. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . ar below, and patient women slowlytoiling up a flight of steep steps, cut in the faceof the cliff, to the houses far above. A PUEBLO HOME ILittle Kopeli is a child of the desert. He i has never seen a train of cars^ a street car, or | an electric hght. He knows nothing of the I telegraph or the telephone, and he has never I ridden on a bicycle, or in an automobile. Cool, shady woods and soft, green meadowsare not seen where Kopeli lives, for it is a landof little rain. Most of the scanty vegetation isquite different from that with which you arefa
. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . ar below, and patient women slowlytoiling up a flight of steep steps, cut in the faceof the cliff, to the houses far above. A PUEBLO HOME ILittle Kopeli is a child of the desert. He i has never seen a train of cars^ a street car, or | an electric hght. He knows nothing of the I telegraph or the telephone, and he has never I ridden on a bicycle, or in an automobile. Cool, shady woods and soft, green meadowsare not seen where Kopeli lives, for it is a landof little rain. Most of the scanty vegetation isquite different from that with which you arefamiliar. A curious plant often found in thiscountry is the cactus. Do not touch it, for itis covered with sharp spines. See how thickand leathery the leaves are. This helps it tolive in a dry climate. It bears a fruit which isyellow when ripe. Kopeli has often eaten it,but you would not think it very good. This desert region of which I have spoken isin the southwestern part of our country. Mostof the people who live there are Indians who are 24. Fig. 12. — A Cactus. A PUEBLO HOME 27 called Pueblos. Pueblo means village, so Ihardly need tell you that these people live invillages. Generally we find but one family ofIndians in a house, but this is not the case withthe Pueblos, for a whole village may consist ofbut three or four dwellings. The Pueblos arethe descendants of the Chff Dwellers of whomI have told you, and nearly all of them live inNew Mexico. When the father of Kopeli wanted to build ahouse, he did not go to a carpenter, but, withthe help of his wife and neighbors, did the workhimself. Before beginning the dwelling, however,he went to the chief of the village. The chieftook four eagle feathers, sprinkled them withmeal, and blessed them. Folding the featherscarefully under his blanket, Kopelis father carriedthem to the spot where the house was to reverent hands he placed a feather at eachcorner, covering it with a stone. There were otherceremonies connected
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