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Copyright, 1896, by G. Wharton James. Used by permission.
FACE VIEW, SNAKE PRIESTS, ORAIBI.
it requires four days of vigilant search to the four points of the compass to procure enough. Some years ago, a Wolpi farmer, while in his cornfield, was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake, and the combined efforts of the Indian doctors and some white people who happened to be near by were applied for his relief. After a great deal of suffering he recovered. Soon after, the Snake Society informed him that he must become a Snake priest, because he was favored by the rattlesnake. Perhaps Intiwa, for that was his name, did
Maude, photo.
CHANTING BEFORE KISI, ORAIBI.
