The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-04

one sucking it and handing it on to his
nelghoor This preliminary ceremony, we
were told, was in token of lasting friend
ship-and very warm such love must be,
judging from the tears that sprang from
every eye. When the clans had been de-
voured, the chicha jars circulated freely,
passed from mouth to mouth in the most
confidential manner. Then came kettles
OF cooked corn steaming hot; then more
chlcha. Then quantities of raw mutton
cut.ln small chunks and piled on wooden
trays. Then ears of roasted corn; and lsst,
but by no means least our own contribu-
ton OF cold, m-besmeared pancakes,
whose sticky sweetness so pleased the
chief that ne at once opened negotiations
with our leader with view to purchasing
few white squaws" who could make
them. Between every course chicha flowed
freely. The braves gobbleG raw sheep and
corn till full to bursting; and after a short
rest they returned to the charge and ate
and drank, and drank and ate, again and
again, till nature could endure no more and
all sank into heavy sleep. This was the
hungry squaws' opportunity, and so we'll
they improved it that the remaining store
OF provisions, which in the morning we had
thought sufficient to last the whole com
munity week, disappeared like dew be-
fore the sun.
About sunset most of the younger men
! having overcome their gluttonous stupor,
bestirred themselves for game of bail
The oall was made Of strips of raw hide,
covered with many pieces of wooden cloth,
so that its force might not injure the moe
caslned foot There appeared to be no rules
regulating the game, its whole purpose
being to see how often and how far each
warrior could kick the ball. They laughed
and yelled and jostled one another in the
good natured scramble like lot OF neisy
school boys. The moon being at the full,
IT was determined to keep up the fun Till
midnight. But first supper must be had.
and the delightful news soon spread that
as an extra treat, a dish of nachi would be
served.
WHAT UNDER THE MOON WAS "NACHI?"
Even the half Indian interpreter could not
tell US, so we resolved to wait and see Ii
was not the first time that we have had
cause to regret the curiosity that has led
women into unpleasant situations from the
days of great grandmother Eve down to
her latest descendants. Nachi, it seems
is the greatest luxary OF which the Liam
lsto mind can conceive, and this is the re-
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full grown, fat sheep, and hang it up By
the fore feet, instead of by the hind feet as
/ usual. Then carefully cut hole in the
windpipe and stuff down it several hand
fulls OF salt and pepper mixed together.
This accomplished, despite the poor ami
mails struggles, sever the jugular and pull
II out sufficiently to turn the mouth of the
vein into the windpipe, down which the
blood noWs carrying the pepper and salt
into the lungs. The writing, tortured
creature is soon surprisingly swollen I'D
and dies in inexpressible agony. When
the body IS opened the lungs are found hor-
| ribly distended with blood, pepper and
salt, the whole forming one coaeulated
mass. This is nachi-and may heaven pre-
serve US from seeing it again. 1t is care
! fully extracted from the vet ouiyering
animal, cut in slices and served up
warm. The blood pudding before men
toned, which is a daily article of
Araucanlan diet, is merely the uncooked
block of any animal, coagulated by the ad-
ditlon of salt TO the consistency of custard.
! Whenever sheepis killed by the ordinary
process, while one " oman catches the blood
! in a wooden bowl, another stands by to re-
celve the entrails, which are stewed like
trlpe and much appreciated. After the skin
has been stripped of, the carcass is divided
along the spine, from tail to head. and is
usually roasted one half at time, over q
blazing fire spitted upon a sharp stick. In
the soft light of the moon the village beaux
engaged in their
FAvoRITE GAME OF PELICAN,
while the girls stood watching them in
silent admiration. During the afternoon q
number of boys bad been busiiy engaged in
planting twigs short distances apart, until
an alley was formed, perhaps forty feet
wide by 300 feet long. When ready for the
/ fray, half the young men retired to the
woods. After a little time those that re-
NAMED behind set up fearful footing on
| instruments made by the insertion of a
cows horn into a hollow cane; and an
swering notes came back from the rival
| band secreted in the forest. This
/ was the challenge and reply to a trial of
| skill, and presently the enemy came dash
ing through the forest with deafening
shouts. The Araucanian game of pelican
differs little from the sport so common in
England, known to school boys as s'hoclSv,,
or ''shinty." 1t is played with a small
wooden ball, propelled along the ground
! by sticks curved at the lower end. The
opposing sides have their bases at the two
extremes OF the alley; the ball is placed in
hole half way between the bases, and
over it two boys are stationed, one from
each party, while the other players are
scattered along the alley, each armed with
StlCh. w uou HI Is ready, Lle TWO IN the
middle strike their sticks together IN the
air, and commence q rough-and-tumble
fight for the ball, each striving to knock il
toward the others party. The object of
everyone is to drive the ball through his
opponents base, or in defense of his own.
to knock IT sideways along the borderine
line of twigs. In the latter case the trial is
put down as drawn, and recon-
mences. Each game is duly notched
on stick, and the party first
tallying certain number, gains the vic
tory. In this instance some fifty PLAYERS
were engaged, who prepared for battle by
stripping themselves 10 poncho about the
loins. There was much shouting and scuf
! fling, many hard tumble and occasional
cracked shin, but the greatest goodwill
reigned throughout. Meanwhile the older
and more dignified warriors engaged in
THE GAME OF AvAs
! This appears to be somewhat like dice.
and is played with eight beans marked on
one side and ten small sticks used as tai |
! lies. A blanket is spread upon the ground.
upon which the players sit, facing one an
other. A ternately they take up the beans.
shake them in the hand and throw them
on the blanket; the spots turned I'D are
counted, and the one wins who first
reaches a certain number. The players
seem to believe, with Pythageras, tina,
beans have souls, for they kiss them, talk
to them, rub them On their breasts,
sil the time shouting at the tor
1of their lungs, imploring good
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