CHAPTER III.
THE SACRED NUMBER, ITS ORIGIN AND APPLICATIONS.
The number Four sacred in all American religions, and the key to their symbolism .-- Derived from the CARDINAL POINTS .-- Appears constantly in government, arts, rites, and myths .-- The Cardinal Points identified with the Four Winds, who in myths are the four ancestors of the human race, and the four celestial rivers watering the terrestrial Paradise .-- Associations grouped around each Cardinal Point .-- From the number four was derived the symbolic value of the number _Forty_ and the _Sign of the Cross_ 66.