Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1894 — Indian Idol Worshipers. [ARTICLE]

Indian Idol Worshipers.

There .is a sm.'.ll tribe of Ind : ans in Soutr.vve torn Arizona who a e idoiators. They ai ein reality sun-wor hip ors, but mine »mull image < out of day with faeos supposed to represent the sun. They do not associate with other tribes. and a o very rarely scon by white men. The idols have large round bodies and heads, with eyes and mouth and ears, beams radiating from the eyes over tie face. Th s Indians h <ve these in their rude houses or wig ami. and at certain seasons they hoiu a Min dance, which is with them a reLginm. ceremony. They have no other or, of worship, a though a few of-them were at oi e time induced to aban -4 their idols by the works of ihe esuit .