The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . e four cardinal points, each carrying an arrow under either wing. The swan fromthe north first rushedupon the poor worm,and having thrust anarrow through hisbody on each side,he withdrew and ex-amined them atten-tively, exclaiming,He is of my race !and returned to hisstation. This wasrepeated by theother three, and atthe close of the or-deal when each hadresumed his formerNAVAJO LOOM. place, four great ar- royas were formed to
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . e four cardinal points, each carrying an arrow under either wing. The swan fromthe north first rushedupon the poor worm,and having thrust anarrow through hisbody on each side,he withdrew and ex-amined them atten-tively, exclaiming,He is of my race !and returned to hisstation. This wasrepeated by theother three, and atthe close of the or-deal when each hadresumed his formerNAVAJO LOOM. place, four great ar- royas were formed to the north, south, east and west, which drained offall the water and left in its place a mass of soft mud. The worm now descended and the raccoon passed up, but at his firstleap he went deep into the black mud, which stained his paws and legsso black that the marks have remained to this day. He also went down,and the wind ascended and dried up the mud. After this the men andanimals began to go up out of the cavern through the hole to the mud-dried surface of the earth. Their passage occupied several days. First came the Navajoes, who immediately commenced playing. THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA. 415 patole, of which they are to this day most passionately foud. Then foLlowed the Pueblos and other Indians, who cut their hair. These at oncebegan to build houses. Lastly appeared the Americans, or white men,who started off to the point where the sun rises, and were never heardfrom until a comparatively few years ago. The Moqui Indians inhabit seven cliff villages, all situated in thesame valley. Their customs are much like those of the Pueblos andNavajoes. I shall only detain the reader with an account of one of theirdances, which isvery picturesqueand men andwomen ranged intwo files keep upa dance withoutmoving from theirplaces except to oc-casionally aboutface. The menwear on theirheads large paste-board towers sym-bolically paintedand curiously Group of moquis.
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