526 MEDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE. 



Dr. Edwin James, the editor of Tanner s Narrative, 1 cites the, &quot; Calica 

 Purau&quot; to show that medicinal images are employed by the people of 

 the East Indies when revenge is sought upon an enemy; &quot; water must 

 be sprinkled on the meal or earthen victim which represents the sacri- 

 ficer s enemy.&quot; 



In those parts of India where human sacrifice had been abolished, a 

 substitutive ceremony was practiced &quot;by forming a human figure of 

 flour-paste, or clay, which they carry into the temples, and there cut 

 off its head or mutilate it, in various ways, in presence of the idols.&quot; 2 



Gomara describes the festival in honor of the Mexican God of Fire, 

 called &quot; Xocothuecl,&quot; when an idol was used made of every kind of 

 seed and was then enwrapped in sacred blankets to keep it from break 

 ing. &quot; Haciau aquella noche uu idolo de toda suerte de semillas, en- 

 volvianlo en mantas beuditas, y liabanlo, porque no se deshiciese.&quot; 3 



These blessed blankets are also to be seen at the Zutii feast of the 

 Little God of Fire, which occurs in the month of December. It is a 

 curious thing that the blessed blankets of the Zuiii are decorated with 

 the butterfly, which appeared upon the royal robes of Montezuma. 



What other seeds were used in the fabrication of these idols is not 

 very essential to our purpose, but it may be pointed out that one of 

 them was the seed of the &quot;agenjo,&quot; which was the &quot; cheuopodium &quot; or 

 &quot; artemisia,&quot; known to us as the &quot; sagebrush.&quot; 



Of the Mexicans we learn from a trustworthy author: &quot;Tambieu 

 usaban algnna manera de eoinuniou 6 recepcion del Sacramento, y es 

 que hacian uuos idolitos chiquitos de semilla de bledos 6 ceiiizos, 6 de 

 otras yerbas, y ellos misinos se los recibian, coino cuerpo 6 memoria 

 de sus dioses.&quot; 4 



Mendieta wrote his Historia Eclesiastica Indiana in 1596, &quot; al 

 tiempo que esto escribo (que es por Abril del ano de noventa y seis)&quot; 6 

 and again, &quot; al tieinpo que yo esto escribo.&quot; 



The Mexicans, in the month of November, had a festival in honor of 

 Tezcatlipuca. &quot; Hacian unos bollos de masa de maiz y semejante de 

 agenjos, aunque son de otra suerte que los de aca, y echabaulos a cocer 

 en ollas con agua sola. Entre tanto que hervian y se cocian los bollos, 

 tanian los muchachos un atabal . . . . y despu6s comiauselos con 

 gran devocion.&quot; 7 



Gomara s statement, that while these cakes of maize and wormwood 

 seed were cooking the young men were beating on drums, would find 

 its parallel in any account that might be written of the behavior of the 

 Zuni, while preparing for their sacred feasts. The squaws grind the 



New York, 1830, p. 191. 



2 I)uliois, People of India, London, 1817, p. 490. 



3 Gomara, Hiatoria de Mt jico, p. 445. 



Mendieta, Hist. Eclesiastica Intl.. p. 108. 



8 Iliid., p. 402. 



6 Ibid., p. 51!i. 



Gomara, Hiatoria de Mejico, p. 446. 



