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A BOARDING SCHOOL GRAIN FIELD.
Itorne^ toward tbe sanis, which became indistinct for a few
moments, then stronger as they were carried in our dire2tion by the
faiut breezs that stirs bef jre dawn. A few ghts Wvire twinkling
high on the mes*t miles away. Everything became clear then. Up
there were the Jpis, singing and dancing to greet the rising sun.
And as he had not yet come auywheie near the horizon they were
politely waving torches to show him the way. To saddle up was
the wJrk of a few moments, an I then Navi*» and I groped through
the sreuse wood, soapweed and eactu until we hit the trail that led
up to the mesa. As the first rnys of the sun were lightening the
eastern gloom I jogged up to the crowd of Navajos—bucks and
squnws in gibi attire—and white tourists wh:sat in admiriug silence
on their hors 's witching fifty Hopi men dancing in ho'ior of th », sun
They were of shorter st ture than the .v jos. but of siewy fr me.
OXquistely model^el. pi fare's of stro tg au 1 evenly developed
iLLSCularity. Fo one hour and-a half they cont'uued to dance with
out ceasing knees rbent, bodies inclined reverently, leaping a few
Inches forward at each stride in a great circle their faces expressive
of rapt devotion as they always chanted:
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