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Day in the Life

Aug 20, 1879

Journal Entry

August 20, 1879 ~ Wednesday

Aug 20. We drove to Zune farming village on fish spring
we called upon Juan Boutista (John Baptist) the first man
Baptized of the Zuna Nation By A M Tenney, his sons
wife was the most handsome woman I had Ever seen
of the Indian Nation. She had a young child nearly white
which I took in my arms and kissed the Mothers name
was Conceptians a good woman. (I will here relate a
circumstance and custom which prevails among these
tribes of Lamanites However incredulous it may appear
to the reader it had Every appearance of being true to me
when their children are a month or two old if they have
Grand Mothers They are given to them to Nurse so that the
Mother can be at liberty to I saw this child nursing its
Grand Mother which seemed to be a woman 55 or
60 years of age and seemed to obtain nurse to support it)
I went through theier wheat field which they were

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Tenney, Ammon Meshach
16 Nov 1844 - 28 Oct 1925
249 mentions
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Fish Spring, Valencia County, New Mexico Territory
Zuni Pueblo, Valencia County, New Mexico Territory

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Daybook (28 February - 23 October 1879)
20. We drove to the Zuni farming Village in Fish Springs. We called upon Br Juan Boutista (John Baptist) the first Man Baptized of the Zunie Nation By A M Tenney his sons wife was the most Handsom woman I Ever saw of the Indian Nation she had a young child nearly white which I kissed. The Mothers Name was Conceptians a good woman I went through their wheat fields which they were cutting with sickles we visited
Daybook (28 February - 23 October 1879)
Several ruins of the cities of the ancient inhabitants one was 300 yards in circumference, the outside stone wall standing was 8 feet high Ammon M Tenney & Robert H Smith did the Baptizing Br Smith done most of the Baptizing. On the journey today we saw quite a Number of small Homes Built in the side of the mou- tains in the caves of the rocks 70 feet from the ground as places of retreat in time of war doors ownly large Enough to crawl in. We arived at Br Tenneys Home at 12 oclok & was Introduced to his two good wives large Noble women lived together Happy & contented one had 2 & the other 5 children Br Burnham from Savoia (Cevolla ^Spanish^) called upon us & Brought the D News of Aug 6 & 13 giving an Account of the Imprisonment of G. Q. C. B Young & A. Carrington th[r]ough the [sphere] of Judge Boreman I went home with Br Burnham red till 2 oclk. Distance 26 M

Aug 20, 1879