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  COMECHINGON 
  AND 
  NEIGHBORS 
  — 
  APARICIO 
  685 
  

  

  an 
  ethnographical 
  value. 
  Rock 
  paintings 
  of 
  lesser 
  importance 
  are 
  

   found 
  in 
  several 
  other 
  places 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Cordoba 
  and 
  the 
  Sierra 
  

   de 
  San 
  Luis, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  well 
  known. 
  

  

  Petroglyphs 
  are 
  very 
  scarce. 
  Outes 
  (1911) 
  published 
  a 
  petroglyph, 
  

   the 
  "Roca 
  pintada," 
  and 
  the 
  author 
  discovered 
  another 
  of 
  a 
  quite 
  

   different 
  style 
  on 
  the 
  Yuspe 
  River, 
  near 
  Cosquin, 
  the 
  "Piedra 
  marcada 
  

   de 
  San 
  Buena" 
  (pi. 
  151, 
  top). 
  The 
  Yuspe 
  engravings 
  are 
  of 
  rheas, 
  

   guanacos, 
  horses, 
  footprints, 
  human 
  footprints, 
  and 
  serpents, 
  some 
  

   slightly 
  undulating 
  and 
  others 
  beautifully 
  spiraled 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  represented. 
  Moreover, 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  a 
  cross, 
  a 
  zoomorphic 
  

   figure, 
  and 
  some 
  signs 
  impossible 
  to 
  interpret. 
  This 
  stone 
  is 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  because 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  Outes' 
  "Roca 
  pintada" 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  

   pictographs. 
  The 
  same 
  designs, 
  however, 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  Northwest 
  

   and 
  in 
  Patagonia. 
  Those 
  in 
  Patagonia 
  are 
  most 
  similar 
  to 
  "Piedra 
  

   marcada 
  de 
  San 
  Buena." 
  

  

  Dances. 
  — 
  Of 
  dances, 
  Barzana 
  (1885) 
  says, 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  of 
  C6rdoba 
  were 
  addicted 
  to 
  dancing 
  and 
  singing, 
  and 
  after 
  they 
  

   had 
  walked 
  the 
  whole 
  day 
  they 
  danced 
  and 
  sang 
  in 
  a 
  chorus 
  during 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  night. 
  

  

  RELIGION 
  

  

  Our 
  sources 
  are 
  silent 
  on 
  religion, 
  but 
  Cieza 
  de 
  Le6n 
  (1909) 
  states 
  

   that 
  the 
  Indians, 
  answering 
  questions 
  about 
  their 
  religion, 
  said 
  that 
  

   they 
  worshiped 
  the 
  Sun 
  and 
  Moon, 
  first, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  light 
  these 
  

   celestial 
  beings 
  gave 
  the 
  world, 
  and, 
  second, 
  because 
  they 
  could 
  see 
  

   all 
  the 
  advantages 
  which 
  they 
  derived 
  from 
  them. 
  Thanks 
  to 
  them 
  

   the 
  earth 
  produces 
  foods, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  considered 
  the 
  makers 
  of 
  all 
  

   human 
  things. 
  The 
  Indians 
  fought 
  at 
  night 
  because 
  the 
  Moon 
  was 
  

   with 
  them 
  and 
  aided 
  them. 
  They 
  talked, 
  Cieza 
  said, 
  with 
  the 
  devil 
  

   and 
  "through 
  their 
  pernicious 
  sayings 
  and 
  illusions 
  they 
  make 
  great 
  

   sacrifices 
  and 
  sorcery. 
  They 
  revere 
  and 
  respect 
  him 
  [the 
  devil] 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  other 
  provinces 
  of 
  Indians.' 
  ' 
  The 
  authenticity 
  of 
  this 
  text 
  is 
  

   doubtful. 
  Sotelo 
  Narv&ez 
  is 
  content 
  to 
  say, 
  " 
  These 
  people 
  have 
  few 
  

   rites. 
  " 
  Father 
  Diego 
  de 
  Torres 
  in 
  a 
  Carta 
  Anua 
  of 
  1611 
  (Cartas 
  

   Anuas 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  1927-29) 
  mentions 
  "some 
  idols 
  which 
  they 
  took 
  

   from 
  some 
  idolaters." 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  

  

  Aparicio, 
  1925, 
  1925-27, 
  1930-31, 
  1931 
  a, 
  1931 
  b, 
  1932, 
  1932-35, 
  1936; 
  

   Barzana 
  (Barcena), 
  1885; 
  Cabrera, 
  1932; 
  Capftulos 
  de 
  una 
  informaci6n 
  de 
  los 
  

   servicios 
  prestados 
  por 
  Pedro 
  Gonzalez 
  de 
  Prado, 
  in 
  Levillier, 
  1919 
  b; 
  Cartas 
  

   anuas 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  1927-29; 
  Cieza 
  deLe6n, 
  1909; 
  Colecci6n 
  de 
  publicaciones 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  

   1919; 
  Fernandez 
  (El 
  Palentino), 
  1571; 
  Freyre, 
  1915; 
  Gardner, 
  1931; 
  Gutierrez 
  

   de 
  Santa 
  Clara, 
  1850; 
  Levillier, 
  1919 
  b; 
  Lizarraga, 
  1916; 
  Matienzo, 
  1910; 
  Narvaez, 
  

   1915; 
  Outes, 
  1911; 
  Relaci6n 
  e 
  suma 
  delatierray 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  in 
  Freyre, 
  1915; 
  Tejeda. 
  

   in 
  Cabrera, 
  1932. 
  

  

  