Moqui
Americannoun
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Utah may have wild Moqui Caverns, gorgeous light-filled sand caves in Kanab, but sand mining created them in the 1970s.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2020
The Moqui had reached a pitch of exaltation in which the venom of the serpent was harmless to him.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Payson, Lieut. Howard
To reach this region, Coronado had to pass either between Acoma and Zuñi, or between the Zuñi and the Moqui towns.
From Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
Keller and Sedelmayr.—After much discussion, in 1741 the Moqui district was assigned to the Jesuits, who now tried to reach that region.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
Our people and the other Apaches, the Navajos, Moqui and neighboring tribes used to appoint deputies twice each year.
From The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Stuart, Gordon
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