14/26 It is like Niobe and her daughters. The independent Moquis are a fragment of the ancient ruling race of New Mexico. They live in stone-built cities on lofty eminences. They weave blankets of exquisite patterns and colors, and produce a species of pottery which almost deserves the name of porcelain." "Really, you ought to write all this," exclaimed Aunt Maria, her imagination fired to a white heat. "I owe it to these people to celebrate them in history. |