The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

THE GREEN-CORN DANCE.
As soon as the first ears of maize begin to ripen, they are
plucked by women, and brought to the high-priest, who alone
p)ossesses the right to strip from them the husks, for the
purpose,)f ascertaining the degree of maturity to which they
have arrived.
After the ears shall have obtained a certain age, if the
promise for an abundant crop be a fair one, the high-priest
sends criers through the streets, to announce to the people
that as Montezuma has been kind to them and given them
bountiful crops, they must assemble upon a certain day at
noon,- specifying a particular day, -"and render unto him
thanksgiving and praise for having so kindly provided for
their comfort." This was the day he had appointed for that
purpose, and the doctor and myself accompanied him to the
pueblo to witness the ceremony, leaving our camp in charge
of Don Rafael,- Jimmy, as usual, being absent.
Upon reaching the pueblo, we were assigned a seat of
honor by the side of the cacique, on the lower terrace of
the council house.
The procession soon slowly approached; the men came in
single file, their bodies bent almost double, as though borne
down by the immense weight of the load of maize which they
were pretending to carry upon their shoulders. Around their
loins was tied a small blanket, the upper po)rtion of their
bodies being entirely naked, and painted a dark-red color;
their arms and legs, which were also naked, were striped with
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