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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  RELIGION 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  practically 
  no 
  information 
  on 
  religion. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  

   they 
  worshiped 
  the 
  sun 
  and 
  the 
  moon, 
  but 
  no 
  details 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  sup- 
  

   port 
  of 
  this 
  statement. 
  It 
  seems 
  certain, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   worshiped 
  certain 
  natural 
  sites. 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  

   Pitay6, 
  e. 
  g., 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  mountain 
  rock 
  which 
  is 
  still 
  called 
  "Piedra 
  

   Santo." 
  Tradition 
  has 
  it 
  that 
  a 
  saint 
  lives 
  inside 
  the 
  stone. 
  People 
  

   come 
  from 
  everywhere 
  to 
  bring 
  him 
  offerings. 
  It 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  assume 
  

   that 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  ancient 
  belief. 
  This 
  rock, 
  located 
  in 
  a 
  rather 
  isolated 
  

   spot, 
  was 
  formerly 
  a 
  native 
  shrine, 
  filled 
  with 
  spiritual 
  and 
  magic 
  

   forces. 
  Catholic 
  missionaries 
  took 
  advantage 
  of 
  this. 
  They 
  took 
  

   over 
  the 
  stone, 
  stating 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  consecrated 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  saint 
  really 
  

   lived 
  inside 
  it. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  

  

  Andagoya, 
  1892; 
  Anon., 
  1879; 
  Arroyo, 
  1907; 
  Bastian, 
  1878-89, 
  vol. 
  1; 
  Brinton, 
  

   1891; 
  Castillo 
  i 
  Orozco, 
  1878; 
  Cieza 
  de 
  Le6n, 
  1862; 
  Douay, 
  1890, 
  1891, 
  1900; 
  Ex- 
  

   pr^tre, 
  1879, 
  see 
  Anon., 
  1879; 
  Mosquera, 
  1852; 
  Otero, 
  1938, 
  1939. 
  

  

  