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Title: New Mexico, the land of the delight makers : the history of its ancient cliff dwellings and pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Franciscan missions; personal accounts of the ceremonies, games, social life and industries of its Indians; a description of its climate, geology, flora and birds, its rivers and forests; a review of its rapid development, land-reclamation projects and educational system; with full and accurate account of its progressive counties, cities and towns
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects: New Mexico -- Description and travel
Publisher: Boston : The Page company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ed nearer to them, on ascending the trail,or viewed them from the level top of the mesa, they wererude and rugged pillars carved by natures forces intothe shapes they now present. Knowing that every such object is held in venerationby all Indians, and that those living near them seldom failto have legends to account for them I questioned my Zunifriends until I learned the following romantic and pa-thetic legend. In the long, long ago the Zunis wtre verywicked, and in spite of the continued warnings of ThoseAbove, they persisted in their evil doings, until theShadow People determined to destroy them from the faceof the earth. Accordingly the two great water sourcesof the world were opened — the Reservoir of the Abovefrom which all rains descend, and the Reservoir of theBelow, from which all springs, creeks and rivers receivetheir flow. The very plugs were withdrawn, and the rainpoured down, and the floods arose, until the Zunis knewthe wrath of the gods was falling upon them. Hastily
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Photograph by George Wharton James.THE PILLARS KNOWN AS THE CAIQUES SON AND DAUGHTER,ON TAIYOALLANE, NEAR ZUNI. My Adventures at Zuni 73 they fled to the summit of Taiyoallane where the youngerones of the wicked and profane laughed at the fears ofthe others, and openly scoffed at the idea that even thefloods of the heavens above and of the under world be-neath could ever rise so high as to reach them. Butslowly and surely the water arose. Higher and higher itcame, until even the scoffers were silenced, and dumbdread filled their souls. In vain the priests of the variousbrotherhoods danced and sang, prayed and made thebig smoke, made medicine and offered gifts. The angerof Those Above would not be turned away. At last thechief of the priests went away to a quiet part of themountain summit where he could meditate and pray andmore especially intercede for his people. He finallycame back and said that Those Above could have theiranger turned away from them in one way only. Thechoicest of

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