Show EL G L I 4 ii 1 C a l Jar ttl L SSliK EH RISERS A Visit to ti i tlClis Imliaa it Chicago 13 FirstLieutenant John G Bourke 3rd Cavalry U O arms tidedecarup to General Crook wa ton f the officers selected by Lioutenan General Sheridan some months since to make iaTestigations into the habit etc of the Indians Jivir g witbin or contiguous to the military division of Missouri The district assigned to Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Bourke was the souiBern half of the divisiun the northern portion being allotted to Cat twin W P Clarke 2ud Cavalry Bourke has penetrated into H country never before travertod by a whit man and has written to General Chpri dan B long letter which contains a graphic gra-phic account of a curious and horrible religious ceremonies among the remote ana almost unknown Indian trSVe the M quis of northeastern Arizona a peoplo whose identity has been preserved pre-served since they were first sean anc partially described by Spanish Catholic missionaries in 1536 The rite referred to is the snake dance Lieutenant Bourke stated that they tianced around in a pecu lar manner with snak s in their hand and mouths There were about 100 venomous ven-omous rattlesnakes at d these were handled carelessly by old men and boys The scene was horrible in the extreme These people are greater snake charmers than the Asiatics |