Box 1

Scope and Contents This recording begins with an introduction in English by an unidentified male speaker. The speaker indicates that the tape includes a number of recordings made by Ed Ladd in 1953, most of them with “Old Man Edaakie”, Mr. Ladd’s grandfather. The first recording is of a coyote story. The second is an account by Mr. Edaakie of the last battle with the Box S Ranch Rustlers--in the 1880s or 1890s--involving Zunis, Anglos and Mexicans. The story is recounted with humor and singing...