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Title: Indians of the Southwest
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dorsey, George A. (George Amos), 1868-1931 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: (Chicago) Passenger department, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway system
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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festival on August 28th.The visitor probably will be struck at once with the fact that,modern as the pueblo seems in many ways, he will probably beunable to obtain admission to this kiva, or half-sunken, circular,underground temple, which may be entered only from the holein the roof. The houses and streets of the pueblo are well keptand clean, and inasmuch as the dwellings of the village are, likethe Mexican quarters generally of this region, of a single story,the pueblo covers a large area. Within the houses are manyevidences of the white mans civilization, such as beds, chairsand domestic utensils; but the primitive method of grindingcorn into meal is still retained and in the majority of the housesone may see in the corner a bin with a stone metate for thispurpose. Isleta was for many years the home of that interesting writer,Mr. Charles F. Lummis, who has written impressions of his visithere, in his delightful books, Strange Corners of Our Country,and A Tramp Across the Continent.
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