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of their enemies GMC<U were confounded, And they 

 drew forth certaine blacke flieepe , which had beenc 

 keptclofe fome daies without mcate , the which they 

 called rw 3 and in killing them they fpake thefe words- 

 As the hearts of thefe beafts be weakened, fo let our 

 enemies be weakned. And if they found in thefe flicep-' 

 that a certaine pcece offlcfh behind the heart were nor 

 confumed by fafting and clofekecping, they then held 

 it for an ill augure. They brought certaine black dogs, 

 which they call Appuros , and flew them, cafting them- 

 intoaplaine, with certaine ceremonies, caiifing fomc 1 

 kinde of men to eatethis flefli, the which facrifices 

 they did, left the InguA fhould be hurt by poifon : and> 

 for this caufe they faftcd from morning vntill the ftafs 

 were vp, and then they did glut and defile themfelvcs 

 like to theMoores. This facrifice was moft fit for them 

 to withfland their enemies gods : and although at this 

 day a great part of thefe cuftomes have ceafe^, the wars 

 being ended,yet remaines there fome relikes, by rcafon 

 of the private or generall quarrels of the Indians y m the 

 Caciques y m in their Citties.Thcy did likewife offer and 

 facrifice flidles of the fca, which they call MoBo, and 

 they offered them tothefoumainesand fprings, fay. 

 ing, that thefe fhells were daughters of the fea, the mo 

 ther of all waters. They gave vnto thefe fhclls fimdrie 

 names, accord ing to the color, and alfo they vfe them- 

 to divers ends. They vfed them in a manerin allkinde 

 of facrifices , and ycc to this dayihey put beaten fliells 

 in their Chica, forafuperftition. Finally they thought 

 it convenient to offer facrifices of every thing they did 

 fow or raife vp. There were Indians appointed to doe 

 thefe facrifices to the fountaine, fprings, ind rivers, 

 which paffed through the townes,or by their C&.w#y 



which 



