This was a movement in favor of restoring the primitive religion of Shoozoo, or the worship of the Alligator. It was led by one Lookoo, who was afterwards known as the Great Reformer. With a fiery zeal and vigorous eloquence he called the attention of the Ammi to the fact they had got away entirely from their original faith, which was in the Alligator, and, instead, were worshipping short crosses and long crosses. “Neither short crosses nor long crosses,” said he, “are anything, but only alligators. Not even a dragon-fly will avail you, but only the original Alligator of Shoozoo, who occupies the Swamp and flies through the air. He gives us warmth in the sun, and comes to the earth in lightning to punish his enemies. He is the Lord of the Ammi, and will put to flight the Lali and all monkeys beyond the Swamp. He led our fathers out from the Apes, gave us Cocoanut Hill, taught us to make darts and wedges, and led us to build houses. Our gathered fruits are due to his guidance, and by his jaws the reptiles of the great forest are kept in fear. Return, then, to your allegiance to the great Alligator, the companion of Shoozoo and equal deity with him.” Lookoo gained many adherents, not only because it was evident to all the Ammi that they had departed from their god for his successive symbols, but because the priests of the short-beam cross religion had established the custom of drinking all the milk in the Cocoanut, which they had taught the rest of the Ammi that it was sacrilege for anybody to drink but the priests. The reformation, accordingly, gained headway out of a desire on the part of the common people to get some of this milk, as well as out of a change in theological convictions. There was a general demand for reform, and some of the worst, as well as some of the best men, were active in the movement. The priests made the principal opposition to it, although a few of them, in the hope of preferment, or because they had a grievance against the other priests, joined the new movement and became its leaders. The reformation was generally successful. Some, however, refused to be led away by it, but became more devoted than ever to the short-beam cross worship, and cultivated such a devotion for the short-beam cross as had never been known. They were commonly known as the clerical or priestly party, and constituted the conservatives until the time of the great earthquake just mentioned. They insisted on retaining all that their ancestors had handed down to them, the very fact that it had come from antiquity being evidence of its truth; while the Reformers claimed the right of going back to original sources and re-establishing themselves on the truth of the great Alligator.