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And I wound up by telling him how much we wanted to see and talk with him. I signed my name, and yours, to the note." "And now to see whether the Moqui will promise to carry it to your great-uncle." Frank held the note up. "You will not tell us where we can find the little man without any hair on his head, Havasupai," he said.
Stones were scattered about, as were bits of broken wood, wire, rope and other accessories. "Now," said Joe, after they had looked about, "the thing to do is to trail them." "And the first thing is to get a clue," added Blake. They looked about, using the knowledge they had gained from being with the cowboy the time they filmed the pictures of the Moqui Indians.
Yet when the train set out for the Moqui pueblos, she seemed as vigorous and more vivacious than usual. What supported her now and for days afterward was what is called the strength of fever.
"That's all right, Frank; I'll attend to it," declared Bob; "but why under the sun do you suppose now, that sly old Moqui dodged out like that?" "Well, for one thing, he may have suspected us," replied Frank. "What! after all we did for him, took him in, and forgave his sins, even to offering to mend any broken ribs, if he'd had any, through that horse kick?
"That Moqui Indian " gasped Eugene, falling back helplessly. "Exactly, he carries the packet, with orders to let nothing divert him from his one purpose," observed the scientist; while Bob nudged his chum in the side, unable to restrain his delight over the wonderful outcome of the knotty problem. "How did he get out of here?" asked Eugene.
The name Hopi or Hopitah means "peaceful people," and the name Moqui, sometimes applied to them by unfriendly Navajo neighbors, is really a Zuni word meaning "dead," a term of derision. Naturally the Hopi do not like being called Moqui, though no open resentment is ever shown. Early fiction and even some early scientific reports used the term Moqui instead of Hopi.
There was some meditative chewing, after which the three returned to the bivouac, and either lay down to sleep or took their tours at guard duty. At dawn the party recommenced its flight toward the Moqui country. There were sixty hours more of hard riding, insufficient sleep, short rations, thirst, and anxiety.
Immediately they were bending over the form, which had moved at their approach. "Why, it's an Indian, Frank!" cried Bob, in surprise. "Yes, and unless I miss my guess, a Moqui Indian at that," Frank replied. "Three of them wandered down our way once, and gave us some interesting exhibitions of their customs. You know their home is up to the north.
Frank looked up to see the grinning face of his chum thrust close to him. "Think it's genuine, Frank?" demanded the other. "I can see no reason why it shouldn't be," answered the other, glancing down again at the crumpled paper he held, and which the old Moqui was regarding with the greatest of pride on his brown face. "Looks like that paper Mr.
When done it is removed from the stone by the naked hand and is rolled or folded into loaves which makes their prized pici bread. It is said to be only one of fifty different methods which the Moquis have of preparing corn for the table, or about twice the number of styles known to any modern chef. The Moqui woman is favored above many of her sex who live in foreign lands.
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