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Show T.hursday. July 25. y eon Horace, v/ho baa :')cen dor:':l t.., Hol.brook, learning telegraphing; went home today 0 the bUckboa1"'d. 'I went to WOOdl"utt 11th. !1i,ster G-r-oor", July 28.. sunday. 1 . adn1initel'f)d to't:hp.,rles L111ytihi ta .who was ve y dclt.:. ! attended. maet1llJ_3 e:t. which missionaries from 'Snovlt lake were present. I· returned to Holbrook 111 t,he t)vening.' I ""Jork qui tel s·t,endy wh11e i.n the store. and my ahort tripe see!i1 to give rna new lite. I 'believe I do more worlt tha.n 1' I dj. not A change is necassafY, and espec:J.ally to a 1)001(go oVtt at a.ll. 1e0per. . ' . , duly 29. Monday.' It has be,en qui'te sormy but has nmlJ clearctl off btit the tmosphere seems smoky like the tall of the yearo It ae eme very pecllliar and hen .t.ne sun sets. it Locka lL'·e a dark r-e ball. , '. Thu.rsday. :r. went t Snowflalce. It raind, qvdt$ hard got very wot, before' I got through. I found my son Silas L. ill.. He had a high' feve:t>· but appeared to be gaini.n.,·t '/rtJ.g. 8 •. aJ1.d I qut t,e I . .. 1 went up to PineQale tOday wUih my son ·Aug. F). Josepl· G. and John L. who nappene d ·1;,0 be 'dowy).. I apen"t. tlw·,c1ay 1.11 looking ebout the pIties. Aug •. 10 Saturday. It has beeil .a very good yeal'" for Thi.nea looked quito well. crops in· ih e forest,. What did vry.well .. but, unfortune.tiely myboYI3 had little in. ]: attend!;d meeting 'and spoke about one hour on the Aug. 11. hiat,ory of. the chur-ch and. 'the .persecutions of the sai.n.t., I went to Snowflake '1i th the Bre'li'!€;f' boys 6;.Ug. 12. r}icmday. nd the next On 11 of ·thGSO trips I do more da.y on. 'tio Holbl'took.. .. . . .. · .. . .. .. or lea!) er-r-or-s , Qollecting accounts, ta..11:ing o·rdepst look.ing up her ·things whioh constantly .occur- iri a buatrie ss of so I em genore"lly buoy while out ot the store as well oueaneue and 0 ·this kin!},./ when in it. some 'of the par"ty who \'lent out to the Moqu1 Aug. 19. Monday. Village to u··tend the S,nctke Dance retm\ned todajt. Tho.se i3nake i)a nce s of t.ne Moquias ar e sa.id. to be ve.ry lnt.ores"'(,.in... 'l\hey have them e.vf-)ry -two years. .A short, th'l6 before the dance they go out on the benches and bottoms and catbh .analce s ot all Idndsj but the prin.cipal p1r't, of them are rattle annkeu In. ca tehing 'hem the T In(liana t.ake a stiok wi'i,h a feather r aat.encd on the end and tickle the snake until it siret..che s out Then they pick it, up. They bring all t,he snakes end wash hema11dput·thm Ln a k i nd of gU)'1...tley sack. Whn the dance commences,' the Indian s'c,ick his hed in and gets a S118.J.;:e in 'l:4is mouth or hands and comes out whl"'e -they deJlce in a Girole I.-nth .snake s in their hands and mou tha, Most of these anakea ar e rat"t/113 snakeu. '£hey t,hen throw the snake a in a p:;'le in the middle of the circle. 'Niis soon forrtls a. Yi"'{"i thing « e os of venomous reptiles. At"·ter some ceremony .. they .run 'Up and catch a handful of anakes and all run a.way in four diree t.Lcns , turni1g the analcee loose. Then -'cIlley take an Ellltidota which nla::en them very s Lck •. hat 'this is tht they 'al\:e no whi-te man has been able to fj.,nd out. Aug. 30. 1friday. The people beg an to pass ;-Iolbrook on their way to a.'t,tand conr er ence at". st. Joseph. M.y fdfe Adelaide was along but did no t, s"Iio!?_ My sons Horace and. &i1<:,.s stopped with. me and rJen t down wi til me on the "train Sat,wd.a:'!.. night. -: I had. qui te 8. ,.d1f:('i,cult1 't.ime in g$ttlng up to t own tn thq ·uru."'k. i;ept. L S·uliay. Our Con!l3r:;JJ.'lce C·Qlumenc.ed tc)day. Pree RobO_ $.nd C.H. Baltes ii6U1'$ Hakea a.,J."1.\). f{obson a:l"e from the f.ari presl1t.. o C) [n'_ 1tc\;'e fh:tl{;es wat 6J.1. v:d c:)mpf:.. i-=>n of fnlne In r·d.rCi1:tan I ha.d. stood e1UH'di:;:·. wi th him, been on Indian raldti, an.d wotkea. \vi h, hlm so Y$ gore pl$asad to mea. :rh.,-.r waz a. Priathood' LiGating in the eVGningo Some l.emar-ka as II ... . , , . \ .. , . . . . .. . . . , • I |
