•■iiiM-het. 



636 



April »i. 



Did you say : " I shall not cat any Aya lionoina ituliuuuleqt,' hohaui- 

 mountiiin fruit, unless praj'or be of- luanda hunibi choV 

 (■(•red over \l " '! 



Didyou wisli toeatanyotljerfruil, (yalamaqibe ituhunulecie hchani 

 over which prayers had been offered raunibi choV 

 first '? 



From these curious questions directed to the iirincipal men of the tribe, 

 it ai)pears that one of the duties incumbent to a chief was tlie superintend- 

 ing of the ceremonies of incantation through the conjuror or prophet. Evi- 

 dently tliese praj'ers and ceremonies were intended to consecrate natural 

 objects, whicli formerly had l)een profane, for men's use, and at the same 

 time to propitiate the Divinity in favor of those using them. 



Questions directed 

 ( Confessionario, 



Did you not eat the first maize of 

 the crop? 



Did you not eat the maize of the 

 newly broken field (de la ro<ja nue- 

 Tal? 



When the owl was crying did you 

 ))elieve that it would have mercy on 

 you V 



When the woodpeckers sang, did 

 you say j'ou would not utter any 

 cry, because it would cause you to 

 bleed from the nose? 



Wiien the owl or red owl was cry- 

 ing, did you say: "Do not interrupt 

 it, for it would cause you mischief? " 



In winter time did you [think it 

 sinful to] eat the small i)artridge 

 (la gallina pequena)? 



to Rural Labon rs. 

 page 129 recto). 



Hulubota (pbinoma inti uquaiti 

 cho? 



Abara elema ecano ([ibema inti 

 uqual)i cho? 



Hitiqirima hebuataqe hoba nime- 

 labonihaue mota bohota mosobi cho ? 



Tiniboma hebuataqe iquasetiquan- 

 ichinima isitocoljile bohota mocobi 

 cho? 



Atota liororoquene hebataqe nani- 

 beti, queni intila mobi cho? 



Caya-ulc-i chira na minama inti 

 uquabicho? (words in [ ] not in 

 Timucua text). 



Questions to Hunters. 



(Confessionario, page 129 1. 



When a [young] deer was bleat- Honoso licbasi, habcleta itorita 

 ing, did you say : "If I do not take chininipe lotahaue manda, niyefela 

 aqy herbs into my nostrils they will tasamota niyena haquista, paha po- 

 be shaken up, "and if in this thought nonomate samota quosobi cho? no- 

 you have sneezed and returned conii nini liabcla niiind:i bohobi cho? 

 home, did you bathe in the juice of 

 the herb? and have you believed 

 that when omitting this you would 

 TfTlainlv die? 



