FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   73   74   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97  
98   99   100   101   102   103   104   105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112   113   114   115   116   117   118   119   120   121   122   >>   >|  
m that the occupants of the following pueblos, in the same region of the Rio Grande, are of their people and speak the same tongue. Kotite Cochiti (?). Kapung Santa Clara (?) Numi Nambe. Pokwadi Pojoaque. Ohke San Juan. Tetsogi Tesuque. Posowe (Doubtless extinct.) Also half of Taos. Pleasant relations existed for some time, but the Walpi again grew ill-tempered; they encroached upon the Hano planting grounds and stole their property. These troubles increased, and the Hano moved away from the mesa; they crossed the west valley and built temporary shelters. They sent some men to explore the land on the westward to find a suitable place for a new dwelling. These scouts went to the Moen-kopi, and on returning, the favorable story they told of the land they had seen determined the Tewa to go there. Meanwhile some knowledge of these troubles had reached Tceewadigi, and a party of the Tewa came to Tusayan to take their friends back. This led the Hopituh to make reparation, which restored the confidence of the Hano, and they returned to the mesa, and the recently arrived party were also induced to remain. Yet even now, when the Hano (Tewa) go to visit their people on the river, the latter beseech them to come back, but the old Tewa say, "we shall stay here till our breath leaves us, then surely we shall go back to our first home to live forever." The Walpi for a long time frowned down all attempts on the part of the Hano to fraternize; they prohibited intermarriages, and in general tabued the Hano. Something of this spirit was maintained until quite recent years, and for this reason the Hano still speak their own language, and have preserved several distinctive customs, although now the most friendly relations exist among all the villages. After the Hano were quietly established in their present position the Asa returned, and the Walpi allotted them a place to build in their own village. As before mentioned, the house mass on the southeast side of Walpi, at the head of the trail leading up to the village at that point, is still occupied by Asa families, and their tenure of possession was on the condition that they should always defend that point of access and guard the south end of the village. Their kiva is named after this circumstance as that of "the Watchers of the High Place." Some of the Bear and Lizard families being crowded for
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   73   74   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97  
98   99   100   101   102   103   104   105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112   113   114   115   116   117   118   119   120   121   122   >>   >|  



Top keywords:
village
 

troubles

 
relations
 

returned

 
families
 
people
 
maintained
 

preserved

 

language

 

reason


recent

 

forever

 

prohibited

 

frowned

 

fraternize

 

intermarriages

 

spirit

 

attempts

 

leaves

 

surely


Something

 

general

 

tabued

 

breath

 
present
 
access
 

defend

 

tenure

 

possession

 

condition


Lizard

 
crowded
 
circumstance
 

Watchers

 

occupied

 

villages

 

quietly

 

established

 

customs

 
friendly

position
 
allotted
 

southeast

 

leading

 
mentioned
 

distinctive

 

confidence

 

tempered

 

encroached

 
existed