...spectacular as it might otherwise. Nevertheless, it is within the purview of what the old people could do. A number of stones were brought and to make them red-hot,...fire was prepared, hot enough to burn down the cabin. Twenty four persons were chosen to sing and to perform all the ceremonies. ... I was waiting all the...

...Father Lejeune actually witnessed an "ordeal by fire" and wrote about it in his missionary testimony: "A number of stones were brought, and to make them...fire was prepared, hot enough to burn down the cabin. Twenty-four persons were chosen to sing and to perform all the ceremonies. ... I was waiting all the...