﻿328 
  

  

  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  THREE 
  TYPES 
  OE 
  PUEBLO 
  BONITO 
  MASONRY 
  

  

  Each 
  of 
  the 
  sections 
  photographed 
  is 
  two 
  

   feet 
  square. 
  Crude 
  stonework 
  (see 
  top) 
  is 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  oldest 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  ruin. 
  The 
  

   middle 
  picture 
  shows 
  a 
  second 
  type 
  in 
  which 
  

   sandstone 
  blocks, 
  rubbed 
  smooth 
  on 
  the 
  face, 
  

   and 
  small, 
  thin 
  chips 
  are 
  characteristic. 
  The 
  

   latest 
  masonry 
  (at 
  the 
  bottom) 
  consists 
  of 
  

   rather 
  uniform 
  fragments 
  of 
  laminate 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  laid 
  close 
  together 
  (see 
  text, 
  pp. 
  323, 
  326). 
  

  

  escaped 
  this 
  dust 
  ; 
  it 
  found 
  a 
  way 
  beneath 
  

   watch 
  crystals, 
  into 
  locked 
  trunks, 
  and, 
  

   worst 
  of 
  all, 
  into 
  food 
  served 
  by 
  an 
  in- 
  

   comparable 
  cook. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  first 
  busy 
  weeks 
  in 
  camp 
  

   and 
  before 
  our 
  tardy 
  tents 
  arrived, 
  sand 
  

   showered 
  down 
  on 
  piles 
  of 
  equipment 
  

   like 
  a 
  fog 
  of 
  pumice 
  thrown 
  out 
  by 
  that 
  

   greatest 
  spewer 
  of 
  all, 
  old 
  Katmai.* 
  For 
  

   partial 
  protection 
  the 
  camp 
  stove 
  was 
  

   dragged 
  to 
  a 
  neglected 
  dugout 
  fresh 
  with 
  

   the 
  unmistakable 
  odor 
  of 
  Navaho 
  goats 
  ; 
  

   then 
  a 
  rude 
  screen 
  was 
  raised, 
  and 
  still 
  

   later 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  shed 
  was 
  completely 
  

   closed. 
  

  

  Happily, 
  the 
  intensity 
  of 
  these 
  periodic 
  

   storms 
  decreased 
  as 
  the 
  season 
  advanced, 
  

   but 
  the 
  smell 
  and 
  the 
  taste 
  of 
  them 
  re- 
  

   mained 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  end. 
  

  

  Early 
  and 
  late, 
  each 
  day 
  ushers 
  in 
  its 
  

   own 
  problems 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  excavation, 
  

   and 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  ever-threatening 
  pos- 
  

   sibility 
  that 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  amiable-looking 
  

   Indians 
  will 
  flare 
  up 
  over 
  some 
  imagined 
  

   injustice, 
  causing 
  temporary 
  mutiny 
  in 
  

   the 
  ranks. 
  War 
  clouds 
  have 
  been 
  dissi- 
  

   pated 
  more 
  than 
  once 
  with 
  a 
  handful 
  of 
  

   cheap 
  candy 
  or 
  a 
  five-cent 
  bag 
  of 
  imita- 
  

   tion 
  tobacco. 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  firm 
  believer 
  in 
  the 
  

   efficacy 
  of 
  the 
  lowly 
  gumdrop 
  and 
  the 
  

   pipe 
  of 
  peace. 
  

  

  And 
  then 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  mother-in-law 
  

   question. 
  I 
  suppose 
  no 
  previous 
  expe- 
  

   dition 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society 
  

   has 
  been 
  made 
  the 
  victim 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  

   mother-in-law 
  joke; 
  but 
  the 
  Navaho 
  have 
  

   a 
  belief 
  that 
  a 
  man 
  becomes 
  blind 
  if 
  he 
  

   looks 
  upon 
  his 
  wife's 
  mother. 
  The 
  tra- 
  

   dition 
  has 
  its 
  obvious 
  advantages 
  and 
  its 
  

   disadvantages. 
  If 
  during 
  the 
  working 
  

   day 
  the 
  mother-in-law 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  

   Navaho 
  men 
  happened 
  to 
  pass, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   abruptly 
  turned 
  his 
  back 
  or 
  dropped 
  his 
  

   shovel 
  and 
  pulled 
  his 
  shirt 
  over 
  his 
  head, 
  

   simulating 
  a 
  hiding 
  ostrich, 
  until 
  she 
  had 
  

   disappeared. 
  

  

  THE 
  ANCIENT 
  BONITIANS 
  WERE 
  TRUE 
  

   NEIGHBORS 
  

  

  The 
  ancient 
  Bonitians 
  were 
  agricul- 
  

   turists 
  by 
  choice 
  — 
  permanent 
  habitations 
  

   were 
  erected 
  only 
  by 
  sedentary, 
  agricul- 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  accounts 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Katmai 
  and 
  the 
  Valley 
  

   of 
  Ten 
  Thousand 
  Smokes 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  

   Geographic 
  Magazine 
  for 
  February, 
  1913, 
  

   January, 
  1917, 
  February, 
  1918, 
  and 
  September, 
  

   19,21. 
  

  

  

  