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THE PIA. 



about the same, then the girl's mother, and the mother of the groom 

 speak in turn. After the marriage, which is strictly private, all the 

 invited guests assemble and enjoy a feast, the elaborateness of the 

 feast depending upon the wealth aud prominence of the family. 



Tribal custom requires the groam to make his home with his wife's 

 family, the couple sleeping in the general living room with the re- 

 mainder of the family ; but with the more progressive pueblos, and with 

 the Sia to a limited extent, the husband, if he be able, after a time pro- 

 vides a house for his family. 



The Sia wear the conventional dress of the Pueblos in general. The 

 women have their hair banged across the eyebrows, aud the side locks 



Flo. 5. — \A'omen ;nni tiiils bringing day. 



cut even midway the ciieek. The back of the liair is left long and done 

 up in a cue, though some of the younger women, at the present time, 

 have adopted the Mexican way of dividing their hair down the back 

 and crossing it in a loop at the neck and wrap])ing it with yarn. The 

 men cut their hair the same way across the eyebrows, their side locks 

 being brought to the center of the chin and cut, and the back hair done 

 up similar to the manner of the women. 



The children are industrious and patieut little creatures, the boys 

 assisting their elders in farming and pastoral pursuits, and the girls 

 performing their share of domestic duties. A marked trait is their Ioa'- 

 ing-kiuduess and care for younger brothers and sisters. Every little 



