Black Pete became a "chief man" and "a revelator" among them. Although it is not known if he was ordained to the priesthood, he likely was since he and some of his associates believed they received commissions to preach the gospel during ecstatic religious experiences and went about the community preaching and baptizing. This group began to practice speaking in tongues, which some outsiders called "talking Injun." This was likely a reflection of their attempt to apply the Book of Mormon as they understood it. They also developed other ecstatic religious expressions that were common within the slave religious tradition familiar to Black Pete and his mother Kino.