Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-10-08
HOPl INDIAN
SNAKE DANCE
"A PRAYER goR RAIN" CAUSED
BIG powNPoUR At WORLDS
FAIR.

m, rain come down in torrents
for lwo or three days. and the ex
position world was perpIcNed over its
cause says A. rulin. in the Denver
Times
"Alah' A1h' prayed the anguish.
stricken TURK. spoil not nay business.
my show OF Oriental dancing girls.
Pour che rain on Hahmudland where
the m lful will gather O. 10 Jars
rrHoiWy
The pyrmiss from Africa lay pros.
tratc upon the ground. boscachlng the
blazing sun god NOT to- bo wruth with
them. and to dIspol the angry clouds. .
"Ah moii'" sighed the mild AInu,
wistfuIiy. striking hIs sacred beard,
"wUuld that the three Elirtering shinto
doitios might send the floods on Port
Arthur and drown those rats of Rus
SLAMS"
Rut all of no avail Why does the
rain come when it be- $50 unnecessary.
In the evening. with the Pike full Of
pouplD and tho Golfers gaping for the
golden harver7 why indeed. and
how could 10 ho sfHppod7
one asked the other. and mo- one
knog True. those foolish weather
bureau psoplo prounuud.l sclcn.
unc explanation They said the
great ..pl0s ions at the Hoor war and
al fhp naval exhibit and no tho other
motley shows gathered the moisture in
the oIr and in the evening after a
hot day. Do came down boo rain Why
% rains. and how to stop lt was an
enigma un enigma until The secret
leaked ont
The Hopi Indian dance Is rospousI.
blo fur o. an
30 wonder 10 rains There ln the
cIin dwollcrs quarters ON the Pike
those UopI and the Zuui have danced
the dread snake dance ever day since
the fair opened. the same snake dance
that they give in the Painted desert
~ Arizona 10 bring down rain ON
their parchod homcr biz Chief t.
To- danced and PoTFo and Agoyopin
and Mana ka and even little Tome.
gin who Is only Q years old with all
the zeal 400 their souls Ana they
twlrled hull.ruarors and shook lIgniu.
ing sticks. rs % i- tribe has done.
from ares immomorial. since Cortoz
went looking for their seven puoblos
and tl,ir dishes Of gold So 10 rlincd
u could not help bat rain
THE snake dance is tho snake
dance said chief Tote when iutor.
viewed "Huh' wh8' the Great
plumoi Spirit know or care about
the pal,facy show What does ho
know of akobclloyo7 The H0pi
send the snakes below to whisper
"raiu" into his cars and tho rain
comcs Iu torrents. lu floods. and TIE
viii send O. while the dance o. CIV.
ou"
Then ho looked at TobIn. King To
bin of che buffalo MiIvuyA who
owns the show. "Ynu ask Whto chief
stop dance" ho gruutol But mo
said The white chief "vo can't stop
&c. II Is me feature OF our show.
And There the thing stood The Hopi
were to dance and the rain 10 fall
81 they brought the snakes daily
to the "kiya' OF underground cavern.
and spriukod them with corn meal
blessed hy me padre For these Hop
are doyout Catholics And they dane
od around fEp kiFa iu single file.
each priest thwH.ne hls hand In and
eNtruc'ug q snake These they plac
ca between their teeth ard danced
ns 10 Iu irony until exhausted. and
then runners carried the snakes 90
the four points of the compass and
released them and me snakes won't
down into the earth and told the Cul.
ohm. tho Great plumUd Water Ser.
pCut 90 send rain And the rain came.
a. % always has como after thls core.
mouy and always viii
What was "a he done7 Tho rcd
faced Turk who runs tho CONSTANT.
nOple show came and Tpluttored
oats and shook his fist Ills "hozr.
ness was roo.oouod'" The Chinese lu
their village almost mutiuIcd They
were 800 frightened hy the storm one
evening that the police had 20 keep
them from running away The Hopi
were distressed They went mourn.
fully to the administration building
walking with their peculiar flatfopt.
cd step. to condOlo with President
Francis AM what was 90 De- dono7
The whole exposition was r0udoriug
and scratching its head a. last
Tohin, the Obstinate cause Of AN the
trouble. bio upon q plan o. was a
daring one but sure to succeed %
YVES no less han to brlng ship-o Lowe
the great medicine man and chief
snake dancer of the Hopl from Ari
youa, 10 put ON tho "kalbuHb." which
stops tho rain
The "kaibosh" .s sacred n De- new
~ invoked u is a holy name not "a
ho mentioned out in che Hopl coun
try. In the desert region. rain rs an
inconcoIyahlo blessing The lives al
the people depend upon H. Anything
that stops the rain is O disaster
Therefore. the 'Kalhosh' is dreaded
For the rain once stopped uunaturally
might never come again. and the poo
pie OF the Hopi would lanuish OF
thirst and withcr like the few shoT.
of grass by the river beds Zoo the hOl
season nut despite an this the "kaI
hoHh' would be- put ON And thJ
.irInst 10 DDrfDrm fhIa rHrau0uv vgiI