Indians of the enchanted desert

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INDIANS OF THE ENCHANTED DESERT

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ANNOUNCING THE SNAKE DANCE

Photo. by W. C. Wilson

ANNOUNCING THE SNAKE DANCE

Priest at sunset removing kiva signal

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Original Title Page.

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Copyright, 1925,
By Little, Brown, and Company.

Published September, 1925

First Impression September, 1925

The Atlantic Monthly Press
Publications
are published by
Little, Brown, and Company
in association with
The Atlantic Monthly Company

Printed in the United States of America

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TO

those people of the Enchanted Desert who called me “Chief,”—Indians, employees, missioners, traders,—whose confidence, loyalty, and devotion made my work among the Hopi and Navajo tribes possible of success; and to humbler friends, my faithful horses, Dandy and Barney Murphy, Prince and Frank, that went with me so many weary miles, and were shot, by my order, to save them from the miseries of Governmental economy, this book is dedicated. [vii]

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I	Nolens Volens	3
II	Across the Plains	11
III	Into “Indian Country”	22
IV	Old Trails and Desert Fare	30
V	Desert Life and Literature	44
VI	A Northern Wonderland	54
VII	The First Ball of the Season	65
VIII	Old Oraibi	78
IX	The Making and Breaking of Chiefs	94
X	The Provinces of the “Mohoce or Mohoqui”	101
XI	The Law of the Realm	113
XII	Comments and Complaints	122
XIII	A Desert Vendée	142
XIV	Soldiers, Indians, and Schools	157
XV	An Echo of the Dawn-Men	181
XVI	Fiddles and Drums	191
XVII	Service Tradition	210
XVIII	Buttons and Bonds	224
XIX	Our Friends, the Tourists	240
XX	The Great Snake-Ceremony [viii]	260
XXI	Desert Belascos	275
XXII	On the Heels of Adventure	287
XXIII	The Red Bootleggers	297
XXIV	Held for Ransom	312
XXV	Wanted at Court	325
XXVI	Hopi Annals	336
XXVII	L’Envoi	361