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bread to bake. The Indian is a 
splendid hand to watch the opera- 
tion and eat the bread. 
Nearly every village has a flock 
of turkeys and ducks, but they are 
never eaten unless one dies, of old 
age or accident. They are raised 
for their feathers,—the feathers for 
head dress and ornaments. 
I was told that in the pueblo of 
Isleta, a millionaire white man has 
lived for years, and yet, lives, as an 
Indian, by adoption, and aside from 
having a residence of his own, and 
a few of the white man’s comforts, 
he lives the Indian life. 
He was a son of a wealthy New 
Jersey manufacturer, and had in- 
herited consumption. At twenty-five 
he had tried everything that. money 
could buy, sea voyages, foreign 
trips, ete., but without help and fin- 
ally he fired the whole bunch of 
doctors, nurses and attendants and 
went to Isleta and lived just. as the 
red men lived. When he went there 
his voice had gone and it was said 
he could not live. He is now a 
strong, healthy man, with the en- 
durance of any Indian in the village. 
But he can only live in this dry 
clime. Three times he thought he 
was cured and went back to. his peo- 
ple and each time the malady show- 
ed signs of return. He lives there 
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today, the only white man in the 
village, talks the language: fluently, 
has adopted many of the Indian 
ways and is highly respected by the 
Indians. 
In social relations the Pueblos 
have some curious customs. At home 
the mother is very much the whole 
thing. The children belong to her 
and not the father; the children 
take the mother’s name; the home 
is hers and the man cannot own it, 
and she has entire control of all 
home matters. 
The Indians are inveterate smok- 
ers and the cigarette is the common 
means, but unlike the Spanish 
women, the squaws never smoke, 
with the possible exceptions of the 
very old women. It is said that if 
an Indian girl were caught smok- 
ing her parents. would. slit her 
tongue. 
The Indian girls are always, strik- 
ingly picturesque and many are 
handsome. They are all thick set, 
well proportioned and have. hand- 
some dark eyes. 
One often wonders why the white 
man cannot become friends and be- 
come familiar with the Indian. 
There are many reasons; but the 
main ones are that the white man 
has nothing that the Indian wants, 
and the Indian has a splendid mem- 
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ory of countless past wrongs. | 
The Indians do not want anything 
from the pale faces. Money has lit- 
tle temptation for them; they do 
not want work; favors, clothing or 
anything except possibly food, and 
this they will get by exchange. They 
are wonderfully independent and 
have a crust you can’t. break 
through. 
To illustrate, on the road to Zuni 
we stopped at a trading store and 
ate lunch. In the store were a 
Mexican and a Navajo. The Indian 
for nearly an hour, 
scorning to sit down on the same 
bench with the Mexican. When we 
had finished we had an abundance 
of lunch left. The Mexican by his 
looks, invited us to give him the 
leavings, while the Indian by his 
actions dared us to offer it to him. — 
We left it on the bench and when I 
came back after my gloves the — 
Mexican had cleaned up nearly ey- 
erything, while the Indian stood 
there like a sphnix. 
They don’t want favors, don’t 
want your company. You can’t un- 
derstand them—they are of the- 
past, of the old days. Let them 
alone and they will never harm 
you, and it is said do them a favor 
and they will never forget. 
(To be continued.) 
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for 
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