Manitou Collection

Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad, Colorado, USA c. 1890
Rocky Pass, Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad, Colorado, USA c.1890

Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado, USA
A narrow gap between two sandstone masses forms the entrance to the Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado. The Garden contains strangely shaped isolated rocks of all shapes and sizes

Native Canadian Worship
Native Canadians honour their deity Quitchi Manitou (variously spelt) with a huge sacrificial pyre topped with valuable goods which they hope will appease him. Date: 18th century

The Cliff House Hotel, Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Manitou, Colorado, USA Date: circa 1902

Montezumas Temple - Rock Formation
Ruins of the Montezumas Temple, Garden of the Gods, a group of rocks resembling the ruins of the Temple of the Montezumas, ancient rulers of Mexico near Colorado Springs and Manitou, Colorado, USA

Manitou, Colorado. Date between 1898 and 1905

Ship Manitou
The Manitou carries passengers from Chicago to Mackinac Island, a popular resort in the Great Lakes. 1916

Customs / Sacrifice / Goods
Native Canadians sacrifice precious possessions to Quitchi-Manitou, the Great Spirit

Iroq. Myth / Healing Water
Nekumonta, collapses in the snow whilst searching for a rememdy for his sick wife; he dreams of the healing waters of the Great Manitou who sing to him

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