. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . Cofiyrig/tt, ISyS, by Georgt- U Iiarton James. Oldest Squaw of the KohotNavaho. THE GRAND CANYON 285 ate to their children, and never seek to control themby either harsh words or actions. The latter areseldom disobedient to the expressed or knownwishes of the former. As a rule the old people arewell cared for. They are watched and tended not. Chick-a-pan-a-gi. only by their own relatives and friends, but the wholetribe takes a kindly interest in their welfare. There is no definite method of giving names toHavas
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . Cofiyrig/tt, ISyS, by Georgt- U Iiarton James. Oldest Squaw of the KohotNavaho. THE GRAND CANYON 285 ate to their children, and never seek to control themby either harsh words or actions. The latter areseldom disobedient to the expressed or knownwishes of the former. As a rule the old people arewell cared for. They are watched and tended not. Chick-a-pan-a-gi. only by their own relatives and friends, but the wholetribe takes a kindly interest in their welfare. There is no definite method of giving names toHavasupai children, many of them having none atall until near or after the age of puberty. A namewill be given because of some personal, facial, orstrong mental characteristic, or in ridicule of somehabit or other. For instance, one boy that I knew 286 IN AND AROUND was named Chi-i-wa, he having a goitre, and thatbeing its Havasupai name. Chick-a-pan-a-gi (bat)received his name from the striking similarity hisface at times presents to that of a bat. Pu-ut wasvery proud of a Mexican sombrero that was given to him, and woreJl^ww*, ^^ -^.^ it in and out of season, day andnight; c o n s e-quently its name(pu-ut) was givento him. One child,in her mothersarms, naked,plump,and round,was seen imper-fectly by the wifeof the teacher, andturning to themother she asked:Whats that?A watermelon ?And from thatone remark thechild h
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