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WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



The Pueblos with their permanent homes, domestic 

 instincts and industry were peculiarly well fitted for 

 shepherds, and in a comparatively short time the raising 

 of sheep had become a regular business with them. Not 

 only did they raise the wool but under the tutelage of 

 the Spanish priests became expert blanket-weavers. 

 Blanket-weaving is always associated with the Navajo 



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Indian tribe of the Southwest, but the facts are, how- 

 ever, that the various Pueblos, notably the Zunis, Mokis, 

 Acomas, Lagunas and the more northern Pueblo of Taos, 

 were weaving blankets and raising sheep fully a century 

 before the Navajos tried their hands at it. 



The Navajos knew about sheep for many years, owing 

 to their predatory habits of raiding the herds of the 



