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Show INDIAN PRAIRIE DOQ HUNTS. Tlieae Llltl Aalui4la lieemeil a Ualutr lll.h by the Navejoa. , Doiiver. f)cr. IS. -The Navajo Indian, while he ennnot be provnlled upon to ear' a rnhhlt. la greedily fond ot fat prulrte doKHt IjirKe -coiiiinuultles of these aiuiall animals uhound on tho western jiluliis, uud the Nuvnjo has resorted re-sorted to many tiutenloiis nicthods for trnppliiK his coveted duinly. One ot llicui Is hy the aid of1 u hit of mirror placed at the cntrnnce of a burrow. Yheti tho nnlmnl ventures from, hla bedroom, le'p under ground, he sees a fanilllnr liniiiti mocklfiK him nt the I fmt't fliKir and he hurrlee out to con- front the linpudeiit Intruder, when ha is pinned to the Kruiiiid with uu arrow. Hut the must elliHilve ineiliod la what the Indiana mil tho ruin hunt. As soon na the steady thiwiipour of suiiiuier rains hoKlns every Nttvujo who can wiilk repairs to the pnttrio tlox village with huts, sharp sticks, or any dV.Klnc Imploini'iil. . Wlli Ihose they hollow out trenches that will lead the htorm wnlcr Into aa niany hurrows us possible. possi-ble. Hnon A little Birintn Ms pnilrlna down each koiall home apd the liimate, much disturbed, pops out to see what the matter cm be. Many of the itnl-liiala itnl-liiala remain under around until they are drowned and their bodies Host, to the siirfiH i''. After such a hunt, In whim many pounds of prairie doits are Kcnernlly seenred. there Is u feast for many days In the Nuvujo huts. |