THE ZUNI INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO, 589 



whites. Their dress is simple, that of the men being merely cotton 

 drawers and shirt, with blue woolen stockings of their own manufact- 

 ure ; a turban of wool or cotton completes the male attire. The fe- 

 males wear a gown of wool, held at the waist by a sash of the same 

 material ; the arms and shoulders are left bare ; their stockings same 

 as those worn by the men ; for shoes, both males and females w^ear 

 moccasins of buckskin. When in tlie street, the women cover the 

 head and slioulders with a white cloth. 



Among the Zuni, as well as other Pueblo Indians, are many al- 

 binos, and, as interesting to those inclined to the Darwinian theory, 

 it may be stated that the production of this " improved stock " is not 

 due to any mixture of white blood. The skin, and sometimes the 

 hair, of these singular specimens of humanity, is perfectly white, while 

 their eyes are of a reddish hue. The mother of an albino being asked 

 why, she being hrown^ her child was white, made no reply ; her fierce 

 look, however, expressed more, perhaps, than her language would 

 have revealed. 



Fig. 7. 



Hieroglyphics at Mesa Pintada. 



Several tribes of Pueblo Indians have been contaminated by con- 

 tact with the Spaniards, but the Zuni are still pure, and free from 

 taint through Sj^anish influence. They are simple, though ceremo- 

 nious in manners — the latter trait undoubtedly acquired from occa- 

 sional association with their Latin conquerors. They are extremely 

 hospitable, and, after short acquaintance, are apt to prepossess the 



