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Ute twelfth of a series of articles By Lucy Oernu

Indian Trails

specially written for The Guardian de Clarkin '

Among Pueblo indium of ‘early day! rattlesnake: were held in great re- spect. even looked upon ls sacred by some tribes. The Moqul Indians bo- licved that their first ancestors were glorified rattlesnakel, and that belief still exists among the older people who reject the new in religion. It was probably from this tribe that the "cult of the snake" spread to other tribes in the southwest and sacred snakes were kept in nearly every Pueblo town. They" had their own special room and were fed with great

some stories have been told oi human sacrifice to these snakes, which were untrue as far ssthc Pueblomdians

time that a baby, chosen by lot, was fed to the mcrcd rattler once a year. Unless the rattlesmkes of a genera- tion gone were much larger than they are tcdsy they couldn't pmslbly awai- low" a baby or anything half the size. some oi those "coddled" snakes did grow vary large but never as large as tradition made them. Borne old In- dians toll of snakes as thick through n a man's body, but u largo es a man's thigh would be nearer the truth. I . ' The Gopher snakes are used" in many Pueblo towns la mousers. They ire more dependable than cats, and like our famous mounted police, "get their man" by keeping right after him. A cat can't get down into a mouse hols but a gopher snake can; the whols five or six fest of him. These snakes are quits harmless-end arc often household pets, although some of us may shudder 'at the thought.

Navajo Prejudice

The Navajo Indians are close neighbors of the Moqul tribe yet they do not incline to snakelculture. As a matter of fact it would rbehsrd to define their attitude regarding snakes. They will not touch one. tinder any circumstances and, at one time, their silversmiths would not use the ser- peut design in any of their work. If

author of "Mesa, Ocnon and Pueblo"

‘let. for him, when his fellow Indians heard of it. they destroyed tiie_ em- blem, and gave the jeweler a severe _beai.lng. »

The suns author tellrhow his lg- norancs oi Navajo prejudice lost him

words: "One day I caught an excel- lent rattlesnake, who had just some

a string of jewels: had skinned him with greet care, and spread the skin to dry upon newspapers lapped one after the other sc that the wet sur- face of the skin stuck tightly; and had rolled all this up—when my Nava- jo friend came riding up on his sure- footed pony. Without the rsmotest oonsoio I greeted him and held out my hand to shake. But his keen nose caught the snake smell; and with s. quick look he detected tho peeled serpent tossed under a rock; and I have never faced another such look of scorn as cams over his face as he drew back his right hand and spured his horse away. I could never make if. up to h'm- If by chance he had shaken my polluted hand, I do not suppose h‘.

were concerned. It was said at one '

a warm friend ln the tribe: his own "wading"

est deities and known, d5 Kuiaulrzoii. The Aztecs honored n similar divin» lty (called Qmtzfilccath-the quetzal- snake.

Those of you who have read the Indian legends

fer-s to the winged serpent emblem;

feature the Incas of Peru.

evident in all myths and tradtions oi the very_enrly American Indian. but the Moqul tribe only clzng to the barbaric ceremony of the Snake Dance. Weird Rites

llgioug rite to them, is held every August in Walpi and other Moqul towns. The Snake and Antelope fra- ternities only take port in this dance, and they hold secret ceremonies for eight days in the Estuia preparing for the event by lasting and drinking s. tea made of Mah-que-be. This is a secret herb which is supposed to give immunity from snake-poison-

cn a snake hunt, and this must be

and South they go and when alrattle-

to run away, then

sufficient number but are s. traditional necessity to the dance.

great sclemnlty. Their fangs are not extracted as some people think; a “rattler has a whole series oi these polson-lances, one back of the other, to develop if their front fangs are

they did they'd suffer for it. The broken},

A great many writers have given

m“ u, m” h. “mud i “HMO amtheir impressions of thedsnalte Dance; Wmmm‘ ma, mums a ‘Mk0 “M” Lhrllb no one . as suceec ed n presen .

g the entire undrepulslve rite as clearly as Lummls who describes a dance he saw in- 1891. I' am giving you thisdesci-iption as he gave it, and sensitive renders had better stop right here; they will not find it pleasant

The Sna-ite Dance ,

"In the danceilfi sow in 1891 more

out in his new suit and ‘Wis shiny as 11119191143 hungmd snake, “we “sad,

by count. Of these about sixty-five were rnttlesnakas. Those ivere the days when few outsiders came, and I stood within six feel; of the circle. Ono Snake man had in his mouth a very “shunky" rattler fully five feet in length. It; was a difficult mouthful; and 8s the snake moved uneasily it

"f my “dam omnue’ slid imperceptibly along his teeth.

Just as he came close to me, the dancer closed his jaws a little too tight, to stop the escape of his nake; and the snake, being thus as well braced as by a coll, and having work- ed his head ten or twelve inches be- yond his ICHDlOFS i jaws, promptly turned and smote him upon the right cheek. The dancer involuntarily open- eiied his jaws, and the snake hung clear to his feet, hooked to his chock

could have ever got purified to his own satisfaction." r p i Rot-cranes for Bean The traders say that s. Navajo‘ never wears a snake-skin belt. They‘ all wear belts with many sliver slides,

of offending bears. Mr. Bruin is hold

is when ha has killed an Indian and then they beg his pardon, solemnly with much ceremony, Ind many

before they finish lilrn. There is no doubt but that they were

people. Son-is‘ oi the" earliest Mayan art carries the design oi the winged serpent who was among their great-

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by its recurvlng fangs. His Antelope partner quickly "unhung" the snake, with the exact motion cl’ unhooklng a coat off its hook, and tossed it upon the ground; and the pair danced on as if nothing had happened. I watch- ed these two particularly, thinking to

but "no snake bolt; they leave them sec the bitten man swell up and reel: to Mexicans and cowboys. Whether though 1 felt, sure he would not die, all this proves l- reverencc for, or a knowing as I did the fear oi serpents it ls hard to say. It munlty given by their secret treat may be they have the suponatural ments. Bu: the violent exercise of fear of offending thorn that they have the dance kept up for nearlyan hour. and the "victim" showed no ill effects i in high esteem by the Navajo tribes, whatever. Another Snake man. a ilt- i and has things prcltymuch his own tic further from me but plainly seen,‘ way. The only time they kill a bear was bitten on the back cf the hand. ‘

notorious im-

The place where the dance is held

in Walpi is n. small open court, with‘

the three-story houses crowding it

songs, and apologetic explanations on the west, and the brink of the cliff bounding it on the east. Several sac- But I was on the subject of snakes. red rooms, hollowed from the rock. are along this court, and the tall lad- objucts of reverence among primitive dsrs which lead into them are visible in the picture." (‘This refers to the phntcgaph taken by the author).

g "At the south end of the court

of Emma-Lindsay slluiu- Wm “on” hmv “mm Sh‘ w‘ ‘university dons and public uutliorites

.The “trail oi" the serpent" seems

second year during the month oi

Six days before the dance they go

wndlicted 81160111105 @0911 ancient “d CilCil an exalted Ethiopian. sacred order. To the East, North, West ghagebqny pefsgnage 85g back to m“.

snake is found it is touched with the “Snake-WhioL-a bunch of eagle feathers-until ll; uncoils find starts part3. Horace, g5 an instance, has ‘ the searcher been a Sultan, a Grand vizier, a mliches it 11D quickly by the buck French Senator, a navvy, a iireman~ of the neck and stews it away in his 5nd now 11¢ f; to be a, Benedlok, 1f sock. They collect bull-snakes or should be an interesting ceremony, king-snakes to be sure of having a that marriage-if the announcement rattlesnakes itself is not another noaxl

London, Letter

13y Glanviile Carew, British United . I Press) ' LONDON._Febi-uory 20.~Thei'e ap~ pcarcd in the London papers the cthcr day n simple uiinourieeinciit that a marriage will shortly take place between Mr. i-Iorace'de Vere [Cole and a certain young lady. The announcement was simple but Mr. ca]; jg not: a; various naval officers.

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i well know.

especially when she writes of the Az- , 3mm years “so ‘may, Mn Cole w,“ tees of old Mexico. Lately hor stories [an undergraduate at the Un;ve,.s"y

,oi Cambridge thers visited that an- cient seat of learning none other than His Highnuss the Sultan of Zanzibar (then staying in lilnglandl and his suite. The Mayor of Cam- bridge and grave and learned scigu- eurs of tho University received him and did him honour. Also they filled

This weird dance. which is a ro-i mm Wm, much wine and viand, o;

quality.

That Sultan in private life was Mr. Horace de Vere Cole. and the next meeting oi that gentleman with the dons was not so pleasant.

some of His Majesty's naval of- ficers recall, too, the day when a certain Grand vizier of Abyssinia was received with tull naval cere- mony on board H. M. S. Dreadnought when he inspected that famous ship and its crew was finally ‘piped over the side’ with all the respect due to When

don and washed his face he looked like Mr. Horace cle Vere Cole. All men in their lives play many

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One of the peculiarities of London‘

"Ihere is s sand altar made by the is its government. It is in fact a sort Snake Priest on the floor of the Klva of miniature United" States, and here the. snakes are washed with self-governing, with a sort of federal

each

authority in ‘the fomi of the London County Council. Inside these ‘states’ there are various public and semi- public bodies, such as gas companies, water boards, electric lighting com- panics, the Post Office and so on, who all have-or at any rate appear to have unlimited authority to dig up the streets at any time when the fancy takes them.

Bo it happened that at Piccadilly Circus one nighc- at the hub‘ .of London-just as the rush of wrest- ond traffic was at pits peak, s. fore- man navvy with his band oi assist- ants staked off a number of square yards inc spot best calculated to block all the ‘converging roadways. They were equipped as usual with picks and spades, with tar buckets and warning lights, barriers, and a watchman and his shelter all com-

stands the sacred dsnce-rock-a nat- usl pillar, about fourteen feet high, left by water wearing upon the rock flcoro! the man's top. Midway from this to the north end of the court has been constructed the Kee-al, or sacred booth ofcotton-wood branches its opening closed by a curtainuJust in front of this s. shallow cavity has been dug, ‘and then covered with a strong and ancient plank with a hole inv one side. This covered cavity re- presents Shi-pa-pu, the great Black Lake of Tears-o name so sacred that few Indians will speak it aloud- whence, according to the common be. lief of all southwestern tribes, the human race first came. .

(To be continued)

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ithut nctics of Lie um . itlcns should have laesn given. fir: ,‘ navvy and his partv were ilnprcu-zseli [with the sweet ieasonirfleiiecs vi Ulla‘ ‘and went oii to eunxuit their 5ll}lZ.‘l'< l furs, llnurs jmsscd but tlzu trulrc did not. Not until dawn was the obstruction‘; removed by the 11w. Butltlr. llcrace ‘ ,oi Vere Cele and ills assistants lor- ‘ cot to return. He had won his DEL! that. anybody who chose could dig] up a London street without let. o." lilnrlruncc. ' i And it could be done today.

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Speaking oi Picvariillj‘ Circus re- . minds unc- nlnzosi, its a mutter ui ‘ course of" tlie London blower Girls, and especially cf their most fumou.» l‘ representatives at that‘ spot. TLIESCf girls and their predecessors have for t

pitch on the island in the centre of f the Circus. There, year in, your out, i they have sold a. great variety oi I blooms to an equally grout variety

, of Londoners.

When it was decided to construct i

i I n, wonderful underground Tube Sta-i

tlon beneath the Circus it became ' necessary to" remove the famous ' statue of Eros, around whose base. they did the.r grade, ‘and to evict the Flmvcr Girls.

Now, ditcrisome three years or s0, they are to be allowed to‘ return. _ Truth to tell, the dny when these sellers were girls has long gone by. In good King Edward's golden days they were big white aprons and side curls and large wide hats. Now, be- ing older they dress more youthiully. There has, in fact, been some hesl~ tatlon on the pnrt of the authorities on ‘the question of allowing them to return. These ladies have the reputa- tion of beingthe only people in Lon- don competent to reduce a. van or cabdrlver to silence, and their pecul- iar and extensive vocabulary w ‘,2 one of the things which gave the author- ities pause. Whether they have been pledged to draw only from ‘the well of English pure and "uririefllcd' does

not appear.

We will not speak of politics as such, but, as a fact, certain promin- ent Conservatlves have just given no- tics of a motion for a Vote of Gen-i sure of the Government. to bo moved in the House of commons "for its policy of continuous additions to the public expenditure ~ at a. , time when—" and so on.-

It really doesn't ntatier a. brass hit/penny what comes of that motion. Nothing of any real consequence will happen even though the Vote be passed unanimously-which it will not be. Only one thing is certain, and thairis that nothing. praptlcal will be done. Every one knows the facts but no one will grapple with them. There is not one possible prob- ables hadow of likelihood that. either of the political parties will do so.

Before the War our Budget was about $1,000,000,000. Today it is more han $4,000,000,000. Deducling some s1,500,000,000 as a war legacy there remains a burden of 9,500,000,000 which our legislators have laid upon us

Two things stand clear above all others as reasons why nothing will be done. They are that it would mean the rationing of Whitehall and that nowadays electoral huckstering over- whelms our plnchbeck statesmen. However, when things are bad and we are all under the weather and the sun acorns to have retired perman- ently from these islands, we can al- ways turn to Mr. Winston Churchill and smile, smile, smile. ' Witness his entertainment in the ilcuse of Commons the other night:

stun, "is a master of the art of full- lng without hurting himself. He falls, but. ha COXIlCsUP a little dishevelled but. still smiling.

"I remember, when I was yet a little child, I was talcen by my par- ents to Mr. Barnum’: circus which contained a celebrated exhibition oi frocks and monstrositics, but the ex- hibltion on the programme which l most. desired to sec was described as ‘The Boneless Wonder.’ My parents judged that the’ spectacle would be too revolting and demoralizing for my youthful eyes, and I have waited

could scarce forcbear to laugh.

for fifty years to see The Boneless Wonder-sitting there, on the Tress ury Bench."

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wilderness of the West is passing mid the radio is the reason to some c» tent. '

“You can't get lonely in your culi- iii when the radio is bringing in fuzz and lectures and things ln the ev- ening," says Ira Brown who runs a trap line along the Upper Elk Val~ ley, in this section. -

"Radios arc‘ common among the trappers now. Tharp was u time not so long ago when only o. few had them and the radio fans among the trappers were regarded as kind nf soft. That was just jealousy. As soon as the other trappers could _afford them—-nnd most oi them can these days-they bought radios of their own, and you can go up and down the Elk River nowadays and flnd hardly a cabin without an aerial rigged up and the radio coming in strong inside."

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