The Republican journal., 1904-03-17
and attach Specification to every
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VI Tie ieIt arm also 1OretellS death, anC
should it occur to an Indian when or
route to the field of battle, the whole
army would turn back. If one of them
happens to see fawn on the left side
of the trail, it signifies sickness or i'll
luck; but if the animal stands on the
right side, it means long life, man,
frlends'and plenty to eat. They believe
in the literal resurrection of the body
that the dead pass at once to happy
bunting grounds in the Far West,
where the sun goes to rest, and there
each happy Indian has large tract OF
land awaiting him and all the wild ami.
mails he can slay and eat forever When
man dies, his best horse is killed to
accompany him, and all his weapons,
utensils and trinkets are buried with
him, for use in the sunset land. The
friends of the deceased put food on the
grave every night for weeks; and when
foxes, wolves and other wild creatures
devour it during the hours of darkness,
they believe that the dead man has
eaten it and is refreshed on his long
journey.
The Llanistos are firm believers in
Cici-a mythical parsonage who takes
the place of the Christians Satan-a
real, living, walking and talking devil,
as when in the Garden of Eden he
assumed the form of the serpent and
conversed with Mother Eve. 1t was
Cici who caused the ocean at one time
to rise over all the earth, and the In
dams prove it by sea-shells and the
bones of marine animals which are
found high up in the mountains. 1t is
Cici, too, who induces people to steal
and lie and murder A Llanisto &C
cused of theft is always granted a
hearing. Hearsay evidence, or cir
cumstantial, won't do; there must in
every case be two eye-witnesses to
establish the guilt of the offender.
During our stay in the camp the
precious mouth-organ changed hands.
The chief to whom we gave it priced it
as an invaluable treasure and when it
was missing one morning, his trans
ports of grief and rage induced the
whole village to join i'll the search.
At last it was discovered hidden
under a pile of skins in the hut of
the medicine Circumstantial
evidence was rather strong against
the man of medicine, but as nobody
saw him steal it during the hours of
darkness, it was taken for granted that
Cici had perpetrated the mischief. 1t
is lawful among all the Araucanians
for man to have as many wives as he
wishes, and the established rule is that
every wife shall each day give her hus-
band 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 a Warrier'S harem is
to ask him the number of fires in his
house. A woman about to become
mother is compelled to flee to some dis
tant place beside a stream, and there
in strict seclusion await her time of
trial entirely alone. Soon as the baby
is born, she battles it and herself in the
cold stream, no matter how inclement
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
gone elsewhere. Even the furniture,
such as it 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, to
live or die, starve or feed herself as
best she can, when her friends return.
Then there is great rejoicing and the
baby is named with ceremony, gener
ally after some bird, flower or animal,
and period of feasting 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 board,
SO that he can conveniently be set up
in corner, and his cold bath continued
daily, without fire and but scanty al
lowance 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
we'll fed. Should the lad become too
fat on his vegetable diet, his friends at
once take him in hand. He is sent on
a very long errand, on which he is re-
quired to be fleet, and if he does not
run fast enough, he is pursued by train
ed 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 it is that which makes him
heavy. If the poor child dies of ex-
posture through this ordeal, the rela-