End of the Yaqui Trail, The

DESCRIPTION: "Living long lives in Sonora, nested 'mongst mountains high... Living by hunting and fishing, raising their Indian corn... 'twas there the Yaquis were born." But now the Europeans have come. The author hopes their God will someday come to care for them
AUTHOR: N. Howard Thorp
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys); reportedly written 1914
KEYWORDS: nonballad Indians(Am.)
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys, pp. 63-65, "The End of the Yaqui Trail" (1 text)
NOTES [33 words]: This is not, I think, an entirely accurate portrayal of indigenous American life, but it is amazingly sympathetic for a piece written in 1914! There is of course no hint that it is traditional. - RBW
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