This time we revisited Mary Colter's watch tower, which was built to replicate the many watch towers of the native Americans in the southwest. The interior was painted in the 30's by the grandson of Cloud Mountain who was performing native music when we were visiting. Cloud Mountain then took us up the winding staircase to explain the murals.
Wonderful music and a fascinating story of how the first human (predecessor of the Hopi) traveled down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. He traveled in a carved out log, and met his bride (of the snake people) at the Gulf of California where the river ended its journey. They traveled back home together with a bag of special items, but he couldn't wait to open the bag as instructed, and the promised wealth reverted back. Note the circle divided into quadrants with the story beginning on the top left and goes clockwise.
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