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On Indian Trails

7p.- fourth 0i a. series oi articles

By Lucy Gertrude Clarkln

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

mdlrm Pottery 15 0n we here in freqllclltly as the other Indian vil- wqyy possible shape and size, andlllagcs. 'I‘l1e1~e are two wgyg or “uh.

many different shades; and one may pa)’ from twenty-ﬁve cents lo ﬁfteen dollars or more for b. vase.

There are superior and inferior products, of course, and the traders that 1 have asked say only a few mbcs make real good pottery.

This art. like baskct-rveaving come down through the centuries, but grchneologisis tell Us the Indian poi- [cry of today is much inferior to pieces found in ancient ruins of thc southwest.

The tribes that specialize in p09,. tcry making are achieving some won. ricrflli results, especially the Santa Clara Indians, who dispense with or- namentation making allbiack, high- [y polished vases. They attain this result by smudging the ﬁre alter the pieces are partially burned then using the polishing stone. There are a gicat many imitations of their work cu sale but the manufactured article has a. higher- polish than the Indian work.

One may see pottery bclng made in almost any pueblo but it takes more iiitm a few visits to acquire an au- ilioratlve knowledge of the craft. waders-and there are many of them here-axe generous with information but one hates to impose on busy men when there are authors like W. H. Robinson to tell us how the work is done.

He writes that Indian pottors oi today are using the same methods used by their ancestors thous- ands of years ago.

"They have their favorite clay cle-

posits which they sift to remove all

foreign substances, adding a little

dust pulverized from broken pieces oi pottery to temper it, and mixing it all with water w a putty-like consis- tency. A basket of proper shape or a section of gourd is used for a mould for the bottom, into which a lump of

clay is pressed for a starting point;

then pulling more of the clay into a long strip, like an old-fashioned stick

oi candy, the maker coils it around and around upon itself carefully pres- sing her work into shape inside and out with the help of a little paddle, continually patting with it, and al- ways keeping a dish of water handy that her clay may not become too dry.

Sun-Dried

AIM! tho vassel is ﬁnished it is "placed in the sun and, whcn thor- vughly dried. polished with a smooth stone. It is then treated Wlfh a wash

made of ﬁne clay. Pimas, Papngos

111d Maricopas use a reddish ochre; nany oi the Rio Grande Pueblnns

use a whitish 511p or add it little rcc to give a pinkish cast.

A few of the Plnm women now ﬁre the vessels as soon as the wash is put m, then, with the aid of a. stick or a bunch 0i ﬁbre, paint on their decor- ations and ﬁre it again. 1n the Rio

urande pueblo: the pottery is 01m mcuted and ﬁred only once."

The most remarkable "think about Indian pottery, to my mind, is the ex- cullcncc and variety oi the decora- lions. Not altogether the beauty of the dcsigns-thcy are more unique llian beautiful-but the fact that they

are free-hand drawings, made witi

_ Mich crude instruments as a sharp- flbre, by had no artistic

med stick and a. loosened ilcople who have training,

As yet I have acquired only one small plcce of Indian pottery. It is a uhallow, incxpelisivo bowl and pur- chased only for the design which is applied on the inside, covering near- ly the entire surface. It 100M500“ "- Thundcrbird, (“sacred bearer of hap- liincss unlimited?) which syllllwl l5

used in one form or another on has let-l, blankets, Jewelry and pottery-

know that this piece was made by l.

Hopi woman oi the First Mesa be

cause the design is worked out on

black and red on a. cream back ground. These women are noted fo

the originality of the designs they

use in basket weaving and on Pol-

tcry; they are developed from designs used by their ancestors back in cliff-

rlvielling times.

The cream tones oi their ceramics ls their own secret. and with the black and red decorations. serve to make

their work distinctive.

Pottery Workers . /

Most o! the Indian pottery ls thick and heavy but l. few potwrs 11:3 pink- ills ﬁner, thinner ware and, perhlcl. the most successful workers in this If-‘Shcct are the Acoma (AW-kome-Bh) women. They use more care in form- "18 their pieces and ﬂrc them wcll- Tradcrs say that the Acoma wan rings when struck. and that other

Indian pieces give out n dull note.

This would be a good place lo lcll the Sky Cir-l’.

You about Acoma, where more than 700 1130910 live on

flat rock formation hundreds 0i f?" rbovc the plain. It is about a two Murs motor run from Alb11'l'-‘-‘-"'-"-"° Ind because of tho dlﬂlculty oi bh!

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Specially written for Th; Guarding‘.

ascent this place is not, “toured" g5

311B the top. but one needs the advice or Assistance of a. native for safe travelling.

The climb is not difficult to the Acomas whose feet are unusually

‘small and, one would think, shaped t0 such accomplishment.

The ancestors o! this tribe were settled here when the Spaniards came and they offered the strongest resist- ance to Spanish amis. It is said they hurled the invaders over the cliff and,

ljudging by the present approach,- lwhich the years have made less dif- ﬁcult,-one may wcll believe that Story. The streets of this rock city are called First. Sccond, and Third and its houses are built along the same liYilWlplc-in three stories or tiers. The first roof may be a chicken yard, a dog kennel. or the roost for a. sleerpy burro, but the top story, used as liv- ing and sleeping quarters, is always spotlcssly clean. It is white-washed and furnished with a ﬁreplace, and has niches in the wall for keeping jars of food and drinking water. This water. and all water used, must bc carried up these hundreds oi feet by the Acorns. women; remembering this one is amazed by the cleanliness 0f the home. On this mesa oi solid rock burying the dead was a problem that the Acoma women solved by carrying up enough soil from the plain below to ﬁll in a depression; here, after cen- turies of deaths, the bones are expos- ed on surface soil, but the "Sun god" has been o. merclcul dcity making hu- man limestone of offensive things.

Acoma Mission

The Acomo. Mission is the pride and glory oi the Sky people. This church was forty years under con- struction es every stick of material that went into 1t had to be carried on human backs up the cliff-side. The beams and heavy wood had to be hauled many miles from the nearest timber. lt reminds onc of the build-

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BRADALBANE-The service in the Presbyterian Church, Bradalbane, on Sunday, Dec. 28th, will be at 2.30 p. m., Sunday‘ School at 1.30 p. m.

THE CITY CLERK'S OFI-‘ICE will be open each evening until dec- cmber 31st to receive City taxes.

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CLYDE RIVER-On Sunday, Dec. 20th the service in the Presbyterian Church, Clyde River, will be at 11 a. m., Sunday School at i0 a. m.

THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE will be open each evening until deo- ‘cmber 31st. to receive City taxes. 1145-12-27-21. ISLANDERS T0 CELEBRATE- Thc International Club of Boston in- tend holding their annual charity ball this year on Friday, Jan, 30th.

NORTH RUSTICO AND STAN- LAY BRIDGE-The Christmas mes- sage in Song and Story will be heard in the United Church on Sunday, Dec. 20th: North Rustico, at ll a. m., and Stanley Bridge at 7.30 p. m. Rev. H. S. Bishop, Minister.

THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE will be open each evening until dec- ember 31st to receive City taxes. 1145-12-27-21.

ROSE VALLEY-On Sunday, Dec; 28th, there will be service in con- nection with the Presbyterian Church in Canada in the Orange Hall, Ruse Vztllcy, at 11 a. m.

STOCK NOTE-Stanford Glover, Norboro, was a visitor to the city Tuesday. While there he purchased a pure bred Yorkshire boar from the Falconwood Farm.

ANG LICAN SERVICES, Cvapaud,

ing of the Pyramids only that, yvith the Acoma Indians, it was a labor of

'I‘he Enchanted Mesa, lMesa 13n-

cantada) a. few miles from Acorns, is

beautiful and mysterious. Agnes Laut describes it as "An enchanted island in a. lake of light, shimmering and lifting in mirage; sldcs, vertical yel- low walls without as much as a hand- hold visible. High as three Nlagaras. twice as high as it might be, you so completely lose sense cf pcrzpeciivc: with top flat as a billiard table. dc- tuthed from rock, or sand. or foot- hill, lsolatcd as a slab oi towering 1 granite in a purple sea."

Miss Laut makes us fcel the lnclcs- scribablc glamour of desert sunlight better than most people, but the mys- tery of the Emchantcd llfcsa is more appealing to me than its beauty. Vcry few people have succeeded in scaling - its precipitous sides although some nrchaeloglsts believe that it was once peopled by Indians who perished when besieged by hostile tribes be- low. Pieces oi pottery found 0:1 the rock are their mool of their theory. Other scientists contend that no race could have existed there and disap- ~, poured without leaving traces cf homes or human bones.

Strep Ascent

An unculighicired outsider might

nsk if any, excepting a winged race or ircoplc, could have existed without l1 footpath to lhc plains below. It is possible that centuries may huve ob- literated a pathway, and I suppose our scientists have considered this possibility. . But the Indians oi the neighboring r mesa, Acoma, seem able to rciich thc top of the Enchanted Mesa. blindfold- . ed. At least we are told that youths of the Hopi tribe, at the threshhold of manhood are sent blindfolded to ,- spend a. nights vigil on top of the Emchanted Mesa; making the ascent . easily with bandaged eyes where open-eyed they would fail.

face the important duties of life in ignorance. He is well instructed by

of their admonitions might be used to gdvgntage by our "modern" selves. “Revere and salute thy elders and never show them any signs oi con- tempt." “Be no silent w the poor and unfor- tunate; but make haste to console

them." _ "Take care not to imitate the ex-

ample of bad sons.“ happen to thyself." not concern thee."

weigh thy wor ." n

not thy duty w correct them."

An adolescent Indian boy does not

the wise men of hLs tribe. and some

"Enter into thyself and fee: lei-It ihat which oifemk thee in other: may

"Mix not thyself with what does "If thou shouldst not be silent

"Slander no one. and be silent in regard to the faults of other, if it is

Saint Johns Church, December 28, EVCIISUIIE. 7; Springfield, Saint Eliz- abeth's Church. December 28, Holy Communion, 11.

TRYON BAPTIST PASTORATIZ. Services Sunday, Dec. 28: Albany, ll u. m.: ‘rryon, 3 p. 111.; Ivcstmore- land, ’l p. m. Myron O. Brinton, Minister.

HAMPTON PAEITORAI. CHARGE -—Thc services for Dec. 28th arc: Vic-

IIARBOR S. Presbyterian Churches. Dcc. 28th. Special Christmas scr- vlccs will be as followsr Caledonia. at 1i a. m. and '1 p. m.: Murray I-lar- bour at 3 p. m. Rev. Allister Mur- ray, Minister.

MISSING LETTER WINNERS.- The winners for last week's Missing Letter Competition were as follows: 1st. Mrs. Edward Selkirk, Charlotte- town. R. R. 6; 2nd. Roberta Brown. York: 3rd, Bernice Wood, 1'1 Felling Street. Charlottetown.

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"Be not dissolutc; the gods would be angry with thee and cover thee with shame.

And the young girls of the tribe are admonished by their mothers to "Be good; if thou arc not thou wilt be despised and no one will desire thee ‘for a wife."

"When thou workest think only of the service of the gods and the wel- fare oi thy kinsfolk.

“Be cleanly; keep thy house in good orde ."

"Live in peace with every one." "Do not associate with lying or lazy women; their erfampla would poison thy heart."

"If thy husband be cngry be thou calm."

And hundreds oi others that com- pel our admiration.

These precepts that the wise peo-

ple of the Acorns tribe try to impress

¢by the Aztecs oi Mexico from whom

“Lose not thy time in the market li-c Armies Indian, (the Hopi) claim fortbothcnlncoinwbicbuceuu descent. '

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