Show HOW THE INDIAN reed AT GALA uses the first cooker IIi stor the harthern Ear thern oven and the product tastes blighty mighty god tool BY DIEGO A ABEITA A isleta andrin curio dealer in a few weeks I 1 am going to write A day in isleta telling my experiences in that pueblo indian village and ot of meeting the tine fine young man diego abeita whose friendship friend hip I 1 very highly diego Is a writer of ability and his product finds ready acceptance here Is one of his articles written tor for and pub fished by the new mexico state trib une ulle in albuquerque new mexico written at the time the pageant antl tied THE FIRST AMERICAN was being held and the town thronged with visitors frank beckwith A dozen isleta indian women hustled about the grounds of the first american preparing the bread and rolls to be rationed out to all of the indian performers of the spectacle all day wednesday Wednes lay it was a busy scene about the dome like structure an ingenious cook ing device of th ages with them the fireless cooker there are twelve such ovens on the scene and with a little hurrying the isletas islets will supply the camp of redskins with bread to watch them work la Is like view ing a great part of the ceremony first they build a roaring fire with in the oven with expert judgment hey they gauge the temperature of the structure by the color of the clay floor then eitl a swing with a ruah brush they sweep all the coals and ashes oft off the floor once cle cleaned aried they put their bread within and seal all the openings it a a big batch of bread they need tor for surely but cor for that matter they could put a whole side ct of a cow inside or a wag lold lo londot ld of roasting ears ab about 10 ut f tor y five ive f minutes la Is the time tor f C r bak bak bread broad then they open the en j trance and draw out the crisp hot bread broad it has a dense crust but the rest Is well you ve had hot rolls and butter no the journal reporter and I 1 couldn coulden t resist and from us you have first hand testimony that the principle ot of the ancient fireless relesa ti coolong cooking with the heat retained in the clay a system handed down to the pueblo from the maya and the aztec la Is still good the young man Is fluent in his style keen and interesting I 1 waa was his guests for a day in isleta and in a few weeks I 1 will write about him and the pueblo it Is chock full of interest |