THE POZO STONE. 417 



Nature was thronged by many devoted worshippers, * * * * these 

 self-inflicted wounds ranked equal to those received in the battle- 

 field."* 



I read the third panel thus, on the meeting of the tribes the 

 King addressed them [King with outstretched arms] and some, 

 probably with part of the King's party, encamped [circle with dot 

 with portion attached] near to the river-fed lake [patch with two 

 feeders] and the others [plain circle] near to another lake [triangular 

 patch] and these made a settlement [cluster of incomplete circles], 

 between the lake and a burning mountain, terrific but irregular in 

 its action [man with upraised arms expressing surprise, and flame 

 coming from his eye], and some encamped even beyond the volcano 

 [circle beyond man], with royal blood [dotted circle with portion 

 attached] , and the spirit of the universe [serpent] moved, to which 

 the King inclined his ear [King turned], and on the sacrificial stone 

 [altar], a sacrifice was made in propitiation [man with arms cut off]. 



Briefly then, the stone probably relates the deeds of a King, 

 who carried his people, from a northern settlement, to a land of 

 plenty, amidst the lakes of South America ; they were opposed by 

 enemies whom they passed, and by others whom they avoided. 

 Near these lakes, around which the mountains ejected fire, they 

 formed a settlement and offered up sacrifices to the Spirit of the 

 Universe. 



There are some figures I cannot decipher, but all are reproduced 

 on the drawings, even those little incisions which seem to have 

 been the starts to other designs, and which do not seem to present 

 the crudest picture. 



So unique a stone is one of the most valued of the many rare 

 objects in our Museum. 



* " The Kekip-Sesoator or Ancient Sacrificial Stone of the North-west Tribes 

 of Canada," by Jean L'Heureux, M.A., Jour. Anthrop. Inst., Vol. XV, p. 161. 



