Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-30 | Page 12 | The Navajo Woman

The Navajo Woman. tie Nnwtjo woman who has made he. till, tin mom t'mimiH of ill living Indian iih.b bv means of het Menl am 1 rx.ellenl liiMiillnii tho N'uv ij.i lilnnU- .1 otiuplta a milil iiobUIoii of nient In.h petuli in e, siys the I'hlingo fhinn- hle 1 lei piirrt ikhtsar. eaiefully respited Sh. owns mniii of the I wealth nf the irlhe anl hei ihllilr.n 1 belong to hei ulon. A wont in may I haie hundreds nf sheep when she nioi- 1 iI.b anl nut one 1 ei-omes the pnperty of her hushiiiid rhscent Is tiucel through the f. mah line It Is n buiW- ul .if the primitive mitrlnr. luti The Navajo wiuiiiii has no imminent immi-nent home The iiomeaa of th. tribe has hein greallt limed. d hy Its dirk aiiperstltloii that etei .lentil In t aimed dlrectl) hi ( hln.le thedeill un.l that eill spirits llnair nhout the dead holy Tlu lions. Is n.ti oiiuiil.il again 'Iho .finis. Is htirited In the II. oi ml tho house pulled ihmn nei II mi 1 a Na i jo until I fi.tr. l.foie In woull milieu Hie iii on the logs of urn of these ile-stltel ile-stltel heaps Si the Nn ijo In i;ali 1b a poor 1. mi .a ir affair a in. te rlr-iiilar rlr-iiilar hut ilf I igs and stones wllh n Imli In I lie inof foi the ainoke and a blanket for the door In the Minium-th. Minium-th. Navajo worn in loves to mom Into a brush wtcksup niHih of grouso-woihI grouso-woihI IkhikIib I her. she sets up her loom In the Bhailiw of the mi U und ll.a In the opt n air all summer