FIRE-MAKING APPARATUS. 



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indians, 

 Mti. T. 



Fig, 10. 

 <'IBE-MAKINB Swi'. 

 138691, U, S. N. M,, MoKi 

 Arijona. ColleptBi) fy 

 K. SfevtBJQft.) 



As to tlie plan j)ursued 

 in grinding out fire, Col. 

 James Steveuson inform- 

 ed the writer that they 

 make a slightly concave 

 place where the burnt 

 holes are seen, cut the 

 notch on the side, sprinkle 

 a little fine sand on the 

 concavity, set the end of 

 the round stick on the 

 sand" and roll it rapidly 

 Wtween the palms of the 

 hands, pressing down 

 hard. The''sawdust,"Col- 

 onel Stevenson called it, 

 oozes out of the notch and 

 forms a small mass, which 

 on blowing slightly be- 

 comes a burning coal, and 

 the application of a little 

 tind er creates a blaze. For 

 preserving the fire for any 

 length of time they use 

 a piece of decayed wood. 

 (Figs. 11 and 12.) 



Viewed in another aspect 

 than as an Implement of 

 necessary or common use, 

 this set is an important 

 cult apparatus in the won- 

 derfully complicated relig- 

 ious worship of the Zuiiis. 

 These people make the 

 sacred fire that burns al- 

 ways in their estufas by 

 friction of wood that has 

 been wet. New fire is 

 made at the beginning of 

 their new year with great 

 ceremony. The house is 

 swept and everything is 

 moved out of it until the 

 fire is made. Their regard 

 for fire and their customs 

 witU reference to it a(J(i 



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Figs. 11 and 12. 



Fire-making Set and Slow 



Match. 



CCit, Nos. 18?708 and 69860, V 

 Zaa\ Indiana, New Mexico, 





