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with Hobeah because he would not dance with them, but danced with Pueblo boys - "He is a fine dancer and he does not dance with his own people." "But H. had [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] brought your Pueblo boys down here to dance with him - he could not desert them." But we hear rumors that Hobeah and his party are not to be paid because they entered as intertribal dancers, whereas they should have entered as one tribe. Here is another pretty tangle to ravel if I can - 

Thurs. Aug. 25 - Have just talked with Richard who says he thinks they will get their pay - "some pay anyway". "Hobeah" Richard carefully explained "is not angry with anyone - he is always feels all right with everyone" When I was relieving those who took care of sales Miss Hog and - [[blank]] - were selecting Hobeah watercolors when the Kiowa, M - [[blank]] made himself known "Yes" I said Hobeah has spoken to me in praise of your work [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] You have some across in the Kiowa section?" "[[strikethrough]] Oh y [[/strikethrough]] I have" and Miss Hog made haste to close her deal with us & hurried over to his collection. Mrs Atkinson was waiting to make her selection & she chose two of Quoyarewa's and one Hobeah. I said - "I wish to give you one of those you chose." "But I cannot allow that" "I would like to" and Q. explained with his expressive eyes rather than with words that he wished to acknowledge her kindness to them - "Sometime you may make me a little watercolor - but let me buy this now."

The fire dance of the Navajos was given tonight and proved a great surprise to me. I expected something wild and weird, [[strikethrough]] and it was all the [[/strikethrough]] which it was, but something with more form. Accustomed these years to the ceremony of the statement corndance, I had viewed the far famed [[strikethrough]] as the [[/strikethrough]] Navajo fire dance as having some [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]  barbaric design. It turns out to be a cave painting by the bush-man, not [[strikethrough]] partaking [[/strikethrough]] a sandpainting of the Navajo. An interesting performance was the eagle dance simultaneously given by four tribes, [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] Acoma, Kiowa, Tesuque & San Ildefonso. The Acoma was danced with spirit & [[strikethrough]] movement [[/strikethrough]] quick movement, the wings less beautiful & formed than those of the [[strikethrough]] pueblos around [[/strikethrough]] Northern Pueblo