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Show stopping from time to time to sing chants to the gods in a petition for life-giving rains. From Cushing's time onward, anthropologists and archaeologists have published accounts of the Kolhu/wala:wa and the sacred pilgrimages made there every four years by the Zunis. Adolph Bandelier commented on the subject in his journals in 14.5 the 1880's. Accounts in national publications, some written by the foremost anthropologists in the world, record various aspects of the Zunis' sacred pilgrimage 145. Lange, Charles H. and Carroll L. Riley (with the assistance of Elizabeth M. Lange) (editors) The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier, 1883-1884; University of New Mexico Press; Albuquerque; 1970; p. 77, said "Nearby there is Cushing's Cave, which contains many interesting things." Lange, Charles H. and Carroll L. Riley (editors) The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier, 1880-1882; University of New Mexico Press; 1966; Albuquerque; p. 316, where he says he was told by Nathan Bibo "that 40 miles from Rito Quemado, west, there were important ruins, and that the Zuni Indians are in the habit of walking, once a year to the Sho-lo River, 65 miles south of Zuni, to perform superstitious rites there." Hart, E. Richard "Boundaries of Zuni Land: With Emphasis on Details Relating to Incidents Occurring 1846-1946," The Zuni Indian Tribe of New Mexico v. the United States of America, expert testimony submitted to the United States Court of Claims in behalf of the Zuni Tribe, Docket 161-79L, 1980, pp. 4, 67, and 155, describes Kolhu/wala:wa, Cushing's map of the religious sites, and Bandelier's comments. - 95 - |
