Illustrations

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A Snake Priest of Walpi in dance attire.. Frontispiece
Tesuque plaza and church, on a feast day. The crowd is watching a ceremonial dance.. 6
A street in Acoma.. 14
Spanish church, forty years in building, Acoma. All the material was brought up on Indians' backs, from the plain 350 feet below.. 20
The tombé beater, Acoma. Fiesta of San Esteban.. 26
The melon sellers, Acoma, on San Esteban day.. 28
Women dancers, Acoma. Fiesta of San Esteban.. 30
Great Rock of Acoma from the north-east. Sky-line of Acoma pueblo at right of middle notch.. 38
Acoma from the church belfry, looking towards the Enchanted Mesa, seen in the middle distance.. 42
Pottery seller, Isleta.. 46
The estufa, pueblo of Isleta.. 50
Saline flats of the Jemez River at Santa Ana pueblo, which lies unseen under the mesa. The

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pueblo farms are ten miles distant across a desert over which the crops are hauled each autumn to the home pueblo.. 58
Ysidro, Governor of Sia, in native attire.. 60
Eagle cage on housetop, Jemez. Eagles are kept in captivity for the sake of the feathers for ceremonial use.. 68
A Pueblo woman bearing water home from the well. Open-air ovens in background.. 72
A Tesuque mother and baby. The child is asleep in the cradle swinging by cords from beams in the ceiling.. 86
San Juan woman in her doorway. Note the boot-like moccasins, worn in certain pueblos.. 94
North pueblo, Taos. The governor stands on the uppermost roof making an announcement to the people.. 98
South pueblo of Taos, early morning.. 102
Fiesta of San Gerónimo, Taos. The crowd is gathered to watch the foot-races.. 106
Raising the greased pole, Taos. Fiesta of San Gerónimo.. 108
A Taos Indian and Mexicans on the way to a fiesta.. 110
Tówa-yálleni, Zuñi's sacred mountain, in the snow.. 130
Women burning pottery, Zuñi.. 142
A Zuñi man knitting his wife's leggins. The men also run the sewing-machine, when a household owns one -- 146
Si'na-he (Zuñi Dick) making beads, Zuñi. The loom at his back holds an unfinished blanket on which his wife was at work before the photograph was taken. She got out of the way, being afraid of the camera.. 152
The Zuñi shrine He'-patina, believed by the Zuñis to be the centre of the earth, which in their view is flat.. 168
Shipau'luvi, Moqui, acropolis-like on a hilltop overlooking the Painted Desert.. 168
Chief Snake Priest of Walpi, hoeing his corn two or three days after the Snake Dance. Note how short the stalks are, yet they are full grown. The man is but five feet high.. 170
A Hopi potter preparing to fire pottery bowls. Her home is on the distant mesa top, but she has come down here because a nearby corral affords abundant fuel of dried sheep manure.. 182
A corner of a pueblo of the Second Mesa, Moqui.. 186
A blanket weaver. Second Hopi Mesa. Among the Hopis, the men are the weavers—the reverse of the Navajo custom.. 190
A Beau Brummel of Hótavila.. 198
Walpi, like a mediæval fortress, on the edge of the Painted Desert.. 202
Mealing stones on which Pueblo women grind their corn.. 206
Snake Rock, Walpi. "Boy-afraid-of-the-Camera" and his grandmother.. 210
Nampeyo of Tewa moulding a water-jar. No wheel is ever used by Pueblo potters.. 220
A collection of Moqui ware—very distinct from all other Pueblo pottery both in form and decoration.. 224
Water-jar of San Ildefonso and Cochití with bird decorations symbolical of lightness.. 224
Zuñi ware, a feature of which is the frequent use of animal forms in the designs—deer, frogs, butterflies, etc. The jar decorated in curves and lines, depicts, as explained by the potter who made it for the author, a pueblo (blocks against which rest poles with cross-pieces representing ladders) and rain (vertical lines) descending from clouds (arches) above.. 226
Black lustrous ware of Santa Clara and San Juan. The only ornamentation used is a slight moulding, as along the bulging edge of the double-necked jar in the foreground.. 226
Water-jars of Acoma. The prevalent designs are suggested by flower and leaf forms. The older potters often introduced figures of birds, as in the upper right-hand jar, symbolising lightness.. 228
Water-jars of Santo Domingo. This ware is distinguished by an especial grace of shape and a remarkable scheme of decoration in triangles, circles, and other geometric forms.. 228
A basket maker of Mishong'-novi, Moqui.. 230
A cupid of Shimo povi. The very small children go unattired in summer in Moqui.. 238
Husking corn on a Zuñi housetop. Flush times for the burros.. 248
A man of Taos, in native dress. Sheets are worn in lieu of blankets in warm weather.. 254
A "little mother" of the pueblo. It is a duty of the little Pueblo girls to attend their baby brothers and sisters, when the parents are busy.. 260
Piki-bread maker, Sichumovi. The bread is baked on a flat, griddle-like stone over a small fire.. 264
Pueblo women baking wheaten bread at the outdoor ovens.. 266
A little maid of Taos in native attire.. 268
Map.. At End

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