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Show Jâ€"IVi*S*l. >*pRARE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUN DANCE, MOST SACRED OF UTE CEREMONIESbows and arrows, but among the Piutes rabbits, gophers, snakes, insects and fish were eaten. Baskets of conical form were made and used for gathering and winnowing grass seeds. Cotton was raised in southern Utah and made into clothing. Spades and digging sticks were the common agricultural implements, and shoulder-blades of the deer were used for spades. They lived in wickiups made of brush. The northern tribes had tepees. Like all Indians they sang songs in praise of the forces of nature; theydanced to their simple rhythmic chants, and preserved the traditions of their fathers. One of the favorite songs of the Mountain Indians was about the high peaks that propect into the home of the Great Spirit:"The mountains are high"The mountains are highWe will climb them, we will climb them.We will plant our feet in the land.There lives our God."A GROUP OF UTES GAMBLING, A FAVORITE PASTIME OF BOTH MALES AND FEMALESA•J&______^JLe 12 |