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and cut as shown in the plate illustrating this article; moreover, the 
same remark applies to photographs of groups of these girls taken in 
the snake dance of August, 1889. 
The right is reserved to the girls of all the Moqui pueblos to choose 
their own husbands and probably also to divorce themselves from the 
same, in case they discover they have made a mistake in any particular 
instance. Daughters also inherit their mother’s property. After mar- 
riage the Wolpai matron ceases to wear her hair in side-whorls, but, 
parting itin the middle, clubs it behind into a queue much after the 
fashion of the men. She may or may not bang it in front at the level 
of the eyes, and as whim seizes her she may occasionally part it to the 
right or left side. 
During the snake dance and in full costume it is the business of these 
Wolpai maids, as well as the matrons, to sprinkle the corn meal. This 
they do most effectually on the snakes, on the dancers, on the ground, 
and indeed in nearly all other directions. They are never allowed, 
however, to handle the snakes, a privilege enjoyed only by the men. 
Monogamy is the rule among the Pueblo Indians, and they do not 
obtain their wives through purchase. Indeed, in the household, the 
woman reigns supreme, and the man has but little tosay. Among the 
Zunis a purchase can not be made within doors unless it is by the con- 
sent of the wife, and the same holds true among the Moquis. 
Taking it all in all, then, the life of a Wolpai woman is by no means 
an unhappy one; indeed, from her babyhood to maturity it is filled 
in with many pleasurable chapters, and no doubt a great deal of this 
is due to their contented dispositions, and their love of home life, and 
their untiring industry, 
