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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1937
Page
8
Joyful Hopi Indians watched their arid acres blossom into pasture as rain blessed the reservation. The final snake dance concluded after a week of petitions, with Antelope Priests and snake priests chanting while spectators looked on from Wapi villages.
Dancers moved through a tiny square to the Kiss, a cottonwood bower, where rattlesnakes were used in the rite. A man seized a snake and placed it in his mouth as priests coaxed the writhing reptiles with eagle-feather whips. Some were bitten but an Indian emetic cleared poisons. The snakes were blessed in a corn meal circle and sent to the underworld as prayers. Dancers then rested while white visitors departed, rain threatened, far from the highway.
Midshipmen returning from a European practice cruise will land at the naval academy about 7 a.m. Thursday. The battleships New York Arkansas and Wyoming are due to anchor in Annapolis Roads off the academy late today, running a day ahead of their original schedule.
E. S. Nicholson of Miller Street brought a second black widow spider to the Star office late yesterday. He trapped it near the old reservoir.
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church sends its boys to the Miller camp on the Capon River two miles above Capon Bridge. The outing features swimming, boating, a large open kitchen and dining room, tents when crowded, and daily devotions. Boys return for Thursday prayer meetings and Sunday services, with city visitors enjoying the camp and meals.
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