Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 436
end of the courthas been constructed the kee-si, or sacred boothof cottonwood branches, its opening closed bya curtain. Just in front of this a shallow cavityhas been dug, and then covered with a strongand ancient plank with a hole in one side. Thiscovered cavity represents Shi-pa-pii, the… … THE DANCE-COURT AND THE DANCE-ROCK. few Indians will speak it aloud,— whence, ac-cording to the common belief of all southwest-ern Indians, the human race first came. On the day of the dance the Captain of theSnake-men places all the snakes in a large bag,and deposits this in the booth. All the…
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