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INDIANS OF TIIK SOUTHWEST. 



SO joined that they may he quickly projected to a 

 consideral:)le distance and then rapidl}' returned. 

 These warriors and the messenger who has brought 

 the water the day before, go down on the plain a mile 

 or two from the village. The messenger first makes 

 cloud symbols, deposits a prayer-stick and utters a 

 prayer at four places some distance apart. When 



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Snake and Antelope Priests. 

 (Photo, by Howard McCormick ) 



he reaches the fourth place the two warriors advance 

 toward him, swinging their bullroarers and shooting 

 out the lightning frames. When they reach the fourth 

 place of offering, the runners start toward the village. 

 The first one passing the messenger is given the netted 

 gourd containing the water brought from the distant 



