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Show AMONG THE AZTECS. 281 M. No ; one of your people, we think. What are these dances for that you have sometimes? P. The grandfathers always had them. So ended my attempts at Moqui theology. Probably they were too suspicious of a stranger to let me know any thing about it, for an Indian considers his religion his even more exclusively than his " horse or his wife. But they have one curious custom which seems to have a religious significance. Every morning, at the first break of day, a young man runs the whole length of the mesa with several cow- bells tied to his belt ; the entire population rise at once, and while the rest proceed to milk their goats, the bell- man and a few others descend to the plain and go a mile or so towards the east. An army officer, who spent some time with them, says they expect a Deliverer to come from that direction, and send an embassy to meet him. Thus the Moquis, like all other races, look for One to usher in the time " When useless lances into scythes shall bend, And the broad falchion in a plowshare end ; When wars shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white- robed Innocence from heaven descend." Their traditions say ( or in their own phrase " the grandfathers said") that the ruins on the adjacent mesa were once the homes of a powerful race of Moquis, arid then an immense spring watered all the plain ; but an earthquake threw down the pueblo, split the rock, and dried up the spring, and the remnant of that people went far to the South. Telashnimki and Tuba, two Oraybes, husband and wife, once accompanied Jacob Hamlin to Salt Lake City, and were delighted with all they saw. Since their return, a portion of the Oraybes have se-ceded from the main body, and established a new settlement, to which they invite white men, and propose more friendly relations. The Moquis pointed out Oraybe in the distance; but did not think it safe for me to visit it, as the Apaches are often there. The Mormons are establishing friendly relations with all the tribes of north- western Ari-zona, and will, it is to be hoped, succeed in peace in their vicinity. One question frequently asked me was, " Are the Mormoneys Amer-icans ? " A plain affirmative was near enough to the truth for the views of the Indians ; but, in point of fact, the question is open to argument. The dress of a Moqui man consists of very loose jacket and draw-ers, made of calico obtained from traders. The first is made close at the neck, and flows loosely to the hips; the second reaches from the |