Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — “RABBIT HUNTING DANCE.” [ARTICLE]

“RABBIT HUNTING DANCE.”

Odd Thanksgiving Festival Held by the Puebla Indians. The "rabbit hunting dance” of the Pueblo Indians at Zuni, Acoma, Taos and Isleta is a festival contemporaneous with that of the white man In the dance the Indians give thanks and pray for future favors. The chief of each village designates a day In November for the festival, and the dangers. who are dressed in white cotton shirts and pantaloons and carry guns, chant and dance ns long as breath and strength remain. They begin at daylight and after a pause for food at noon continue dancing far into the night. They pray fervently that the Great Spirit may give them power to slay plenty of rabbits and other game and also thank him for the game, the crops and the rain of the season past.