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Show so from afar, because the Zunis didn't like to have people come close to them during the pilgrimage. Mr. Hensley also vehemently opposed looting and said ruins should not be disturbed. He also described the diking that had gone on in the valley around Kolhu/wala:wa and pointed out where the lake used to be. Mr. Hensley also said hunters leave beer cans all over the range during hunting season and thus those that asserted the Zunis left any beer cans during the pilgrimage could not have their assertions corroborated. 244 Dr. Spencer D. Ellsworth He purchased his place in 1957, and has heard since years ago of the Zunis coming down the wash and conducting the ceremony every four years. He has never had any objection to the pilgrimage and added, "I don't think they would do any damage." His ranch was owned by the Candelarias of Concho, a well-known family. "They ran about forty-four thousand head of sheep in this area." Before he purchased the ranch it had been acquired by "Thomas and Martin." He asked the Zunis' governor if he could go up on top of the mountain and the governor told him he would have to ask the Zunis' religious leaders. As for the pilgrimage, "they don't have to come through me to get up on the mountain." No permission was asked. The basic belief of Dr. Ellsworth was that this was something the Zunis had been doing for many, many generations and they should be allowed to do it and shouldn't be bothered. He reported that before Lyman Reservoir and Zion Reservoir were built the river used to flood the whole valley. He said he thought the Zunis collected their turtles at a tank at Stinking Springs, at the base of the 244. Hart, E. Richard Fieldnotes Transcribed from cassette tape, February 11, 1986, Zuni, New Mexico and St. Johns, Arizona. - 175 - |
