The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 7, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 June 1923 — Page 3

SNAKE DANCE OF THE PUEBLOS TO CONTINUE •L Albuquerque, N. M.—The Pueblo Indians will continue their wierd snake dance, done to th* beating of tom-toms. To these redskins the da net symbolizes a form of worship And for a government to attemp to legislate religion is not on I; against the American constitu tion, but is folly as well. So say those who are close t< the famous southwestern tribe and so intimate members of th< Pueblos, too. What Easter signifies to th« Christian world, what the Feas of the Passover is to the Jews so is the snake dance to the Re< Man. And what is this dance tha has aroused the curiosity of non Indians for years, and that re cently attracted widespread at tention because of Commissions Burke’s ruling! Charles H. Burke, head of th< United States Bureau of Ipdiat Affairs, has ruled that certaii forms of Indian dance must go He declares that pow-wows am dances mean neglect of crops am live stock. These dances are held in the spring, when plowing and planting must be done, he points out He believes also the tribal danc< is a bar to the Indian’s advance ment and progress. The best known of the Puebh tribes are perhaps the Hopi am the Moqui They are regarded tc be direct descendants of thf famous cliff dwellers. Theii snake dance is strictly a religious ceremony. It is meant to propitiate the gods who control the rain. Rainfall in this section <►! the country is an important consideration. If the water does not come at the right time and in sufficient quantity, crops fail and famine rules. The Indian believes that rattlesnakes are the proper reptilefl to carry the prayers of the red men to the gods of rain. Once

a year, then, great dances are held. Snakes are procured and washed clean. When the dance begins, priests and medicine men make sounds like rain and thunder with gourds and rattles. Dancers hold the wiggling makes in their teeth. . Apparently the reptiles are enjoyin. he ceremony, too. Then th( dow motion step commences Knee is raised high, then the *oot is slowly lowered to the *arth. Finally the snakes an •eleased and they scamper t< •over. The legend is that thex p down into the earth, when 'well the gods whose bounty is wished. And strange to say, more often han once, rain follows and crops ire plentiful. And how d' t's the red mar. ake the ruling of Burke.’ "When you stop the white man from dancing to the intoxicatingdrains of jazz music." he says; “‘when you force the white man to quit the tango, the waltz - then we may stop our dances. But even so there is no parallel between the two. The white man dances merely because it pleases him. Ours is a form of worship.” o i DIMMING LIGHTS A good many drivers of automobiles pay no attention to the law requiring them to dim their lutomobile headlights when approaching another machine on the street or a public highway. Usually the fellow who neglects to dim his lights is a fast driver ihd that is xvhat makes it dangerous. In some places in the state officers are undertaking to enforce this law. For their own safety and for the safety of others the dimming requirements should be observed. Eve never left Adam at home to look after the children while she" went about the country| preaching women’s rights.

USE OF FURS INCREASING The increasing use of furs, due almost wholly to the dictates of fashion, threatens to cause the extermination of the most important fur-bearing animals of he world. Furs are no longer worn mainly for comfort and projection in winter; the whims of <tyle encourages their being used during the entire year. Few persons have any conception of the number of mamals that are destroyed every year <or the fur market. So widespread is the demand, and sc numerous are the places where they are bought and sold, that only a part of the pelts reach the main fur centers, and hence it is impossible to ascertain the total number that are killed annually. St. Louis, Mo., has ranked for many years as the largest fur .•enter in the world- and at the auction held there in 1919, lasting one week, the astounding number of 5,086.303-dressed and undressed fur skins, as well as 550,000 pounds of New Zealand and Australian rabbit pelts, were offered for sale. If the number of <kins sold at one place is so large, what must it be for the entire world? The more valuable fur-bearing animals have already greatly decreased in number, and therefore other species of the mamals are killed to meet the demand that is stimulated by fashion. As an example, at this St. Louis auction over 40,000 house cats were sold; a firm in Chicago stated that thev themselves handled over 48.000 cat skins in 1922. While this mor be pleasing news to the lovers of bird life, it will hardly be conducive to the fur wearer’s peace of mind, for, of course, no "tabby” skins are retailed under their true name. Over a million muskrat pelts were listed as "Hudson Seal." o — A classified ad will sell it

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