The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest . eries ; it keeps them and lets themlive, and they love it. Why should they longfor that which is strange, and for which theirnatures are not adapted ? CHAPTER VI A FUNERAL IN THE REGION OF DEATH IN the great weird wastes which make up theMojave Desert, Death is king. He sitsenthroned in the terrible region known asDeath Valley, and from that fiery pit hestretches forth his fleshless fingers over all thedesert region, and exacts a fearful toll fromthe desert-dwellers and from those who travelthrough his domain. To the Mojave Indians, a visit
The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest . eries ; it keeps them and lets themlive, and they love it. Why should they longfor that which is strange, and for which theirnatures are not adapted ? CHAPTER VI A FUNERAL IN THE REGION OF DEATH IN the great weird wastes which make up theMojave Desert, Death is king. He sitsenthroned in the terrible region known asDeath Valley, and from that fiery pit hestretches forth his fleshless fingers over all thedesert region, and exacts a fearful toll fromthe desert-dwellers and from those who travelthrough his domain. To the Mojave Indians, a visit from theGreat Destroyer comes as an event. In theirlives few incidents occur to relieve the mo-notony of existence in that barren, isolated,and uneventful region, and the circumstancesattending the takinor off of a member of thetribe are made the most of. Even in the caseof the death of the most humble member ofthe community the rites are elaborate andprolonged. The traditions of the tribe do not recordany funeral so memorable as was that of the So.
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