astonished at the sight of me

e told the natives that we were going in search of that people, to order them not to kill nor make slaves of them, nor take them from their lands, nor do other injustice. Of this the Indians were very glad.

certain men who wore beards like us, had come from heaven and arrived at that river; bringing horses, lances, and swords, and that they had lanced two Indians

we knew not how to construct, nor were there tools, nor iron, nor forge, nor tow, nor resin, nor rigging; finally, no one thing of so many that are necessary, nor any man who had a knowledge of their manufacture;

for whom the good armor they wore did not avail. There were those this day who swore that they had seen two red oaks, each the thickness of the lower part of the leg, pierced through from side to side by arrows

I have written this with much exactness ; and although in it may be read things very novel and for some persons difficult to believe, nevertheless they may without hesitation credit me as strictly faithful. Better than to exaggerate, I have lessened in all things,

that if at any time God our Lord should will to bring me where I now am, it might testify to my exertion in the royal behalf.

I saw some with scars of wounds upon their bodies, and demanded by signs the of them; they answered me in the same way, that there came people from the other islands in the neighborhood who endeavored to make prisoners of them, and they defended themselves. I thought then,

but the true one which he kept to himself was seven hundred and seven leagues.

the inhabitants on discovering us abandoned their houses, and took to flight, carrying of their goods to the mountain.

penetrate

This is so beautiful a place

The Indians on board the ships called this island Saomete. I named it Isabela.

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seemed to take great pleasure in serving us.

It appeared to them that we were honest people

where I gave it the name of Santa Maria de la Concepcion

San Salvador

I could conquer the whole of them with fifty men, and govern them as I pleased.

if they had any gold

wrought in a wonderful manner considering the country

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and would be good servants and I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion

Weapons they have none

coarse like that of a horse’s tail

that he before all others took possession (as in fact he did) of that island for the King and Queen his sovereigns, making the requisite declarations, which are more at large set down here in writing.

At two o’clock in the morning the land was discovered, at two leagues’ distance;

a piece of cane

for the Admiral had given orders to that effect.

the needles

Those on board the Nina ascended the rigging, and all declared they saw land. The Admiral also thought it was land,

demanded of the Admiral a reward for his intelligence.

Part of the day saw no weeds, afterwards great plenty of it.

Saw a whale, an indication of land, as they always keep near the coast.

Here the pilots found their places upon the chart: the reckoning of the Nina made her four hundred and forty leagues distant from the Canaries, that of the Pinta four hundred and twenty, that of the Admiral four hundred.

the seamen were terrified

saw a large fragment of the mast of a vessel

that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

which he affirmed he saw every year, and always of the same appearance

perpetual Viceroy and Governor in all the islands and continents which I might discover and acquire, or which may hereafter he discovered and acquired in the ocean; and that this dignity should be inherited by my eldest son, and thus descend from degree to degree forever

countries of India

the holy Father had never granted his request, whereby great numbers of people were lost, believing in idolatry and doctrines of perdition

Reckoned only forty-eight leagues, that the men might not be terrified if they should be long upon the voyage.

iceroy and Governor in all the islands and continents which I might discover and acquire, or which may hereafter he discovered and acquired in the ocean; and that this dignity should be inherited by my eldest son, and thus descend from degree to degree forever.

disposition and the proper method of converting them to our holy faith;

extreme of blackness

that I have come to another conclusion respecting the Earth

form of a pear

came to this country to have my mother baptized as a Catholic.

he people had never seen a canoe before. They came flocking down to look at it.

Since that time white men have come to America.

He wished to have his mother christened. It was done. They called her Molly. 

They put him into a great cannon and fired it off. They looked into the cannon, and there he sat smoking his stone pipe, knocking the ashes out.

would

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Fall of Man

And since that day the Indians, who should have been great, have become a little people. Truly it would have been wise and well for those of early times if they could have held their tongues.

do ye not know Katahdin by them?

Declare unto these people that they are not to inquire of thee who is the father of thy child;

their religion.

Then I ate this medicine and everything changed.

one leading to a hole in the earth and the other extending up above.

The coffin will be set before you and then you will see your body.

Bring whatever desires you possess along with you and then come and eat or drink this medicine. This is life, the only life. Then you will learn something about yourself, so come.

It is a cure for all evil.

ill

now for the first time one was cured.

Indian doctors and then I tried all of the white man’s medicines,

Winnebagoes

“If I take this road I am likely to meet some people, but if I take the other road, I am not likely to meet anyone.”

“If I take this road I am likely to meet some people, but if I take the other road, I am not likely to meet anyone.”

“Let us eat peyote again to-night.”

I saw a man with horns and long claws and with a spear in his hand.

“All right, I’ll do it.”

If only some of my own people were here!

the younger members who have been strongly permeated with Christian teachings translate the prayer into, “God, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.”

by John Rave

parts of the Bible

asking forgiveness

member of the cult

Christmas

The medicine had accomplished this.

She knew that I used it, but nevertheless she was afraid of it

Let us eat peyote again to-night.” That evening I ate eight peyote.

I have harmed myself

regalia

Mount Sinai

rule

peyote

peyote

The four other principal participants changed from meeting to meeting

ceremonies

This is life, the only life.

tribe

rheumatism

proper remedy.

beginning to be cramped for room.

AN ONONDAGA VERSION

Tooth as to kind, pulled up, in order that the earth be torn open,

let man-beings go here on the earth

And at that time she at once went to the place where lay the burial-case of her dead father, and now, moreover, she again climbed up there.

Now again, as she traveled, she heard a man-being talking, saying: "Come, do thou stand." She did not stand. It was Aurora Borealis who was talking to her.

Thou wilt see there, moreover, a lodge standing not far away. And there beside the lodge stands the tree that is called Tooth. a Moreover, the blossoms this standing tree bears cause that world to be light, making it light for the man-beings dwelling there.

Aurora Borealis i

Customarily one who lives in the lodge of her spouse works.'

THE MANNER IN WHICH IT ESTABLISHED ITSELF, IN WHICH IT FORMED ITSELF, IN WHICH, IN ANCIENT TIME, IT CAME ABOUT THAT THE EARTH BECAME EXTANT

Man-beings dwell in the sky, on the farther side of the visible sky [the ground separating this from the world above it].

In the end of the lodge there was a doorway. On the one side of it the woman-being abode, and on the other side of it the man-being abode.

Ye must make a burial-case. When ye finish the task of making it, then, moreover, ye must place my body therein, and, moreover, ye must lay it up in a high place."

armle

Fort Wingate, the largest military post in the Southwest, is situated some three miles south of the line of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, and not many miles from the Arizona border. Department head-quarters are situated here, and a garrison of nine companies, mostly of the Sixth United States Cavalry, and one company of Indian scouts is constantly maintained. This large force is considered necessary to guard against any possible outbreak of the Navajo Indians, who roam over an extensive reservation, embracing nearly twenty thousand square miles of territory in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona.