IlC it L Infant l In the thi pouch slings 1 It over OCI her and gOO goon forth foth In search Ren ch ip lf t the blankets ts bus bas bu Brats 1 pottery tot ttY etc elc manufactured by her hd husband She Site not only gathers gather the tau materials ls s for I the 1 I t e weaving of bas has baskets lets but she H the clay mixes and anti moulds It Into Int the desired form and ac ul the t 1 bakes ken 1 Land polishes poll n hen hes and 1 don dea orates the weasels vessel The rh hiu housew f u us au In lit thor the i festivals fe The Tho mothers moth era also nI R Instructs o 1 1 t t their hel boys bas ho s d how hw to decorate orate the U shrines shrifts s and to sing sine f and dance danco at thoI the tho religious festivals The rhe r h c girls uro aro taught t the duties l of ot the household weaving and embroider embroidering embroidering ing When wh h a boy bew has attained 1 his tenth year YIa the mother begins to fO teach tench him to do o what the tho father does to shoot with th u a miniature low bow and an ar arrow row 10 re the winds wilds wll Cis isif if preparing preparing ing Jug for f a tr storm or O tho the seasons sc sou crops listen to tu tx footsteps r i as rt a s if to k be on the alert against n nelse a r possible 1 enemy nemy exor exorcise exorcise cise else the vision Iton on un distant objects and to toi i imitate the tho voices ol s of ot birds and anti animals etc otc so as to successful hunts huntsman man Hunt Thus rims tit the th duties of tho lit pother mother I Iare are ar manifold Silo She Is III not nol permitted hou however over to t take lake port part In the councils or festival dances nor inns has the mother mothel a voice oleo In III tho the election of It ItIs ItIs Its Is s supreme I however In I c thit t ha household Their children are arc never spoiled and andIn In this tho the Indian In lInn mothers pride them themselves selves They so train U their children I that disobedience Is rare Iare and quay refs between U en children seldom occur and andare andare are aro punished with Ith great severity The jh J he mother does OOIJ not spare tho rod nor the child The Tho Pueblos have no schools that thatIs Is exclusively Indian schools Many Irany of tho families refuse rofa e to send their chil dron dior to tho the mission schools as us they thoy do donot donot not with wish wl h them thorn to learn the th ways ot or the thc white whito people who have taken talen their 1 lands ands and taught G t uh g t them then to llo and anti to drink firewater r Their uit children are arc taught tho sacred traditions ot rt theu ancestors l and und thus their history is preserver preserved It Is handed down in tho ho form Conn of nn nil epic old mull being selected ns as historians lalis who sing the rhythmic story to their theil audiences as ns did Homer or 01 tho the troubadours troubadour of the thio l middle ages J JAt At Islets Islda then ther uro 1110 u u four divisions of ot history Inch each being belli divided Into Ito four foU chapters There Is a n bard hard for fOl each cath division of the tho epic chile which Is In ht rhyme and an is b J recited to an on two f evenings of each week the U e recitation occupying four to five hours each ouch night t The bards train boys s In n the art ant antof artof 1 of cultivating memory and und and recitation and select tho the most apt as their theli sue c I The Tho rhyme and 1 nf of 1 this epic are aro perfect Furthermore It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is original though crude Perhaps tint tho pies of the tile and of other Pueblo villages are the tho most I compositions 1 n s in the world Tiles Thes Those C 1111 I 4 lettered hl t 1 people had and no classic ca mode mo lo to draw from Cron as had tho the I or 01 tho thu writes writers of today The Tho got get ot their Inspiration from flom the fb nt 1 around then them and a 11 1 they write M 01 I rather sing sins from life Ufa Their Is Iii ulna the th same today to ay as when the tho Span m ij I lards lard came three throe and a n half centuries f f fago ago ngo I O and they tileS Inhabit the houses hous y 1 i I n pled teal by Iw v their ancestors anc R when was u la ns discovered a condition found round n nn S 1 I where else elso in the United States I Francisco Franeisco Call Cull G n D 1 |
