. The journal of American history. holics, the same as are the Indians stillremaining in all the Spanish-speaking countries of America. Most of them were rough images of snakes, crocodiles and other creepinganimals. Their name for the evil spirit or devil was cemi. They had also speakinggods, or oracles, and their augurs or priests were known as buhitis, who played,besides, the same parts among them as the medicine-men of the Indians of thesenorthern regions of America. The religious songs of the Lucayans, which were alsotheir war songs to celebrate their victories—but not the war-dance or gho
. The journal of American history. holics, the same as are the Indians stillremaining in all the Spanish-speaking countries of America. Most of them were rough images of snakes, crocodiles and other creepinganimals. Their name for the evil spirit or devil was cemi. They had also speakinggods, or oracles, and their augurs or priests were known as buhitis, who played,besides, the same parts among them as the medicine-men of the Indians of thesenorthern regions of America. The religious songs of the Lucayans, which were alsotheir war songs to celebrate their victories—but not the war-dance or ghost-dance,and songs, of the North American indigines before their battling against some foe—and their funeral chants, when burying their dead caciques and noblemen, werecalled areitos. They found at last a convenient place. It was on the shore of a good bay, onthe north coast and upon high ground, with two rivers of potable water near by, andthe back part well closed by the thick growth of an impassible forest that protected 77. W M K: k
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