. Some strange corners of our country; the wonderland of the Southwest . of his basement, perhaps 1while his ancestors were yet naked savages in old rude implements and fabrics are everywhere; andamong many valuable rehcs from that region I broughthome a fetich* which is quite priceless—a symbol of theeagle holding a rattlesnake in his talons, carved from an un-known stone which baffles the file. Fancy the Pueblo boysand giils of the Dark Ages with those giant domes of theNatural Bridge for a roof to their play-ground, the GreatBasin for a swimming-hole, and miles of stalactite ca
. Some strange corners of our country; the wonderland of the Southwest . of his basement, perhaps 1while his ancestors were yet naked savages in old rude implements and fabrics are everywhere; andamong many valuable rehcs from that region I broughthome a fetich* which is quite priceless—a symbol of theeagle holding a rattlesnake in his talons, carved from an un-known stone which baffles the file. Fancy the Pueblo boysand giils of the Dark Ages with those giant domes of theNatural Bridge for a roof to their play-ground, the GreatBasin for a swimming-hole, and miles of stalactite cavesto play hide-and-seek in! 1 There are countless minor natural bridges in the south-west, including a very noble one in the labyrinthine cliffs ofAcoma. There is a curious natural bridge near Fort Defi-ance, N. M. It has an arch of only about sixty feet, but isremarkable because it was carved not by water but by sand-laden winds, as are some of the most beautiful and fantasticerosions of the dry southwest. * Not an idol, but the sacred symbol of some divine i ThicKness THE EAGLE KETICH, ACTUAL SIZE. THE NEW founo. ^TlOHB. 11 ;^^.;*^r2^;,„^ S:S^V.;> h -fc . .. .? .^.. <^iN,, .
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