Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-09-11
AMONG THE M0oulS.
Prof. Beef'S Account Of lbe SCOUT snake
and ABtelsre DaneeS.
an iNIEREStlNG DESCRIPTION

The librarian ~ the Howard Mrmo
raj Library and the fi.k ffr" ani i'uh.
hr lLhtaD ui " ,tlrau-. la, lfn'.
william v N'rf, who Nd- her" N"-i"tih'
aud lrft Tits morning "n hi return L.
\rw orleans. attended the Mudul lnilhu
shake nni antrluv" dHUrr- ioW lay
age lie WI, met l., AtIiiftN srI,tr
sentative ani. at oar request. pres hf'''
Z thr tulluwiiG Hrrnu i ui the dhEr,- lpf
| publication
III N,,utNI.
In rpnpan, with l.pt"nZn llull"li
AMI family, trarh"i the mesa uu Whtrh
| the MyW Villages ~" located uu
Nriur-,iat, the INth. ani a-c"ii'I ~ an
ra-t trail tu the gap immediately north
NJ the village ut lrwa h" thf"" vi
| lAgr- diner bat little ~ Htrhltrriur.
| halpl being the largest most aurl'u,
Ind l'-t protected from AttArk, a, 10 l-
iurRt"d un the -uuth"tn end "' III" tu'kN
prniusulAt which at IT, hfuhl"~t part i~
tiruut So trrt hrtu-- Nhlib l~ at
utuArhrd uN,rA uhttnN pathwN ijllr
over ten fr"t ~ with, With sheet 't,
pn each -llr ul -,n,tal hundred 'rri
"NltrT nuti INK the prrIhrhll"u. 1T
| IT," .nak" dance. ! .Irut the ihN ill -''t
iug accommodations AMI Visiting itI..I
! ca lhut-,aN ~ drove iu The -'..r,'
inr-a which Hl-n r"ntath- ~ -" Nll.,..r.
more pIrlutr-,Iurh situated ANT uNf'
runpl"t" ~ -I"riIn"il- "i I'u"ll" atr. .''r
tutr. That nlglt liitlr hhni- Il \h.. ''-
We're heard singing ~ th"N h>r"l.i'l 'N'
-lopr to the m"-a tn attend the '.lr".
l., D. 4
gan hN fut race t., ih,' utruhrf- uH ll.
| Nnt-lnIr' pfir~,h"ri Vt inN hight -l> ~
right 0t the Younger uf the \ulrluy,-
calur al luli -p"rd from "a -iIini "u N..
|r,-t uf the m,,l aui a-rrulrd /" ih.li
/ kl,a "u top ut the hlIl There n,i h,..J
/ uu uutIrr ui TIM race gwen "ut, aiid ih'
! fuuu,I- rh-.'4d un aui ~rfr .rhI, n
! .rri
"\rtt ,uulnNu took pitr" the \ g"
J top' dance. winch III mdnN i"htU .. B..
/ repeated ~ the ~uakr dance. \ tu~ Co.
/ thttrru \ut"luI" ptlr-t- rangluH '"m
/ NM, the higa priest alnl"~t t"ttrflu- lu
/ the grave. tu children hhuut Nrdf~. ate
| painted rutIuu-lS and attltrd ~ -huuld"i
and waist ufnAlurIlt-. Decorated MA
feather. leaving al inptr-~luI ui white
/ hess, thr NnAkr priest, twenty nm" III
uuInhrf. are al-u ~trikinglN painted ami
.!tr--ri. tut ira\ing An imrt"--l"u "i
hTuwnur--. lufiug this dance the w"Iti
singing and ,l,r rattle ot the corn -tdlk
ha.li- uId'" queer music. which one
would expect -,DIirf ~ later H. hr used
~ basis oi II trul, American uI"fa
AT -uufl-r saturday mOfuIug ihr l,"t
farr ot the snakes t"nk place. II that
time the v alpl nIaiirn- III bright C"~
TUNES wrr" -''-n descending ia" paths 1"
await the coming III the racers. hut II
-uli hrraIilr evident that there Wa uu
rrrtnint, H. to which trail would h. used
h, the runners, Tor al last when the lulIi
rr,. They are coming, Na- heard, amt
far away III the valley could l~ seen ia"
minute, dusk, forms Uf the men. the"
giti- tlI-h'si to IA. -ullth end oi ~" mesa
tn receive the Olirfing- ~ cotn-thik-
With ta--.'l-. hut without ears, which the
runners hal brought them from Nr"l'v.
tl" we'll ot plenty. six miles ~ III"
valley they hai started nj IL" moment
the sun appeared III Is notch III the In,-a
ten miles to the east. II l-rarn" very rN
citing ~ all went to the point and Won
irred when the iirst hrrathlr-~ rnmp"ti.
tor would reach the platform, Which
would give him the risht Ia attach m-
feathers Ia n" sacred altar. The path
WAS worn deep hy the tread oi countless
fret. ~ that when he Hnally NJ .
prArei his btonzri form. alnu-t
entirely nude. -,snei a. Ill the
narrow passage way. To the ton.
l-hmrnt ui all. beyond h,ti" prT
-piration. this mAn who had rArri
nt tull sp,Sd for ak miles AMI rushed at
aln,~t the -AInp ~, ri up '1D feet tu the
top ui the mesa. -huw,si iIu RADICAL dl-
turhance of breathing or trar" III rE
hau-tion. The other runners cam" IN
one b., one, most ~ them very N-ihlS
fAtiguri There Wrr" -'iii" scrnrs ~
this rae" which were almost pathetic
Little boys, Who lpkrd forward iu the
day when the, might join III ih- great
contest ot sIre,i, had gone Ia u" l"nt nl
HE Ilr-a tu rar" up III" hill With ia,
. men ppnr littl, trlirw~' \ duZ"n moth
, rr- wat 'h"l iur lhrIII At the top, Aul su"
. who saw her ) year "ld hu, twililug IN
.irr ia" weight NJ t~u -trlp"- ut Whit,
paint. snnichri him Ia her HrlII- AM
/. w"uli let HIM - ~ further, much L. M
disgust
"Abnul n'rlwk ~ the H't"Tupnn ",
went Ia IA" plaza I" tak" plar"~ i"r tl'
great dance. he iit-t thing d"n" Hh- {,
. erect the hi-ky, ~ kl-l, the sacred gtuN,
III which III" snakes were Ia await ih'
/, r-rrInrnIal After the preliminary AZ
- ran grInrnt- were completed - priest au
!, I,-ar~i h.aTlnga iarg" sack rnutalulu.
the snakes, which were plAInN L. b. ~.ri
IA wtIthlug N their ruulinrnrnt lhI ,arl
y was dep ,-itr,l hrhlnd the NrIl ~ the kiNi
4 And the ullirlal whu~" hu-ln-- II wA- I,
i, hand out the snakes pniaT,d then cam
the women hearing hOvl- ot sacred ulrd
which l. used tu ,ptiuklr rh" shakes an
.l.t,,,4F. This II,a',s.sItu MA. ftlltu -,
hN VIII, rAfTNlng ho~i And brush Wit
which, from tim" tu time, h" sprinkle
Those around HIM, The dfr-- WutI W.
, similar tu that ui the dHS l"t"Tr. ~
', IT-t Of the dancers Ia arrive IN Ia" -Ihr
y lft tut them were the tutrlnIn-, Nh,
;, after taking their pAr''-, Wrr" fullpW..
-, N the snakes. These iHIk NJ thrlI To-
~illun lArIng the Ant"luI,'-, the tW
lines being Just Tar enough apart to al
low ol the passage III Wiki. Who plrI
tifulll -prlnklri the dancer ~ he pA--,.
,Ip aud dovn three times.
Then h-gAn the terrifying rite NhlcI
ruIuI~l- the men Ia take from the bag
u -nak., which may mean death. AT lrh-
' that II the Vay II -''-IIri Ia ih" unluukr
~ wh0 htls not the profound belief ~ IA
I' antldul- which II -ald tu have l''ru ~
~ mlni-trfrd, unr h, one thrS appruhr
u the kIzI. | hr order ~ the ianr" Wa- tlr
~ a. follows
vi The single line hfrak- up. For n -",
u nni confusion frign- unill II l. -e''li iha
~ new order has l-s'II established, IA
snake PRIESTS are nov ~ pAif- uu n
left l. the inan NhU viii take III" frpiII
IN h'- mouth, uu the night the stt.itlan
~, vhu. With wand terminating ~ tN
eagle feathers, Will stroke II aud dn-I
- the drailS faug- from IL h'af"r IA
uf.t .pa!T -trp to thr kl-l. IA" Tag
nl.,n,si ard huge head apI"af-, II
nnl, a hull snake. hat sour feet long au
one and half inches IN diam-lr
nrA-plng II Dirmly III the mouth n
.utlr-t AMI hl- attendant pass uiI. Ih