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.

ITS ORIGIN AVD IIISTORY.
No one is permitted to join in this dance who has not
fasted for a given length of time, and, in addition, they are
required to thoroughly cleanse the inside of the body, which
is done by the free use of fermented liquors, that act as a
cathartic. This practice renders them better fitted to sing
their hymns of praise to Montezuma, as well as to enjoy
the feast of good things that come after.
The origin of this dance is without doubt of a religious
character, and seems, with the "Buffalor Dance," to have
been hlanded down from generation to generation for centuries.
We very much regretted that we could not witness the
celebration of this latter dance, as its mysteries, and the
peculiar manner in which it is performed, are said to be
very amusing.
We retired from the scene about sunset, and upon reaching our camp we learned from Don Rafael that Jimmy had
not made his appearance there duriig our absence, nor h-d
wo seen him at the pueblo. We felt that his remissness was
becoming so flagrant, that we must at once adopt some means
to correct it, and determined to administer the first "corrective dose" that night.
Of all the dishes that our camping life afforded, none so
tickled Jimmy's palate as an "Irish stew," and this night
Don Rafael had prepared a savory stew of antelope for out
supper. A dish of it was carefully tartarized and put one
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