The Sacrifice of First-Born Children
	They offer their first-born son to the chief.  On the day of the sacrifice, the 
chief goes to the place dedicated to that purpose.  There he takes his seat on a bench.  
Not far off is a tree stump about two feet high and as many thick, in front of which 
the mother of the first-born son squats on her heels, her face covered with her 
hands in sorrow.  One of her women friends or relatives then offers the child to the 
chief in worship.  After the offering is made the women who have accompanied the 
mother dance in a circle around the stump with great demonstrations of joy.  In their 
midst, singing the chief's praises, dances the woman who holds the child.
	Near by stands a group of six Indians.  They surround a magnificently 
decorated man holding a club.  It is he who will perform the sacrifice.  When the 
dance ends, he takes the infant and kills it on the wooden stump in honor of the 
chief.  I saw this ritual performed once while I was there.