Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 437
ng rattlesnake. This he holds with histeeth about six inches back of the ugly triangu-lar head, and then he rises erect. The Captainof the Antelope Order steps forward and putshis left arm around the Snake-captains neck,while with the snake-whip in his right hand hesmooths the writhing reptile. The… … by the next Antelope-man as a partner; and soon, until each of the Snake-men is dancing witha deadly snake in his mouth, and an equal num-ber of Antelope-men are accompanying them. The dancers hop in pairs thus from the boothto the Dance-rock, thence north, and circletoward the booth again. When…
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