- a variation of Moki.
Moqui
Americannoun
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Moquis,
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Moqui
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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
California and New Mexico—Recent explorations in these countries, with accounts of the Navijo and Moqui Indians; architectural remains on the banks of the Gila....
From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by John Russell Bartlett
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 Gordon Stuart
It has been stated that the Moqui Indians handle the rattlesnake with impunity, and are not inconvenienced by its occasional bite.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
The Navaho and Moqui Indians make woollen blankets and rugs and the Pimas baskets.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
The interval of silence which succeeded to the discovery that they were surrounded by Moquis was the most trying any of the party had ever known.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson
There was now little doubt in the minds of Mr. Harkness and the others that the stampede had been instigated by Clark and his friends, disguised as Moquis.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson
Army, author of "The Snake Dance of the Moquis," etc. 8vo, 496pp., cloth, gilt top, uncut.
From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled
They could easily rig themselves up as Moquis and deceive any one, particularly in the excitement.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson
Following 1680 came a great Indian revolt in New Mexico and Arizona, and thereafter the Moquis remained independent of Spanish and Christian domination, although visited fitfully by rival Jesuits and Franciscans.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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