[52] Beals, _Comparative Ethnology_, 131. He adds, though, that “This [use] may also be aboriginal, and very probably dates back to the separation of the Huichol from their peyote-using relatives, the Guachachiles.” He cites Thomas and Swanton (_Indian Languages_, 22) but evidence is meagre. For the Cora we have Ortega (in Safford, _An Aztec Narcotic_, 295, and _Narcotic Plants_, 402): “Close to the musician was seated the leader of the singing whose business it was to mark the time. Each of these had his assistants to take his place when he should become fatigued.... They began forming as large a circle as could occupy the space of ground that had been swept off for this purpose. One after the other went dancing in a ring or marking time with their feet, keeping in the middle the musician and the choirmaster whom they invited, and singing in the same unmusical tone that he set them. They would dance all night from five o’clock in the evening to seven o’clock in the morning, without stopping or leaving the circle. When the dance was ended all stood who could hold themselves on their feet; for the majority from the peyote and the wine which they drank were unable to utilize their legs or hold themselves upright.” [53] Prieto, _Historia y Estadistica_, 123-24. [54] Beals, _Comparative Ethnology_, 131. [55] Sahagún, _Historia general_, 3:241 (Chichimeca); Prieto, _Historia y Estadistica_, 119-20, cites a Maratine Indian (Tamaulipecan) peyote song referring to war. Arlegui, in Urbina, _El Peyote y el Ololiuhqui_, 26; see also Rouhier, _op. cit._, 12, note 3, 96, 331, note 3; Alegre, in Urbina, _op. cit._, 26; Preuss, _Die Nayarit-Expedition_, 39. The Morning Star is the principal Cora god (Lumholtz, _Unknown Mexico_, 1:511, see also _Handbook of the American Indians_, 1:348a). Elder Brother among the Huichol is the god of wind and hikuli (Lumholtz, _Symbolism of the Huichol_, 42). The Tarahumari dance yumari for the Morning Star (Lumholtz, _Unknown Mexico_, 1:344). In the Plains the drum-lacing signifies the Morning Star. Spier (_Yuman Tribes_, 165) writes: “[The battle leader’s] song first described the morning star, ‘big star,’ which in some unidentified way is connected with war. Just what was his function in battle was not ascertained.” He also dreamed he saw cacti fighting like men. [56] Mooney, _Tarumari-Guayachic_; Sahagún, _Historia general_, 3:118; Ortega, _Historia del Nayarit_, 22-23; Lumholtz, _Unknown Mexico_, 1:367-68, 2:274-75; Prieto, _Historia y Estadistica_, 123-24. [57] Racing (Tarahumari, Huichol, Tamaulipas, Acaxee): Lumholtz, _Unknown Mexico_, 1:284-85, 2:49-50; Prieto, _Historia y Estadistica_, 123-24; Beals, _The Acaxee_, 8. [58] Beals (_Comparative Ethnology_, 127, 141, 211-12) lists it for Southern Mexico, Jalisco-Tepic, Southwest.