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The snake-dance of the Moquis of Arizona

being a narrative of a journey from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the villages of the Moqui Indians of Arizona

by John Gregory Bourke

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
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ALTHOUGH vague rumours had from time to time reached me of the peculiar ceremonies to be noticed among the Moquis, I had paid but slight attention to them, as they came from mining prospectors and others of the same genus, who delight in the marvellous; and I first heard with certainty of the rattle-snake-dance of this strange people from my old friend Mr. William Leonard, then trader at the Navajo Indian Agency, Fort Defiance, Arizona.

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    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Cults” and “Rites and ceremonies”. Retained metadata contains “Rites and ceremonies” in the subject metadata.

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being a narrative of a journey from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the villages of the Moqui Indians of Arizona

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1984University of Arizona PressEnglish
  • 9780816508723
  • 0816508720
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being a narrative of a journey from Santa Fé, New Mexico, to the villages of the Moqui Indians of Arizona, with a description of the manners and customs of this peculiar people, and especially of the revolting religious rite, the snake-dance : to which is added a brief dissertation upon serpent-worship in general, with an account of the tablet dance of the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico, etc

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1884Charles Scribner's SonsEnglish—No ebook

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  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 8 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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