THE HOPI INDIANS OF ARIZONA. 



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ears of corn hung up to dry, or pieces of meat placed there to be 

 out of reach of the dogs, or bunches of yarn just out of the dye pot. 

 When a ceremony is being performed in some one of the plazas the 

 roofs near by present a scene which is animated in the extreme, 

 every square foot of space being occupied by a merry, good-natured 

 throng of young and old. As one looks from one group to another 

 it is impossible not to notice the stunted and dwarfed appearance 

 of the women, which is in marked contrast to that of the men, who 

 are beautifully formed, of medium height, and of well-knit frames. 



Ax ORAIBI MOTHER AND CHILDREN. 



There is not, however, the same powerful ruggedness or splendid 

 development among these pueblo dwellers which we find among 

 the plains Indians, for the days of the Hopi women are spent in 

 carrying water and grinding corn, while the men in summer till 

 their fields and in winter spin and weave. 



In considering the routine life of the Hopi it is hard to draw 

 a sharp line between what we may call his regular daily occupa- 

 tions and his religious life, for they are closely interwoven. He 

 is by nature a religionist, and he never forgets his allegiance and 

 obligations to the unseen forces which control and command him. 

 In nothing is the primitiveness or the absence from contami- 

 nation of the Hopi better revealed than in the children, for here, 

 as elsewhere, is it shown that they are the best conservators of the 



