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Ácoma, the sky city

Chapter 4: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Mrs. William T. Sedgwick
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A compilation of historical records and ethnographic research traces the pueblo perched on a high mesa inhabited by the Keres people, assembling Spanish expedition accounts and later archaeological and anthropological studies. It reconstructs episodes of siege and rebuilding, missionary contact and conversion efforts, the community's role in regional uprisings, and its relations with federal authorities. Complementing the narrative are collected oral traditions, migration legends, clan and social organization, religious beliefs, and ceremonial rites. Material culture is treated through descriptions of pottery, games, and artifacts, and the author synthesizes prior scholarship to present a comparative perspective on Pueblo institutions and ritual life.

ILLUSTRATIONS

All the illustrations but two are from photographs not hitherto published. For the frontispiece, I am indebted to the well-known photographer of Indian life, Mr. Edward S. Curtis. For the difficult trail up Katzímo, to the courtesy of the Century Company of New York.

All the others were taken for this book by Professor Herbert E. Bolton of the University of California, or were given him for my use by the Reverend St. John O’Sullivan of San Juan Capistrano, California. To these gentlemen the author extends her thanks for making the text more vivid. The cover design is from a water-color done by Mr. Kenneth M. Chapman of the Art Museum of Santa Fé, from an ancient jar of Ácoma potters, for which the writer feels especial gratitude.

Ácoma Maidens at the Spring Frontispiece
Mesa-Land 4
The Carson Monument 6
Walpi is Unique. It must be Preserved 10
Katzímo, or the Enchanted Mesa 16
The Sand-Ramp, or “New Trail” 18
Ácoma, North Row 20
Ácoma, Middle Row 20
Ácoma Man in Everyday Dress 24
Ácoma Woman on her House Terrace 24
The Ladder-Trail 28
Ácoma “Doorways” 30
The Two Upper Storeys, Ácoma 30
General View of Ácoma Pueblo 34
The Church, Ácoma 38
A Kisi in a Rio Grande Pueblo 40
The Long Line of Ácoma, Two Miles away 44
Map of New Mexico in the Seventeenth Century 52
Háwikuh To-day. First of the Seven Cities of Cíbola 56
The Ruined Church of Háwikuh 56
The Staircase Trail and the Church 60
To-ya-la-ne 66
Modern Zuñi 66
Facsimile of Title-Page of Villagrá’s Rhymed History of New Mexico 70
The Fortress House of Ácoma 78
Ácoma, Looking Northward 88
El Morro, or Inscription Rock 118
Inscription of de Vargas on El Morro 118
A Navajo Hogan 136
The Pueblo Oven 140
On the Old Trail to Zuñi 160
The Cliffs of Ácoma; Katzímo in the Distance 166
Ascent of the Great Cleft of Katzímo, 1897 172
The Illimitable Desert 176
The Inherited Dance Costume 250
Ácoma on Feast-day of St. Stephen, September 2 256
Procession of the Dancers, Ácoma 260
Ácoma Girl Returning from the Reservoir 272
The Guardian Cliffs of Ácoma 284
Map from Nordenskiöld’s Cliff-Dwellers of the Mesa Verde (End-papers)