The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-03-02

attended his first appearance. 90 for
h,,ndreds Of years tho descendants Of these
neorIe. firmly believing the legend.
Watched anxiously forthe promised Sec
ond earning Of the Plumed Serpent; and
mt last tho SpnniAfds appeared, and be-
-cnuIc they wcrc white skinned and came
from the East tho simple-minacl natives
mistook those cruel aud blOOdthirsty bril-
cands for messengers of love from the
6cncficcnt Quetzalcoatl.
Tar sACRIFlCAL sToNE.
1t was long after the reign of this deity
that the order of rObles called Tho
Eagles" whose patron was the sun, was
established in Mexico. / think 1t was
during tbs reign of Tizoc. seventh King
of MEXICO. who assembled the throne about
1880. 1t was at that time the horrible
Tizoc. taken from cunuhtli. ''eagla,"
from the Order aforesaid; and xicalli.
..drinkihs cup -cnnIc into use. Unon
this rock in certain religious festivals tho
the Mcxicans sacrificed u human victim,
to whomc they gave the name of Mes
lscnscr 10 the Sun" That primitive his
torian Father Duran tells us all about IL.
| He saws at the sound of musical instr1l-
mcnts they brought forth nh Indian from
among tic prisoners taken in war. He
was surrounded by illu0triM,s nOblcmcn,
who painted limbs red. with white stripcs.
Half his face was painted red, u white
plulnc was glued into his hair, ansl on his
back was a little bundle, which held u
few feathers, Jumps of ochrc, pieces of
gympsum. candlcwobd. and parchmcnts.
In ono hand he carried a walking stick,
very gay with knots and tics
of leather and feathers Of all colors;
lin the other he bore IL shield, with
five small bundles of cotton on IT.
They led him to the foot of the staircase
ascending to the temple, and there in o
loud voice so that all could hear, they
said to him: '..Sir, that which we entrcat
thee is that thou tost go before our gods
thu sun, and that on our behalf hOndOth,
salute him. and that thou dost tell him
that his SONS aid principal mobiles who re-
main here supplicatc him to remember
them and that from his throne he doth
favor them and receive this small present
which they send them; and do thou give
him this cane for walking and this shield
for defense and the other tliingsthat thou
Dearest in this little bundle"
The Indian hearing this embassy, an-
swcred what he pleased. Then they un-
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great staircase toward the temple, making
much delay ut each step to give him fresh
instructions. Finally arrived 1.-THE sum-
nit, they placed him upon the rock
Cuaullxical i, where he was compelled to
shout the message TO the sun. Then four
ministers Ofthe sacrifice assembled the four
steps to the rock. removed the cane, the
shield and the little bundle which the
victim bore. They seized by the hands
and feet and held him fast, while
the high priest approached with knife in
hand and cut the victims throat. ut same
time commanding him to go with his
message to the true Sim in another life.
The blood drained into tic bowl in tho
center of the rock and ran down a chan
mel cut at the side in front of the chamber
wherein was kept the golden image of the
sun, and the sculptured sun OH the face
of the rock was drcncllcd in
blood. When blood ceased to flow tho
High Priest opened the cartivc's breast
with his knife of obsidian, or volcanic
glass, and pluckcd out the smoking heart.
which lie presented with high hand to the
sun, holding it aloft till it had ceased to
drip and become cold.
Outlined in carving upon the sides q
this rock is the belief that of these early
savagcs respecting the establishment Of
sacrifices. 1t represents the astronomical
struggle between Quetzalwatland Tczcat-
lcpon, in which the former is the attack
ing warrior and the latter the de-
Tending gladiator. Under this theory the
conqucror Tizoc arrogatcd to himself the
place of the warrior, and the conquered
nations that of the captive. The figure
of Quetzalwatl wears the sacred mask.
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