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Wetherill, Mrs. Marietta., August 24, 1953.

 Item — CD: 449, Microfilm: 7

Scope and Contents

Lice and delousing. Visit of Bicente Cayitano, chief of the Navajos. How some Navajos got a better breed of horses after a train wreck in Thoreau. Irrigation ditches, dam and paved reservoir at Chaco. American Cattle Co. abandoned houses. Cures used by medicinemen. Method of fixing a broken leg. Keeping cats to kill rattlesnakes. Navajo kills a rattlesnake and superstition concerning it.

Dates

  • August 24, 1953.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English Spanish

Access Restrictions

Transcripts must be accessed via microfilm (CSWR F801 P56 1960). Not all tapes have been transcribed.

Extent

From the Collection: 13 Boxes (13 cu. ft.)

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451