﻿Vol.2] 
  THE 
  ARAUCANIANS 
  — 
  COOPER 
  729 
  

  

  and 
  clothing, 
  skin 
  dressing, 
  making 
  pottery, 
  and 
  weaving 
  basketry. 
  

   Some 
  traces 
  of 
  sporadic 
  drudgery 
  labor 
  by 
  captives 
  taken 
  in 
  warfare 
  

   or 
  raids 
  appear, 
  but 
  slavery 
  as 
  a 
  developed 
  permanent 
  institution 
  can 
  

   hardly 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  present. 
  The 
  Mapuche-Huilliche 
  served 
  

   at 
  times 
  as 
  middlemen 
  in 
  slave 
  tradingvrith 
  the 
  Spaniards. 
  

  

  ETIQUETTE 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  de 
  rigueur 
  for 
  a 
  visitor, 
  guest, 
  or 
  official 
  messenger 
  to 
  carry 
  

   out 
  with 
  his 
  host 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  formalized 
  questions, 
  

   answers, 
  comments, 
  and 
  compliments, 
  before 
  business 
  or 
  general 
  

   conversation 
  opened. 
  A 
  guest 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  eat 
  all 
  the 
  food 
  set 
  

   before 
  him. 
  The 
  common 
  salutation 
  on 
  meeting 
  was 
  "mari 
  mari." 
  

   The 
  weeping 
  salutation 
  between 
  kin 
  and 
  friends, 
  on 
  the 
  return, 
  for 
  

   instance, 
  from 
  a 
  journey, 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  Guevara 
  Silva 
  (1908, 
  p. 
  63). 
  

   It 
  was 
  impolite 
  to 
  interrupt 
  a 
  person 
  who 
  was 
  talking, 
  or 
  to 
  pass 
  

   directly 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  him 
  or 
  to 
  pass 
  between 
  two 
  people 
  conversing 
  

   without 
  apologizing. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  courtesies 
  was 
  to 
  

   drink 
  toasts 
  to 
  friends, 
  sharing 
  the 
  drink 
  with 
  them. 
  Before 
  entering 
  

   a 
  hut, 
  the 
  visitor 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  knock; 
  he 
  entered 
  only 
  after 
  an 
  

   invitation 
  to 
  enter 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  many 
  common 
  insulting 
  terms 
  were 
  "ghost/ 
  ' 
  "dog," 
  

   "toad," 
  and, 
  worst 
  of 
  all, 
  "sorcerer." 
  (Havestadt, 
  1883, 
  1:398; 
  

   cf. 
  L. 
  de 
  Valdivia, 
  1887, 
  s. 
  v. 
  goyde; 
  Guevara 
  Silva, 
  1898, 
  1:221; 
  fuller 
  

   list, 
  including 
  many 
  grosser 
  insults, 
  in 
  Guevara 
  Silva, 
  1911, 
  pp. 
  

   50-56.) 
  

  

  Hospitality 
  was 
  always 
  ^given 
  to 
  friend 
  and 
  stranger, 
  as 
  a 
  recognized 
  

   custom. 
  

  

  In 
  more 
  recent 
  times 
  at 
  least, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  courtesies 
  or 
  honors 
  

   that 
  could 
  be 
  conferred 
  was 
  the 
  awiin 
  (awn), 
  which 
  consisted 
  of 
  riding 
  

   around 
  a 
  person 
  whom 
  the 
  group 
  wished 
  to 
  honor 
  and 
  of 
  shouting 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time. 
  (See 
  also 
  table 
  etiquette 
  supra 
  under 
  Eating 
  p. 
  706). 
  

  

  Personal 
  cleanliness 
  was 
  cultivated 
  through 
  daily 
  bathing 
  in 
  the 
  

   rivers 
  or 
  streams, 
  even 
  in 
  wintertime, 
  a 
  custom 
  indulged 
  in 
  also 
  by 
  

   the 
  women 
  and 
  having 
  for 
  both 
  young 
  and 
  old 
  the 
  further 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   preserving 
  health 
  and 
  strengthening 
  the 
  body. 
  The 
  Mapuche- 
  

   Huilliche 
  were 
  excellent 
  swimmers 
  and 
  divers. 
  The 
  bark 
  of 
  kollai 
  

   (quillay, 
  Quillaja 
  saponaria) 
  was 
  used 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  soap 
  to 
  wash 
  the 
  hair. 
  

   Nevertheless, 
  lice 
  were 
  abundant, 
  a 
  common 
  method 
  of 
  disposing 
  of 
  

   them 
  being 
  that 
  of 
  killing 
  them 
  with 
  the 
  hands 
  or 
  teeth 
  and 
  eating 
  

   them. 
  Considerable 
  efforts 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  to 
  keep 
  huts 
  and 
  cooking 
  

   utensils 
  clean. 
  

  

  WARFARE 
  

  

  Warfare 
  in 
  the 
  sense 
  of 
  feuds 
  and 
  battles 
  between 
  Araucanian 
  

   groups 
  themselves 
  was 
  common, 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  raids 
  and 
  to 
  settle 
  quar- 
  

  

  