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on — ^till the stove smoked them out of the teepee. The Indian 

 scout had kindled the fire in the oven. 



The stove stands in Noskelzohn's yard rusting to this day. 



A DAY IN JEMEZ PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO. 



It is August 14. The great orb of day, the fond object of 

 Pueblo worship, is raising his burning eye above the wooded 

 landmarks on the eastern horizon. The violet-blue sky is 

 clear. The wind from the northwest has lulled, and a sultry 

 calm sets in. 



We are in Jemez pueblo. The Jemez Indians, who are in- 

 dustrious when the work interests them personally, have been 

 busy since the first streak of light began to encroach upon the 

 regions of darkness on their eastern horizon. The men are 

 dressed in white tunic and pantaloons ; each has an aleh, about 

 an inch wide and made of red-colored cotton cloth, tied around 

 his head to keep his hair in place; his feet are covered with 

 moccasins; and his hair is tied up in a chungo (cue). Thus 

 attired they are all at work in their fields. Some are hoeing 

 their maize ; they never cultivate it. Some are irrigating their 

 fields; others are cutting their wheat with a hand sickle. 

 Others are hoeing their chille. The women are dressed in 

 a black skirt and a red or white waist; each has a shawl or 

 Navajo blanket over her head; her feet are covered with 

 buckskin moccasins; her legs to the knee are protected with 

 leggings made from the same material; and each woman has 

 a beautifully embroidered panya (apron) suspended at her 

 back by a cord which passes over the shoulders and is clasped 

 under the chin. Thus attired, the women are also at work. 

 Some are milking their cows. Some are carrying water in 

 water- jars from the river; the water- jars are carried on their 

 heads. Others are preparing the morning meal. 



At about nine o'clock the men return from their work and 

 partake of the morning repast. It consists principally of 

 chille-stew (green corn and green red peppers boiled to- 

 gether) ; some meat roasted on the coals before the "fire; some 

 tortea, a sort of pancake made from Graham flour; and some 

 tvyava, a paper bread made from corn-meal This meal, 

 ground by hand by rubbing one millstone over another, so 

 that it is much finer than the meal used by European descend- 

 ants, is made into a paste. This paste is spread in a very 



