Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-19

witnesses 10 establish the guilt OF tho
| offender. During our stay In the camp
the precious mouth-organ changed
, hands The chief 10 whom we gave
| II priced II as an invaluable treasure
| and when II was missing one morning.
his transports OF grief and rage In
duced the whole village 10 join In the
search. At last 1t was discovered, hid
den under pile Of skins In the hut OF
the medicine man, Clrcumstantial
evidence was rather strong against
the man Of medicine. but as nobody
saw him steal II during the hours OF
darkness, II was taken for granted that
Clol had perpetrated the mischief, IL
Is lawful among all the Arau0anlans
for man to have as many wives as
he wishes, and the established rule Is
that every wife shall each day give her
husband a dish OF food prepared at
her own fire. Therefore the number OF
fires IN each hut indicates the number
of wives, and the polite way Of ascer-
tanning the size Of the warriors harem
is TO ask him the number OF fires In
his house. A woman about to become
a mother is compelled TO flee to some
distant place beside stream, and there
in strict seolusion await her time of
trial entirely alone. Soon as the baby
Is born, she battles II and herself In the
cold stream, no matter how inelement
the weather, and then Immediately re-
turns to her home. But even then her
trials are hardly begun, for instead Of
finding friends to receive and care for
her, the house Is deserted-husband
mother, sister, wives and all, having
ii. h.. kA fatR
such as 1t Is, the cooking utensils food,
everything except some skins for her
to lie on and new skin or blanket
gown, have been removed, For eight
days she must remain there alone, 10
| live or die. starye or feed herself as
best she can, when her friends return,
Then there is great rejoicing and the
baby is named with ceremony, generally
after some bird, flower or animal, and
period OF feastng ensues
The ice-cold bath which the infant has
received In the stream upon whose
banks he was born, is an appropriate
commencement TO his career of hard.
ships. He Is firmly bound to a board,
so that he IN conveniently be set up
IT, O corner and his cold bath continued
dally,without fire and with but scanty
allowance OF clothing. In order TO
make him hardy, he Is compelled
throughout babyhood to sleep out OF
doors In all kinds Of weather and Is
never given mouthful OF meat though
the dogs may sneak In to the fire and
are generally well fed Should the lad
become too fat on his vegetable diet,
his friends at once take him In hand
He Is sent on n very long errand, on
which he Is required To be fleet, and II
he does not run fast enough he Is pur.
sued by trained runners, who prick him
with sharp thorns and bits of bone,
to let the blood out so that he may run
faster. He Is then denied salt. as his
parents believe II is that which makes
him heavy. II the poor child dies OF
exposure through his ordeal, the rela.
tives rejoice that he has so soon become
O happy humble. bee, which IL Infinitely
better than 10 have grown up slckly
Araucaniam. IL Is the survival or
the flttest, aud the urchn who thrives
under such harsh treatment land most
OF them dol soon commences his edu-
cation, The great schoOlmaster Is the
mischlevous Cicl. When the lad ar
rives at proper age. he Is taken every
day to some dark recess In the rocks,
and there the EVIL one teaches him the
art OF public speaking. This exercise
is kept up until he becomes n man and
has learned how to appear well before
an misunderstanding TO Araucanian
ideas--and to entertain the wise men OF
the tribe with a fine flow OF language.
The education Of the majority ends
here, but II youth is particularly
bright and can obtain the consent OF
the council he may also learn how 10
detect and cure witchcraft, II Is be-
lleved that all sickness is due to wltch-
es, and when an Araucanlan becomes
proficient In detecting witch and the
poison she has given to the ailing in
dividual, he Is q fulnedged medicine
man" and enjoys high honors among
his people