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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 684 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOPI , or Most (Moguls), a tribe of See also:

North See also:American See also:Indians of Shoshonean stock. They are See also:Pueblo or See also:town-See also:building Indians and occupy seven villages on three lofty plateaus of See also:northern See also:Arizona. The first accounts of them date from the expedition of Francisco Vasquez de See also:Coronado in 1540. With the town-building Indians of New See also:Mexico they were then subdued. They shared in the successful revolt of 1542, but again suffered defeat in 1586. In 168o, however, they made a successful revolt against the Spaniards. They weave very See also:fine blankets, make baskets and are See also:expert potters and See also:wood-carvers. Their houses are built of See also:stone set in See also:mortar. Their ceremonies are of an elaborate nature, and in the famous " snake-See also:dance " the performers carry live rattlesnakes in their mouths. They number some 1600. (See also PUEBLO INDIANS.) For Hopi festivals, see 21st See also:Ann. See also:Report See also:Bureau of Amer.

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Ethnology (1899-1900).

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