He had led a life of war, yet no one apparently desired peace more than he did.

A prophet induced him to turn his face again to the westward.

This man, by name Tlapane, was called a "senoga"-- one who holds intercourse with the gods.

He probably had a touch of insanity, for he was in the habit of retiring no one knew whither, but perhaps into some cave, to remain in a hypnotic or mesmeric state until the moon was full.

Then, returning to the tribe quite emaciated, he excited himself, as others do who pretend to the prophetic AFFLATUS, until he was in a state of ecstasy.