Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-07-18
PREPARING FOR
BIGEXP0SITI0N
CASTING OF HEROIC sTATIARY
ms BEEN STARTED fOR
BUILDINGS

WAsU ,GTON o. C.. Juy l7.-
Tho ..ar. lnd uncanny snaEe2 dance
of tla uYlI ihdIans "a described 10
"a Wmu.a.rlttu 60 The National
Ge0srapH 50eiciT, at Washington
b. G.. hF 50 Marion l. Oliver. dau.
hirr or n-ma Assistant Secretary
90 war ROBERT shaw Oliver
"The chief Of the harvest priests
Ur' appeared c.ryiug 10 bis hand
r. wicr1 a.Hd lbatfument, which aa
boz swung 1unsed like the angry
.01eHlur wind OF a storm she
writes 'Ot1srs r. ~ carrying
n.'IeH which hiaif The sound Of
telling rain other had ears OF corn
,r ofuer Haryest cmblems Sud.
denly aN % priest ascending ile
ladder LEADING from the Snake kiFT
No was ccs I'D With long coat
and carried great bag Che ron
'rnfr of WhIr. WrIfued and WlgRled
He deposited hh Bag of snakes IN
der the tcpoe-llke alter. Just az
tHa rays OF the 30 ing sun struck
thr TOP ruug Oi Nh. ladder. several
500 figure emerged. NOW TIE
ceremony btgan Crossing hands.
they sVayod ron east 10 west with
eyes hali closed After about 20
motions they burst into deep. DICED
chant Soon omc oi tho priests be-
san o. look bali hypnotiled and sang
eIIu their cyo fixed and heads
bent
suddenly me ein ing stopped and
tho snake pr.csu stood in line sin
rIs fIe. only every other priest bad
l.s hand on The shoulder ol the one
BOO front of DIM and lu the other hand
carried q wand of GA le feathers
Around they vent. around the plaza,
with "a funny. high topping motion.
a they pancd The altar they pnus-
cd and t1muod twice on board
tNat uas over % whole 90 awaken the
pirita To- hear their prafy,I The
.D0r1 time re priests passed the
TAR .an them pause but only
2beu they had turned facing me dl.
Z realize flu Horr Every oihrf
man bad % qulrming live rattle
rake In n. no fN' The snakes
were curling themselves into alI
rH. ul .of hl' 0apes and their
Town heads went dart'ng ibis Na'
ma thaI Z aE one On .D' .'ri e. o.
r1n Iu.t under the ear Ilp had to
Hl DO loo.e. .ul took fresh hold
rn.l n0ar.r .ts .rd and
omcd mono f.e Nur o. Tor n
NoW sass the reason for the see
.H priests H.fh feather wands
their duty Nas 10 sno'ue the snake
10y .trokiug DO with the feathers, and
/ 200 guide He snakc-clrryiuE priest
hu often looked " ho n,re ln q
trance Tho nrkos would hiss and
. try to- coil and strike. but the tick.
1 ling 1f the feathers would make
them uncoll. and the priests would
pink them up with ahou, ua much
concern as most people would PICK
'uDa rope Two u the Snake priests
! we're little BOY. no could not have
lacu more than eight years old
/ One of them danced with a bun
snake bigger than himself which he
1 lad 90 hold with both hands as well
|gs hi. teeth tu prevent u from get.
ting away
"A group of Ilopi maidens now
entered The priests then threw All
the snakes ON the ground Boo "a great
Gu.rm.ug MA 60 their feet and
tho maidens sprukled the hideous
reptiles with sacred meal Then the
priests bent down and each seized
tNo Nandfuls of makes. and turn
i.e ran with Incredible swiftncsi
'oUt of the plaza down &C. the des-
c-t. where. with 10 parting message
20 their spirit brothers they lef,
them
Z rode back o. camp very silent
the whole thing leaving me rather
dalod 10 seemed 80 wlerd. so nm
real and yet the knowledge that the
dance $50. the elimination of l6
days OF fasting and prayer aud the
intense religious attitude Of both
priests. and people impressed me
"a ore than was willing 90 admit
Low was r that The poison OF the
snakes had uo effect on the dancers
! asked many tho solution of this
problem. aud their answers we're all
ways The same We don't know. an
vc know Ia. NJ ans trader OF sheep
hordcr 8. bitten by RATHER. h we
nu get hIm to tine Snake priests
Doc BIS Away saved The cure. whc.
Ter drug herb, or incarnation. be-
sept secret. and the Snake clan
guard 10 a. % sacred trust. never 60
Dee divuired under my conditions