Show — ' 4?4117AtIt4tgite't g ' ' i'LT' I ' : - ' - t- - i z 'I -- 'I)-1- 5 '4' 45 1:'- - ' '''' - - 410 5t4'f'-- '' 'i f 4: ' By HAROLD BUTCHER ' - ' '''' FOR seven years she lived with the Hop la and they invited her to a member of the tribe This honor gild declined but the years they have remained firm friends through "You need no more fear living with the Hopis than with your own brother and sister" says Miss Kate Cory of Prescott Ariz She live a in a Swiss chaletlike house on a hill and from the big okindows of her studio she can look toward Granite mountain the white where lived the Yavapais "People of the Rocks" until - - ' N '' ' - ' : - 4 - ' : '2 f - '' 't''- i ‘'''' r 1 ' t - 'ti''7 - N'lr'h1''r I' ' - r k ' P 14 O” ‘ a 41171 ' '- - 404 : I 4 I a 'c - li4 t n 1 - 4 ' i -' I I:1 ' P i '' t 1 t1 ' 4 ' '31ie:1:1yte:W1h:: ' t V6 1 ' : : t 56 I t1 ht74 : ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' I 1 t t I 1 '1' :76 t"7 ' 1 f 1 r f i - ' ' 4' ' '' men came Miss Cory a distinguished Arizona artist who first came to the state in 1905 on a round trip ticket from New York expected and go back east But when she to give the west a quick look-se- e visited the Hopi country of Arizona she found she could not go back she had to stay to paint these people to learn their ways and to understand them They accepted her and she found them to be friendly in every way As indeed they should be for "Hopi" means 4 N - rt - 4 t ' ' h'''''''' 'trth '' ' )f--' 1 trc I t - 41 - ' 1 - - 1 ' ' i ' 1 1 i t N i ' 1: xi (- it '14 '' i 'i ' ''''"''''' " ir P "1' ' krrrr i ' ' ‘ ' - - i ''4' it - '401 ii - - 11t'' yits"'"4' 0- '4 1 1 - ) t 1 ' - ) i '' ' t t I (4411:1f: ' 1 i 'i k ('''T4' 4 t - t I 0 i' - 4 - 4 —rr 7 - THE - eL'' '''''''''''llii4 1 - 411 4 Y 14- 4 t iy ‘ ' '' i S'- - I I ' if 4 : i 1 1 - I - 5S A t 1 1 ' '''' ' - - ( l - - i - ' ' 1 I - - 1 -' ' 1 I - 0 1 ' ' - - I '''' i e i 7 - - L'''''''''1 - 1 - t ' ' ' "' ' c It' ''L ''' ' '' '4" NI 44 ' sl '' ''''' ' P - 4 - '' i ' Itt ' -- ' t A : ' '' it 1 I k 1 rAL' 4' g r''':1 i 1 ' - - 1" '''1:'-1- C ' 1 — i t '' ‘ z i- ' ' ' - ' 1' 4 — '' ' 1' ' ' -- - ' !'' 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The day some way became a holiday and over the years family gatherings and hilarity n began replacing the observance's - In 1888 when (on May 5) he issued a general order designating May 30 1868 - "for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense ot their country during the late rebellion": Logan (did this "with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year" solem-nity-The- came World War It and with mounting battle casualties Decoration day became again Memorial day and feast and fun were forgotten Today the reverence persists And persons who have not suffered battle losses are keenly active Memorial day in strewing the graves of their own remembered dead with floral bouquets and wreaths and blooms from their own yards That has once been the expansion of May 30 a'dead aoldier's tribute today a poign- ant remembrance of all beloved dead lemortal day originally waa on Aiiiericaii Custom 'served in the northern atates—in remembrance of soldiers killed in Civil war struggles but subsequent honor was allotted to all war deadBefore the close of the Civil war May 30 also was celebrated in several southern states while in the north Commander in Chief John A Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic launched fixed observances ficially sanctioned date for strewing the graves of war dead with floral brances Oily Decoration day has expanded ' HISTORY the tells us that Army urged --that the' day be properly designated Memorial" rather than "Decoration" The reverent observance was popular and soon other states and territories began adopting the Rhode Island made it a legal holi day in 1874 Vermont in 1876 New Hampshire in 1877 and by 1910 it was a legal holiday in all states and tc'rritones save Alabama Alaska Arkansas in 1882 Grand ' cum-to- V m Romeo-and-Juli- et -- Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina gouth Carolina and Texas In Virginia May30 is observed as a confederate Memorial day June 3 the birthday- of Jefferson Davis is observed as confederate Memorial day in Louisiana and Tennessee April 26 in Alabama Florida Georgia and Mississippi and May 10 in North and South Ca rolina according to the Encyclopedia Brittanica Much of the beauty of Decoration day—and actually a counterpart of its reverent aspect—culminates in the symbolizing floral- displays placed tenderly on graves that day Some families whose war dead lie across the seas will hang - wreaths in their windows Sunday and most 'churches will wear ' the decor of Decoration day 'spring's own holiday a For spring has way of preparing people for the May 30 observance It t is it teasing casual way and it sets spring fever surging through the veins It is the gradual greening of tree branches and the shy budding of lilac and tulip It is the clear blue sky snd warm Sun tostinr dvvn It is the green lawns and the boys playing marble& ' - "WHEN a girl was to marry a certain man" said Miss cgry "she would grind a bowlful of corn meal and carry it about sunrise to her prospective mother-in-law- " (Miss Cory has a painting showing the Hopi woman receiving this gift from the bride-to-b'Having accepted the corn meal the woman took the girl to her own grinding stones" Miss Cory continued She had to grind for three days it was a test of her ability as a housewife It was very hard on the girl and I have heard of one girl who had a weak heart and she died—tired out" Until she was married the girl had her hair done up in "squash blossom" style similar to the arrangement of the Japanese hair-d- o Once married her hair came down—and stayed down If a woman grew tired of her husband and threw his saddle out of her house— she owned the house—she obtained a divorce in that way But she did not put up her hair again following the collapse of her marriage That remained unchanged When Miss Cory wanted to she had great difficultyitea young woman showing this hair-d- o persuading her to put it up because she had already been The subsequent picture was altogether charming As a privileged friend of the Hopis Miss Cory was admitted into the sacred kivas This so rarely happens that it is usually safe to say that white people are never invited to these underground rooms entered by a ladder from the roof Here are held secret ceremonies Most of Artist Kate did not know the said done was and of but it was an interesting what meaning experience anyway Now that Miss Cory lives in Prescott she is well acquainted with the "Smoki People" local white business and professional men and women who once every August perform ceremonies to perpetuate Indian rituals But she points out they do not spend eight days in a kiva as do the Hopis preparing for their snake dance and they dance with bull snakes in their mouths not rattlesnakes The Hopis know how to handle rattlesnakes which they prefer to any other kind and are rarely bitten - e) - - I t W HEN Miss Cory first went to Oraibi very few people including tourists came to see the snake dance Moreover no was ever made Presently under white influence thallopis charge began handing round the hat and now she understands a small charge is normal In the old days when onlookers were few it was possible to see the dance—given in public on the ninth day after eight days of preparation in the kiva—from any convenient spot including rooftops around the plaza Now there Is such a crowd it is hard to get near the dancers In the various dances she witnessed Miss Cory was Impressed The feet of 50 people beat as one A by the absolute rhythm beautiful dance is the butterfly dance purely social without religious significance An interesting ceremony is that of the "christening" of a baby when 20 days old The child is taken to the edge of the mesa at sunrise Corn meal Is scattered and the name chosen by the father's mother is pronounced Among' her paintings Miss Cory has a large one depicting a band of Indians traveling across the desert They come to a pile of large rocks on which are portrayed in Indian signs the directions which tell the way followed by another group of Indians It is an impressive picture which which has passed previously catches the spirit of the Indian country of the west one or two - ' k the-tim- 7 ---- ' r - - - 1 k V ' r - :':- 2 -- 4t '‘' ' '''' -- - : e- I- ' J- ' 4( - 1 i i - dc 7 ' t ' 1 - ' ' :0 ' ' i " 4 o0” - - 'x ' - I 'T 't i ''‘ N77:-- - - ' N t A child came in one 4 - 1 Hopis displayed much kindly thought day with 10 ears of corn for which the usual charge was 20c a dozen When Miss Cory paid for them the little one who could not speak English protested This made her think she had not paid enough but later the child's sister who could speak English appeared with 10 more ears of corn saying "We give you these!" Miss Cory had given away odds and ends of clothing from time to time but ehe had expected nothing in return This gift that her Hopi friends were eater to make some payment vaLwed One of the first words she learned from the Hopis "Esquali"--"Thanyou!" Among the Hopis were some who had come originally from New Mexico to help defend Walpi These Tewas have another word for pueblo against its enemies "Thank she also found useful Sometimes the Hopi woman could not understand the Tewa man to whom she was married However the children growing up in those families understood both languages and then when the government taught English in the schools they acquired yet a third language Getting married- - had its complicated ritual and ceremonies Because the members of one clan are related it became necessary for its men and women to find partners in another clan Matchmakers found the mates it was not until after white men came that young people preferred to marry partners of their own choice loved persons they There was however a method of becoming acquainted Ow those aestined to marry Seated at a windowlike –opening in her House the girl might humP a song art invitation to the fellow listening not far off' ' ' - -- For centuries the Ilopia have lived in pueblos Miss Cory rented "very reasonably" a house consisting of a couple of located on one of the three Hopi mesas in the ' rooms at Oralbi northeastern section of Arizona overlooking the Painted Desert Here she took care of herself during the years she lived with the Indians "For cooking" she said "I had a stove or a fireplace I did not use the fireplace because a stove seemed more natural One day came in to find the Indian woman from whom I had rented the house using the fireplace to do her own cooking At first I felt like saying 'You rented this place to me! Why are you cooking here?' However I said nothing and she went on cooking until she had finished Occasionally she would come in to use the firenever did and I miss so much as a pin She wanted to use place the fireplace and that was all" ' - "'"kle li - i t - 4-- i - ' -t t I " ' i - '' i t i LI - 47'13f1:mIll''''' I "gentle" ' t ' ' ' - c ''N 1 '4'':' 4 ' ' - ' ‘ vi o And finally it is the profuse blossoming of fruit trees and bushes—and the fragrant blossoming NY ENE seen t e s e blossom—Soft pastel hues fiery brilliant hues—clinging to the leafing branches where next summer there will be fruit—or merely leaves affording welcome shade The double flowering peach cherry and plum trees the soft flowering apple trees the radiant Japanese cherry trees whose blossoms of rich Pink are prime spring attractiori on the capitol grounds And well so for the magnificent foliage once inspired a Japanese poet to compare it with the "soul of Yamato" (Japan) These trees though hybrid beyond the point of ever bearing fruit are the same type as those planted in Washington D C in 1907 Their beauty bursts forth in early May but only lingers a few days for the season must succumb to later flora Florists have been selling peonies and giads carnations sweet peas snapdragons and wreaths for Memorial day for now it is too late for those beautiful tree blossoms Still it's all a part of spring's preparation and Decoration day falls in the midst of a floral gamut -- AFTER seven years among the Hopt s with time off for two trips to California and one back east Miss Cory finally decided that life in Indian country had become too difficult Mail had to came in by horseback and a good deal of time was required for it to journey back and forth So early in 1912 she left for good Before she left however she had acquired a great knowledge of Hopi life and this knowledge she expressed in her paintings some of which have been exhibited in New York Canada Phoenix Tucson and in the Smoki and Sharlot Hall musetuns of Prescott t She Is a recognized authority in her field Visitors to Miss Cory's home are always interested in her The paintings and in her remarkable collection of Indian curios extent of her research is evident in the material she has on hand Here it in realized lives one who has made it hesIgelong occupation to understand and portray the Hopi people shilrlas known and - studied 4 ItIt - ' 41 - |