History of Arizona, Količina 7Filmer brothers electrotype Company, 1918 History of Arizona beginning with the Spanish explorations, connection with the Santa Fe Trail, transition of control from Mexico to United States, American-Indian relations, settlement, and statehood. |
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... light work ; the heavy tasks were performed by the older women . People met and parted without any form of salute . Kissing was unknown . Ex- cept mineral vermilion , the colors with which they painted their faces and dyed grasses for ...
... light work ; the heavy tasks were performed by the older women . People met and parted without any form of salute . Kissing was unknown . Ex- cept mineral vermilion , the colors with which they painted their faces and dyed grasses for ...
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... light hearted , childish ways and timid man- ner , their pleasant expression of countenance , and the beauty of their women . Married women tattooed their chins in three blue vertical lines running from 14 HISTORY OF ARIZONA .
... light hearted , childish ways and timid man- ner , their pleasant expression of countenance , and the beauty of their women . Married women tattooed their chins in three blue vertical lines running from 14 HISTORY OF ARIZONA .
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... . The for- mer were organized under their chief , the eagle . " These tribes often held councils , and the birds wanted light admitted . This the beasts repeatedly refused to do . Finally the birds made war THE APACHE . 19.
... . The for- mer were organized under their chief , the eagle . " These tribes often held councils , and the birds wanted light admitted . This the beasts repeatedly refused to do . Finally the birds made war THE APACHE . 19.
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... light was admitted . Then mankind could live and prosper . The eagle was chief in this good fight ; therefore , his feathers were worn by man as emblems of wisdom , jus- tice and power . " Among the few human beings that were yet alive ...
... light was admitted . Then mankind could live and prosper . The eagle was chief in this good fight ; therefore , his feathers were worn by man as emblems of wisdom , jus- tice and power . " Among the few human beings that were yet alive ...
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... light supplied by the flickering fires it could not be portrayed . It was very much like that of num- ber three , but so fully covered with the plum- age of the eagle , hawk , and , apparently , the owl , that it was difficult to assert ...
... light supplied by the flickering fires it could not be portrayed . It was very much like that of num- ber three , but so fully covered with the plum- age of the eagle , hawk , and , apparently , the owl , that it was difficult to assert ...
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Ahsonnutli animals Apache Apache tribes Arizona arrows basket became body brother buckskin called camp canyon Casa Casa Grande causes cere ceremony Chemehuevi chief child Chiricahua clan Colorado Colorado Chiquito corn Coyote Coyoteros dancers deer disease dragon eagle Earth Doctor east estufa evil feathers fire four Gila Gila river girls gods hair hand Havasu Havasupai head Hokomata Hopi Indians killed legends lived magic Makai Maricopas meal medicine medicine-man mesa Mexico missions Mohave monsters Moquis Morning Green mother mountain chant mouth myths Navaho night Oraibi painted Papagos patient Pima prayers priests Pueblo race rain rattle rattlesnake rites river sacred rock San Xavier Shongopovi Si'atcokam sick sing snake dance snake men song spirit squaws sticks stone Teuhu tion Tochopa Tohouse Tonto tribe villages visited Wallapai Walpi woman women yellow Yuma Yuman Zuni
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Stran 52 - ... shine with less heat, but when it reached the meridian the heat became great and the people suffered much. They crawled everywhere to find shade. Then the voice of Darkness went four times around the world telling the men at the cardinal points to go on expanding the world. 'I want all this trouble stopped,' said Darkness; 'the people are suffering and all is burning; you must continue stretching.
Stran 213 - California to their present location in juxta position with the Pimos. Carson found them, so late as the year 1826, at the mouth of the Gila; and Dr. Anderson, who passed from Sonora to California in 1828, found them, as near as we could reckon from his notes, about the place we are now encamped in.
Stran 132 - Mother brought from her home in the west nine races of men, in the following forms : first, the deer race ; second, the sand race ; third, the water race ; fourth, the bear race ; fifth, the hare race ; sixth, the prairie-wolf race ; seventh, the rattlesnake race ; eighth, the tobacco-plant race ; ninth, the seed-grass race.
Stran 302 - The Maricopas are stated in one account to believe in a future state exactly similar to the life on earth, with all its social distinctions and wants, so that in order to enable the soul to assume its proper position among the spirits, all the property of the deceased, as well as a great part of that of his relatives, is offered up at the grave. But according to Bartlett they think the dead will return to their ancient home on the banks of the Colorado, and live on the sand hills. Here the different...
Stran 15 - ... they had a superstitious regard in a lesser degree. They made tizwin, an intoxicating drink, from corn, burying it until it sprouted, grinding it, and then allowing the mash diluted with water to ferment. The women carried heavy burdens on their backs, held by a strap passed over the forehead. Their basket work was impervious to water and ornamented with designs similar to those of the Pima, except that human figures frequently entered into the decorative motive. Baskets 2J ft.
Stran 52 - And the men blew and stretched, and after a time they saw the sun rise beautifully, and when the sun again reached the meridian it was only tropical. It was then just right, and as far as the eye could reach the earth was encircled first with the white dawn of day, then with the blue of early morning, and all things were perfect. And Ahsonnutli commanded the twelve men to go to the east, south, west, and north, to hold up the heavens [Yiyanitsinni, the holders up of the heavens], which office they...
Stran 252 - ... asked each in turn if she were guilty; on denial, let them go; finally asked cholla, and receiving no reply, bit it hard and it killed him. THE WOMAN AND COYOTE Coyote in cottonwood tree asked woman wading in river to give him some of her tortillas; she refused, but on being threatened went up to tree and told him to jump down, as the water was shallow; but she was standing on a stump; when he jumped he was drowned in the deep water.
Stran 233 - Pimas claim to have been created on the banks of the river. After residing there for some time a great flood came that destroyed the tribe, with the exception of one man, called Ci-ho. He was of small stature, and became the ancestor of the present Pimas. The tribe, beginning to grow in numbers, built the villages now in ruins and also spread to the north bank of the river. But there appeared a monstrous eagle, which, occasionally assuming the shape of an old woman, visited the pueblos and stole...
Stran 175 - ... back into the booth. The snakes sometimes run to the crowd, a ticklish affair for those jammed upon the very brink of the precipice. In case they run, the three official gatherers snatch them up without ado; but if they coil and show fight these antelope men tickle them with the snake whips until they uncoil and try to glide away, and then seize them with the rapidity of lightning. Frequently these gatherers have five or six snakes in their hands at once. The reptiles are as deadly as ever; not...
Stran 228 - Espuma), and he took with him a little dog and a coyote. *(This mountain range is called "of the foam " because at the end of it, which is cut off and steep like the corner of a bastion, there is seen high up near the top a white brow as of rock, which also continues along the range for a good distance, and the Indians say that this is the mark of the foam of the water, which rose to that height...