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the oldest man, he withdrew from it two of the beads, --- a white one, for life, --- and a black one, for death; --- and placing one between each thumb and forefinger of each hand, he reared them to the greatest height he could, and then to the greatest height he could, and then dropped them very slowly, praying all the while. if the bead symbolical of life, seemed to work between his thumb and finger the more vividly of the two, as if trying to escape, -- all would be well with the person from whose three-beaded string they were taken. The same process was repeated with all the strings. When the whole had been gone through, the priest cast all the beads, into the stream, calling upon the people to follow them.

    They did so. The women entered with their clothes on; and they and the children went in a short distance below where they had been seated; and the men a little above. ---All plunged four times with their faces up the stream and towards the east, always too quickly to wipe the water from their heads as they rose; and then, as quickly turning, they plunged three times fronting down the stream, making seven times in all. They were obliged to dive entirely under.---none excepted, not even the children. The two right hand men bathed also. -- on coming out, all