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Title: American Indians : first families of the Southwest
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Huckel, John Frederick, 1863-1936 Harvey, Fred
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : F. Harvey
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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re black, white, yellow, red and brown. Geometricand symbolic designs are used most, with the triangle predominating; many ofthem indicate lightning, rain and clouds. Next in frequency are the figuresderived from birds and animals, and last come the decorations suggested by leavesand flowers. The sunflower appears often in the floral designs. The Indian potters work neither by rule nor pattern, so that while only afew general forms were used, no two of the vessels are the same size or form. Thesame holds good of the ornamentation. The vessels vary in size from the largevase, holding ten gallons or more, to the little cup or canteen of a half pint or less. Some of the work, such as the black Santa Clara specimen, is lustrous and atfirst glance would appear to be glazed. That is not the case, however, for theIndians never fully mastered the use of salt in the clay mixtures. The sheen onthe Santa Clara specimen comes from careful rubbing with a polishing stone. Digitized by IVIicrosoft®
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PREHISTORIC PUEBLOLAMP PREHISTORIC Digitized by IVIicrosoft® The Pima, Who Call ThemselvesThe People The name Pima means no and the tribe received its negative appellationthrough a misunderstanding of the missionaries. These Indians themselves con-fidently use a tribal name signifying The People. They are probably of Aztecorigin and centuries ago they built houses of adobe, strong and substantial, butsome of their Eastern neighbors, notably the ever warlike Apaches, raided theirwell established villages and drove them to dome shaped lodges of pliable poles,covered with thatch and mud. And in these they have lived ever since underconditions almost identical with those of four centuries ago. The hooting of an owl brings fear to a Pima. He believes that it is a sign ofdeath—that the owl is the messenger carrying the soul from the dying to anotherworld. They never consider marriage binding, husband and wife separating atwill and marrying again at will. The women do all the heavy work,

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