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230 MESA FOLK OF HOPILAND

pony soundly thumped, they started again on their
way berrying.
Honani is quite a prominent man and was one time
chief of his pueblo. He is one of the very few Hopi
who have made the grand tour to Washington — TVos-
intona, as they call it He has a farm in the country,
where he lives in summer. The vagrant Navaho who
encroach on his premises are the bane of his life, and
when none of this tribe is near he wishes them all
sorts of unpleasant things. Honani himself is no
saint ; from all accounts, it is advisable to leave noth
ing loose while he is around. His wife has a pleas
ant, matronly face that one cannot help admiring.
She is a skillful basket-maker and keeps her house
neat and clean, which is more than can be said of
her contemporaries.
There is a good deal of feeling, mingled with a
large element of jealousy, against Honani in the minds
of his fellow villagers, because of his friendliness to
ward the white man and his stand in favor of educat
ing the children in the schools provided by the Gov
ernment. At Zufii, through some pretext or other,
Honani would be hung as a wizard, whereas the am
icable Hopi merely ignore him for a while.
On another occasion, while the party was encamped
in a sheltered valley of the Middle Mesa, the "Ho-
nanis" came visiting. It was about supper time; the
connection of the time and visit needs no explanation.
Among the scanty utensils of the party two cans of