The meaning of these names has been lost, but to
repeat them, says La Vega, was the same as to use our words, east, west,
north, and south (_Hist. des Incas_, lib. ii. cap. 11).
[69-2] Humboldt, _Polit. Essay on New Spain_, ii. p. 44.
[70-1] This custom has been often mentioned among the Iroquois.
Algonkins, Dakotas, Creeks, Natchez, Araucanians, and other tribes.
Nuttall points out its recurrence among the Tartars of Siberia also.
(_Travels_, p. 175.)
[71-1] Schoolcraft, _Indian Tribes_, v. pp. 424 et seq.
[71-2] _Letters on the North American Indians_, vol. i., Letter 22.
[71-3] Schoolcraft, _Indian Tribes_, iv. p. 643 sq. "Four is their sacred
number," says Mr. Pond (p. 646). Their neighbors, the Pawnees, though not
the most remote affinity can be detected between their languages,
coincide with them in this sacred number, and distinctly identified it
with the cardinal points. See De Smet, _Oregon Missions_, pp. 360, 361.
[72-1] Benj. Hawkins, _Sketch of the Creek Country_, pp.
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