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Show Praying; 'For Rain. Tho loss civilized 11 pooplo, tho ', moro materiel nro tho wants which ; thoy Implofo tholr doitios to supply. Itnin, ncn, rn'u, on tho parched ', Holds of Mokllnnd in tho far-off ; Painted JJosort of tho Colorado in Arizona i at this timo of tho year tho ', supplicat'ion that is wafted hoavon- wards bj tho Mokl and Zuni priost, descond( its of tho ancient, now toUilly ' extinct Gliir Dwollors. Tho Snnlco dance, really tho ltnln danco of tho miracle-working Zunl prlosts and medioiuo mou has bocomo famous througout tho Mosa-lnnd of tho unknown West. This Snako danco, in all its niitivo wizardry, is boing ropoatod soveral times daily, Sundays Sun-days nlono oxcoptod, ut tho Gild Dwollors Concession nt tho Worlds Fair in St. Louis. Twonty litho-1 litho-1 imbed modicliio men, twonty forbiddingly for-biddingly caparisoned priests, an entire Indian orchestra of tom-tom boaters and a full choir of Zunl Incantation chautors, no such sconlc, vocal or Instrumental invosturo, strictly nutlvo nnd aboriginal, bus ovor boforo boon soon at any World's fair or publicysxhibl-tlon publicysxhibl-tlon of any kind. Tho Olifr Dwollors Concession was tho first organization at tho St. Louis fair to grasp tho possibilities of tho theatrical ns well us tho educational side of such a display dis-play and tholr Theatre Moki in tho midst of thoir handsome and comploto oxhibit is daily nnd nightly thronged by thousands of .tho interested nnd diverted spectators, including all sorts and conditions of mou. Tho strange part of tho attendance is found in tho prcsouco at nil tlmos of Indians from tho United Stated Uovornmout and othor exhibits, drawn thlthor by tho famo nnd wonderful Shungopuvl, chiof of tho Moki modicino mon, but greater than that, n uocromnucor, inirnclo-worker and slolght-of-hand porformor, absolutely abso-lutely tho best among tho North American Amer-ican Indians yet brought within tho confines of civilization. Tho ordinary mountebank stands ubnshod nt tho skill nnd dexterity of tho Mesa, whoso I kooii eyes havo a fascination nil tholr own. All tho passes, palinings nnd othor exhibitions of w Izard y Of which " invents as ho goes ulong tho neatest littlo tricks in mystification und duplicates instantly all thoso which tho spoctators, having soon thorn olso-whoro, olso-whoro, ask him to ropoat. Ho doos all this amid strictly Zunl environment, environ-ment, and without tho slightest use of apparatus, covorod tables, assistants or paraphernal ia of any kind. But tho Olifr Dwollors oxhibit has othor groat features. It is first and foro-most foro-most an ethnological oxhibit. It reveals in all its parts tho iiitontlon of its projectors, to uirord World's Fair visitors tho fullest opportunityto study tho mnnnors, customs and tribal relations of tho earth's Strang-est Strang-est pooplo in what is today tho United States. Thoso Zunis, Moks nnd Puoblos, direct descondnnts of tho famous, though now oxtlnct, Cliff Dwollors of tho unknown West, havo sinco timo immoniorinl boon n poaconblo pooplo. Slaughtor of or by tho whites Is not in thoir records". Thoy hnvo llvod nn isolntod ox 1st-onco, 1st-onco, cultivating tho nrts of poaco rnthor than thoso of war, and thoy aro todny tho best oxponeuts of tho flno old ndngo: "Poaco hath her ylctorios, no loss ronqwned than war." Tholr ways nro gontlo nnd thoolomonts so mixed in thorn, nnturo might rlso up nnd say to nil tho world: Thoso nro mon. Nnturally with pooplo, though aboriginal, so constituted, tho enro of womon nnd children is of first im-portnnco. im-portnnco. It Is nnmsiiig to wntch tho Zimi iill,lr,.. r..i.. i.i uio Auni children. Only yostordny on tho Mesn,iind todny in tho motro-polls motro-polls of tho Mississippi vnlloy, dis-port dis-port thomBolveos with nil tho oaso nnd unconcern of thoir nntivo stato. Tho mothors hnvo inflnito pationco with thoir littlo onos. Tho young-stors young-stors aro strong, supplo, agilo nnd sweet-voicod. Fonr is not in thorn. Thoy trust thoir oldors and aro happy. |