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The RelaciÃ³n of Fray RamÃ³n Pane

I, Fray RamÃ³n, a poor anchorite of the Order of St. Jerome, write by order of the illustrious Lord Admiral, viceroy, and governor of the islands and mainland of the Indies what I have been able to learn concerning the beliefs and idolatry of the Indians, and the manner in which they worship their gods. Of these matters I shall give an account in the present treatise. Each one adores the idols or cemies that he has in his house in some special way and with some special rites. They believe that there is an immortal being in the sky whom none can see and who has a mother but no bPginning. They call him Yocahu Vagua Maorocoti, and his mother Atabex, Yermaoguacar, Apito, and Zuimaco, which are five different names. I write only of the Indians of the island of EspaAola, for I know nothing about the other islands and have never seen them. These Indians also know whence they came and where the sun and moon had their beginning, and how the sea was made, and of the place to which the dead go. They believe that the dead people appear on the roads to one who walks alone, but when many go together, the dead do not appear. All this they were taught by their forebears, for they cannot read or count above ten.

I. Of the place from which the lndians came, and how they came. In EspaÃ±ola there is a province called Caonao, in which is found a mountain called Canta, having two caves named Cacibayagua and Amayauba. From Cacibayagua came the majority of the people who settled the island. When they lived in that cave, they posted a guard at night, and they intrusted that charge to a man named Marocael; they say that one day the sun carried him off because he was late in coming to the door. Seeing that the sun had carried away this man for neglecting his duties, they closed the door to him, and so he was changed into a stone near that door. They say that others who had gone fishing were caught by the sun and changed into the trees call jobos or myrobalans. The reason why Marocael kept guard was to see in what direction he should send or distribute the people; and his lateness was his undoing.

The Complete RelaciÃ³n of Fray RamÃ³n Pane

mas noticias de venezuela

why is this funny? cuz its true.

republicans send poor folk to fight a war for oil rights but then get upset when poor folks find their own way to get cheap(er) oil. truly, we are living in the last days of rome.

Lawmakers Seek Info on Cheap Venezuela Oil

Friday February 17, 2006 12:01 AM

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By ANDREW MIGA

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) – The House Energy chairman said Thursday he suspects politics, not charity, is behind the Venezeulan offer to provide cheap heating oil to poor Americans.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., chairman of the subcommittee for oversight and investigations, wrote to Houston-based Citgo Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, on Wednesday asking officials to provide them with all records pertaining to the program by Feb. 23.

They said they are concerned the oil deals are “part of an unfriendly government’s increasingly belligerent and hostile foreign policy toward” the United States.

The letter came as the U.S. and Venezuelan ambassadors began talking after a diplomatic rift marked by expulsions and threats to cut off oil supplies.

Citgo spokesman David McCollum declined comment Thursday, saying company officials were still studying the request.

The two lawmakers said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s “purportedly altruistic motives may camouflage his true motivations” in providing the low-cost oil to Americans.

“Given President Chavez’s clear anti-American sentiments, his current efforts must be viewed with concern that he is attempting to politicize the debate over U.S. energy policy,” Barton and Whitfield wrote.

The letter drew a mocking response from some Northeast lawmakers, who have been supportive of the deal to help low-income families, particularly given this winter’s high fuel prices.

“It’s transparent, it’s petty, it’s political,” said Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., who helped broker the original deal for cut-rate oil between Venezuelan officials and Massachusetts last year. “Obviously, this is an effort to politicize a program that’s really making a difference in the lives of people.”

Tensions have run high between the Bush administration and Chavez, a self-styled socialist who has been a sharp critic of American-style capitalism and has branded President Bush a “madman.”

Delahunt said he is pushing to extend the current agreement with Citgo for five years in Massachusetts.

Citgo this week extended its discounted heating oil sales to Delaware and the Philadelphia area. Massachusetts, New York, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut are also participating in Citgo’s program.

Courtesy of the Guardian Unilimited