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Show THE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT. 371 I only replied to the Indians that it was well, and that I was much pleased to meet them. 12 I asked for the captain of the Moqui; and he ( the Zunian) spoke to me thus: " The Cazique does not wish to come here; who knows where he has hidden himself? " I urged him to say to the persons who were present that I was a padre of the Espanoles of Sonora, and of other Indians like themselves; that I had come through the rest of the nations and had seen their lands; that it were fitting ( siguiero) that they should send me the children [ to be baptized] ; that I came to declare unto them things of God. With that arose the Indian, and spake in a low voice to those who were near; and then he asked me if I wished to go to sleep in the house where he was staying. I did not accept this offer, inasmuch as it was not made by the proprietor ( diieno). During the night, as the people sleep on the housetops or corridors, there was much noise; some were singing, others played the flute, yet others conversed loudly. After awhile a shrill- voiced person broke forth ( uno de voz atiplada soltose), who in a high key delivered a very long harangue or sermon. I observed a total silence whilst he preached, and at the conclusion of his discourse the bustle ( bullicio) was resumed. After another while another hoarse " Enconfrarbs: to meet those who were standing about while he was talking with the Zunian. |