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Show CHEALETEPNT RCL ACHPPPER rsh he itie lot ielelap ats ak WA SE SPR EPO Ie Ur be re hale . PSY ‘ Pe Phe ot ky " i 2a a a eeoe a PaeeE Pe “ oe + a oe wa ra e SES ules Per aoe eres ed oe ih there are hair his ears, is and carries decorations of corn shucks; in one hand is carried a gourd rattle and clusters of deer and sheep hoofs are around the waist; pretty soon he goes back into the kiva. Presently, from another kwa, come more Koshare, and these announce the eoming of the dancers; these look like the Delight-makers, only they have evergreens instead of fur on their breasts and the faces are striped longitudinally in black and brown, and the hair is in one mass above the head and carries feather and corn decorations. When these have marched around a bit, there comes a band of about sixty singers and one tombe beater from behind an estufa or kiva; following them comes a man with a long pole, on which is tied a scarf —a sort of standard, from which also float many feathers and some sking of foxes are hung on the pole; following him come ninety dancers all in ceremonial garb; the women are in black with red waistbands, and green tablets stand upright on the head of each; they carry bunches of cedar or pinon; the hair 18 loose and their wrists are daubed with luminous paint; the bodies of the men are painted a sort of reddish brown from the waist up and from the knees down, but the forearm and thigh are painted white with lines on them; about s f 3 erases are Mt Mo Pas Tree a $o0% a Ye oF eta¥ EE ry in t the manner these grants, in makingi for st and the grant to made, been ha io to seem aid they e which in cle oge be found 3 ne = the pueblo of Sandia, as well, is to prior to Uruz years two 1687, 4, June Cédulua of leged acts at El Paso. es 4 ned is as a extract from the decree mentio the; Indies, the of l Counci ‘CWHeErmas, as in my Royal a6 Marques that the de Falees sarade * Os Gaston ( Don Peralta) Cénde de San Estevan, Viceroy of New which Spain, he issued ordered an salonogsiniay a that each of the Ooo 1567, by age Indian Pueblos Sa hiesas might need lands upon which to live and sow, #10" given to them five hundred varas, oe ar necessary ; and that from a ey saith not be granted 1= hae should unless they to anyone lands or grounes cs wi dati, should be located a thousand varas, ihe away from and separate from the pueb a or aA 5 al a ae ameia pi Se acaes of ne Ween a5 the Indians, and the lands five hundre from said settlement, as is obvious from said ordinance which has reached the Se been Te be res RRP LP formance. : are advised Joe Fal AP -¢-* FL Fi —9— Mey,SIG EESbees PEPE Parr Fee eek ne a he Pe ;ae paged oe) a h ran * J hae res ee Be2 |28520359,544. Pa ten bt above the otstals masses and 2-8-2 mouth; OSE in two and £—9-8- parted eyes er er ares ereer ereere and hideous to behold, complicated. ne os up the are very ere drawn around these are marks and t and weird perAltogether this dance 1s a very quain LPEPS.PRI is painted like a mask— black figures, ILE encircles the waist; there are fur wristlets on the forearm and bands of fur are crossed upon the breast; the face ICI PRO and black in PRR IE the arms are painted white stripes; so is almost all of the body; a band of everegreen Se CRA eR Se ree Pa SeOTAR Pk he Pa aeARO oe almost naked; Every- multitude, crack The dancers are z958- where they go they make fun for the Jokes and cut up all sorts of antics. a are what Mr. Bandelier calls the Delight-makers. ee evolutions, whereupon they descend and march around the streets of the village. These are called Koshare; they he About noon eight dancers appear on the roof of one of the kivas of the pueblo and execute some very peculiar S ps EPL = OL ErL armed with muskets. k¢ altar the image t Per) PEL aT PP »*s-* 7 Se eed OOD ee in the street on the rude en- contrary to custom, order and ipratiee o thereby ded lands, eroached upon by owners of estates mak upon them some( sel and the Indians of them, ‘ving dulently, for which cause frau s time some : uily Hols hee Ls . Out of the saint is placed and it is guarded by four Indians cy >> 7G O ~<O TS ar ee+ oeCL es G78 8 7 2 fot, deed rh — * be * ee Ore ee ee oe ee Pe aed 9-@-@-@ AFP eeeLPP ee ee eee Pee A Pd s ? ? a te fi Ser ereieiees er Se tak tent tet Del ld oe eo a Snes SO OB ‘ visiting here at the time and who are helping to celebrate a come officers of the church and then the Indians — Pueblos, Apaches, Navajos, Mexicans, Americans who may be the hips they wear ceremonial skirts and sashes with knotted fringes, and in the hand of each is a gourd rattle, in the other bunches of cedar or pifion; the hair 1s loose and is ornamented with feathers; on their feet are moccasins trimmed with white and black fur. In front and behind from the waist hang beautiful fox and coyote skins and around their necks all sorts of beads are strung. The dancers march to the open space left for them and begin to dance, while the chorus gives the music. The standard bearer is the leader, or seems to be, for every once in a while he lowers the pole, and every time this is done the figure changes; the women advance, retreat, outand wheel around with short steps; their forearms are time spread, th eir bodies erect, their feet keeping perfect age a to the chorus; the men do not keep a, 18 V around. shout and shake their gourds; all ‘p in the TeetaT however, and they make no mistakes i" Indians march to an open-air altar in the street; acolytes head this procession and just behind an image of Santo Domingo is carried under a muslin canopy. Behind these the feast. 475 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO - 474 |