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n of Awatobi was doubtless nearer the truth than that of the other pueblos, and I greatly doubt if Oraibi ever had 14,000 people. Probably 1,400 would be more nearly correct.] [Footnote 71: Architecture of Cibola and Tusayan, p. 225.] [Footnote 72: There are two fragments, one of which is large enough to show the size of the bell, which was made either in Mexico or in Spain. The smaller fragment was used for many years as a paint-grinder by a Walpi Indian priest.] [Footnote 73: See his Final Report, p. 372.] [Footnote 74: The only Awatobi name I know is that of a chief, Tapolo, which is not borne by any Hopi of my acquaintance (see page 603).] [Footnote 75: This explains the fact that the ruins in Tusayan, as a rule, have no signs of kivas, and the same appears to be true of the ruins of the pueblos on the Little Colorado and the Verde, in Tonto Basin, and other more southerly regions.] [Footnote 76: See Journal of American Ethnology and Archaeology, vol. II.] [Footnote 77: "Las casas son de tres altos"--_Segunda Relacion_, p. 580.] [Footnote 78: So far as our limited knowledge of the older ruins of Tusayan goes, we find that their inhabitants must have been as far removed from rude Shohonean nomads as their descendants are today. The settlement at the early site of Walpi is reported to have been made in very early times, some legends stating that it occurred at a period when the people were limited to one family--the Snake. The fragments of pottery which I have found in the mounds of that ancient habitation are as fine and as characteristic of Tusayan as that of Sikyatki or Awatobi. It is inferior to none in the whole pueblo area, and betrays long sedentary life of its makers before it was manufactured.] [Footnote 79: Journal of American Folk-lore, vol. v, No. xviii, 1892.] [Footnote 80: There is a rude sketch of these two idols of _Alosaka_ in the archives of the Hemenway Expedition. They represent figurines about 4 feet tall, with two horns on the head not unlike those of the Tewan clowns or gluttons called Paiakyamu. As so little is known of the Mishoninovi ritual, the rites in which they are used are at present inexplicable.] [Footnote 81: See the ear-ornament of the mask shown in plate CVIII, of the Fifteenth Annual Report.] [Footnote 82: Similar "spouts" were found by Mindeleff at Awatobi, and a like use of them is suggested in his valuable memoir.] [Footnote 83: The Keresan people a
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