Biwosi was then dragged from his hiding place inside the dwelling, and with full participation of all present including Ganado Mucho shot and then stoned to death. In the days following the death of Hastiin Biwosi, tensions ran high in Dinehtah. Manuelito's own cousin had been killed earlier in the summer, and as an enemy of the witches, he himself had been threatened with death. The plea for military intervention was heeded. While the killing of accused witches did continue in isolated areas and as isolated events, the intervention of the military and the contributions of naataani such as Manuelito and Ganado Mucho did much to end the witchcraft scare by the end of the summer of 1878.
Information is scattered among many disparate sources.
The purge exists as a fragment of the collision between traditional Navajo history and culture and an inescapably changing world. Though little known, the summer of 1878 may stand as a watershed between the Navajos' ancient culture and their emergence into modernity. Works Cited Blue, Martha. The Life and Times of J. L. Hubbell. Kiva Publishing, Inc., 2000.