﻿THE 
  PUEBLO 
  BOXITO 
  EXPEDITION 
  

  

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  turally 
  inclined 
  peoples 
  — 
  and 
  yet 
  a 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  their 
  food 
  supply 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   hunting 
  the 
  deer, 
  the 
  antelope, 
  and 
  the 
  

   wild 
  turkey. 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  true 
  neighbors 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  

   and 
  had 
  developed 
  the 
  community 
  spirit 
  

   to 
  a 
  high 
  degree. 
  Locked 
  doors 
  were 
  un- 
  

   known 
  in 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito. 
  As 
  an 
  example 
  

   of 
  the. 
  cooperative 
  spirit 
  which 
  prevailed, 
  

   I 
  would 
  cite 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  mule 
  deer, 
  

   fragments 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  different 
  rooms. 
  The 
  animal 
  had 
  

   been 
  killed 
  by 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  hunters 
  and 
  

   its 
  flesh 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   neighbors. 
  

  

  Construction 
  of 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito 
  was 
  a 
  

   community 
  enterprise. 
  Gathering 
  the 
  

   stone, 
  bringing 
  mud 
  and 
  water, 
  and 
  trans- 
  

   porting 
  the 
  huge 
  beams 
  that 
  roofed 
  the 
  

   dwellings 
  were 
  tasks 
  shared 
  by 
  its 
  inhab- 
  

   itants. 
  

  

  The 
  garden 
  plots 
  tended 
  by 
  the 
  men- 
  

   folk 
  were 
  considered 
  town 
  property; 
  the 
  

   whole 
  village 
  united 
  in 
  planting 
  and 
  har- 
  

   vesting 
  the 
  principal 
  food 
  crops. 
  Corn, 
  

   beans, 
  and 
  squash 
  were 
  raised, 
  but 
  the 
  

   Bonitians 
  depended, 
  also, 
  upon 
  seeds 
  

   from 
  the 
  wild 
  grasses 
  which 
  carpeted 
  

   their 
  sandy 
  mesas. 
  

  

  The 
  village 
  was 
  governed 
  by 
  regularly 
  

   chosen 
  representatives, 
  who 
  met 
  in 
  the 
  

   kivas 
  and 
  transacted 
  their 
  business 
  under 
  

   protection 
  of 
  supernatural 
  beings. 
  

  

  PUEBLO 
  MYTHOLOGY 
  MAY 
  HELP 
  TO 
  SOLVE 
  

   MYSTERY 
  OF 
  BONITIANS 
  

  

  We 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  where 
  the 
  original 
  

   settlers 
  came 
  from; 
  their 
  origin 
  has 
  not 
  

   yet 
  been 
  traced 
  definitely. 
  Research 
  will 
  

   determine 
  this 
  in 
  time 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  an- 
  

   other 
  source 
  of 
  information 
  to 
  be 
  drawn 
  

   upon. 
  I 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  mythology 
  of 
  in- 
  

   habited 
  Pueblo 
  villages 
  in 
  New 
  Mexico 
  

   and 
  Arizona. 
  

  

  The 
  modern 
  pueblos, 
  as 
  we 
  know 
  them, 
  

   are 
  made 
  up 
  largely 
  of 
  previously 
  unre- 
  

   lated 
  groups, 
  brought 
  together 
  for 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  defense 
  against 
  ancient 
  enemies 
  and, 
  

   later, 
  against 
  the 
  Spanish 
  conquerors 
  of 
  

   the 
  1 
  6th 
  and 
  17th 
  centuries. 
  

  

  During 
  recent 
  excavations 
  at 
  Hawikuh, 
  

   one 
  of 
  Coronado's 
  "Seven 
  Cities 
  of 
  Ci- 
  

   bola/' 
  remains 
  were 
  found 
  of 
  a 
  still 
  older 
  

   ruin, 
  in 
  which 
  certain 
  features 
  are 
  not 
  

   unlike 
  those 
  in 
  Chaco 
  Canyon 
  pueblos. 
  

  

  Acoma, 
  on 
  its 
  lofty 
  pedestal, 
  may 
  hold 
  

   an 
  important 
  clue 
  for 
  us. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  oldest 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Neil 
  M. 
  Judd 
  

  

  HE 
  DUPLICATES 
  PREHISTORIC 
  MASONRY 
  

  

  Jack 
  Lavery 
  was 
  intrusted 
  with 
  the 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  task 
  of 
  repairing 
  the 
  shattered 
  walls 
  of 
  

   Pueblo 
  Bonito. 
  His 
  genial 
  smile 
  and 
  his 
  skill 
  

   in 
  imitating 
  accurately 
  the 
  handiwork 
  of 
  an- 
  

   cient 
  artisans 
  won 
  him 
  the 
  Zuhi 
  name 
  "Enote 
  

   Nahme" 
  — 
  Prehistoric 
  Grand 
  father. 
  

  

  inhabited 
  village 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  

   I 
  have 
  already 
  mentioned 
  certain 
  archi- 
  

   tectural 
  similarities 
  between 
  its 
  dwellings 
  

   and 
  those 
  of 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  our 
  solution 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  in 
  Walpi, 
  most 
  picturesque 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hopi 
  towns 
  (see 
  page 
  326). 
  My 
  Zuni 
  

   workmen, 
  perhaps 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  shield 
  

   their 
  own 
  traditions, 
  expressed 
  the 
  belief 
  

   that 
  Hopi 
  peoples 
  had 
  built 
  the 
  great 
  

   houses 
  of 
  Chaco 
  Canyon. 
  There 
  may 
  or 
  

   may 
  not 
  be 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  this 
  assertion, 
  but 
  

  

  