The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-17

stands on the right side, lt means iois life. many friends and plenty to eat. They believe in the literal resurrection of the body-that the dead pass at once to happy hunting grounds in the Far West, where the sun goes to rest, ana there each happy Indian has a large tract of land awaiting him and all the wild animals he can slay and eat for- ever. When a 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 deseased put food on the grave every night for weeks; and when foxes, wolves ana other wild creatures devorr 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 as- stunned the form of the serpent and con- versed with Mother Eve. It was Cicl who caused the ocean at one time to rise over all the earth. and the Indians prove it by sea-shells and the bones of marine animals which are found high up in the mountains. It is Cici, too, who introduces people to steal and lie and murder. Llanisto accused of theft is always granted hearing. Hear-say evidence, or circumstantial, wont do; there must in every case be two eye-w 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 prized it as an invaluable treas ure and when it was missing one morning, his transports Of grief and rage induced the whole village to join in the search. At last it was discover ed, hidden under a pile of skins in the hut of the Medicine-man. Circumstan- tiaI 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.
 It is lawful among all the Araucani- ans 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- taining the size of a warriors harem is to ask him the number of fires in his house. A woman about to become a sso to fn die
 tant place beside a stream, and there in strict seclusion await her time of trial entirely alone. Soon as the baby is born, she bathes it and herself in the cold stream, no matter how indictment 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 1t is. the cooking utensils, food, everything except some skins for her to lie on and new skin or blank ct 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, general ly 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 ne was born is an appropriate commencement to his career of hard- ships. He is firmly bound to a board. so that he can conveniently be set up in a corner, and his cold bath continu- ed daily, without fire and with but a scanty allowance of clothing, In order to make him hard, 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 very long errand, on which he is required to be fleet, and if 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 it is that which makes him heavy. If the poor child dies of exposure through this ordeal. the rela- tives rejoice that he has so soon be- come a happy bumble-bee. which is in- finitely better than to have grown up a sickly Araucanian. It is the survival of the Attest, and the urchin who thrives under such harsh treatment (and most of them dol soon commences his education. The great schoolrnaster is the mischievous Cici. When the lad arrives 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 exer- else is kept up until he becomes a man and has learned how to appear well be- fore an audience-according to Arauca- nian ideas-and to entertain the wise men of the tribe with fine flow of language. The education of the major ity ends here, but if youth is partic- ularly bright and can obtain the con- sent of the council he may also learn how to detect and cure<witchcraft. It is believed that all sickness is due to witches, and when an Araucanian be- comes proficient in detecting a witch and the poison she has given to the ail- ing individual he Is full-1edged Medicine Man. and enjoys high hon. ors among his people.