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Show • My f a t h e r ' s nrmei was At Midi 1 Kev. 3iye*., hah);, uf _' « 11 Smith." Hie cifo va. i TcJW. ch'il- d. I do not knew the exsct Icvatir...-, \- Vrc he VT'; born, but he was bar:; on top of hlna- k Mesa. My f.\_ h<-: r did not r- o to Fivt S u r r ^ . Ho lived on the e_ st sid-; ef >& vn_ o Mountain during that t i n s . There in a place c-. ij. led Tsli: ejitl_ t. i_ a » , '' Cr_ vlin! j Along hidge Oi Pock," in trie; area of a; ig Mountain at the top of Hack Mesa. / OH th_ camps they used during Port Sumner time ' an Nava. io Mountain have retted dcw.- i ?_>•! the sweat houses have fallen in, There are eonys re;_ ai-__- of svo^. t hov- ocs aid hog& ns on th_ soatb side oh _ avsJo Mountain. Crane of them yoa. can o_ ly ssee ths merh. a t'h. vt were l.; 2t after they werx* burned by the P& iiitoc My mother * fi rrictha- rMa n_: n_ was As_: v_ tei UMiezii, " 7uLl Vonan,'' Sko \ r_ o bom _, i the p^ othv^ at side of C- gri_ G Mo-. mtain at a plae « cchil- ti Tu;_ al____ li_ ( C._ a. u 2D. h£,)_ My mother's mother was betw*._ r> Ik and 21 ytrtrs old vV. cn the Navajos verr: . sent t o Fort ovsuier. She did act go t o Fort Sumr. crj she st- y: d on top of llach Mesa. She was living close t o Navajo Mountain Mission when she died. My mother'f? mother's' mother's ru_ r,_ was A„ da_ sa liask'ai, '' Cranky Woman."- I bclievy she was born cm the, southwest side of O& rrizo Mountaiut • She lived in the Palute Canyon area during Fort Sumner time. 7 My mother^ B f a t h e r ' s name wus Shiikeh^ ani, " Many Boys," of the BIt'ahni Clan, „_ e was bora near Cbilchinblto ( Quad 2D, NWf). lie was racrried and had a f.__ lly at the time of Fort Stunner. Ke was living on top of Gray Mountain ( Quad 33, KW-_) during __ oat of the time thus Navajos ire re at Port __.-_- cr. he moved b:: c_: and forth between Black Mesa ___ d Grey Mountain. He- was living south of Pinyon on. top of '__* V Blac&' Mesa, vi; en he died, - 2g'.' My mother's father's mother's _____ was BIt'ahni' S_ m, " Old Woman Cf BIt'ahni Clan." AH I know about her i s that she used t o live in thee Kayexta ( Quad gC, KEf) area. My f_ tk& r'_ father's nazae was Atsidii he_, " hall' C- ith." I: e was of the Pdiya' aani Clan, Ee was born on top _ bf Black Mesa sc » _ ew_. e__ around the area of Forest • lake ( Quad 2C, __;£)• Ms family moved around the areas of Obonto, ( QuadgC, : iW-„), CQ_ l__,_ e Canyon, ( Quad 2C, SW^-) and Bodoway ( Quad 3 , SW|) during Ita* ho- ts, f;; " The ute War Years." They wore living arouna Bodov& y a t tke ti__ s of Fort Suaner. He never went t o Fort Sumner, When I f i r s t knew him, he vas getting to bo an old man. Be must have been f a i r l y young at the tlue of Fort Su , ner. |
