CHAPTER IX 



IN THE LAND OF HOPI AND NAVAJO 



THE Hopi pueblo or village, where the 

 rain dance, known as a kachina dance, 

 was in progress, lies two miles from 

 Tuba. Fleming volunteered to accompany me, 

 and in early forenoon we saddled our horses 

 and rode to the pueblo. Many Indians had 

 gathered to witness the ritualistic work, among 

 them a considerable sprinkling of Navajos, who 

 made no concealment of their amusement and 

 lost no opportunity to jeer at the ceremony of 

 their Hopi neighbors. Ponies were tethered 

 everywhere, and the settlement, a mass of mov- 

 ing color and unique costumes, bore the ap- 

 pearance of a gala day. 



In the distance, as we approached the pueblo, 

 we heard the chant of the dancers and upon 

 mounting the pueblo walls were treated to a 



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