Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-09-25
hAYTlAN vOUDOO ORGIES.
Horrible Rites AMI sacrifices Praeticed
IN the Negro Republic.

III the Negro Eepublio.
At dusk OF Christmas Eve many of
he lowest OF the blacks left Port an
.'rince en- foot for the valley AT the
DOT Gl the Lascelle mountains, some
twc.re miles south of the town, where
everal thousand of the believers in
!Oudooism were found assembled, the
rreater portion being from the
5icinity OF Jacmel, the most barbarous
portion Of the island. The correspond
mt, disguised and blacllened. under
he protection of q liberally paid
Guide, arrived on the spot just before
Midnight There each of the per-
'ormers put on II pair OF sandals and
astened around his otherwise naked
BODY number of red handkerchiefs.
he King of the Voudoos having an un-
Usually large number, with % blue
girdle, and red handkerchiefs bound
around his head and worn as a dia-
lem. The Queen, clothed in the
:harming simplicity of a single broad
red sash, was seated with the King on
I large box. whore the fangless SER
pent representing the Deity was kept
Then began the horrible alteration
Of the serpent, lasting about thirty
minutes. and ending in wild satur-
MALTA OF delirium. The scene, amid the
glaring of burning torches and bon
fires, can hardly be described. All
present took part in dancing around a
large altar erected in the center of an
open space. Between the dances
abundant potations of the vilest native
rum and gin, Hayered with herbs and
roots tending TO increase the dclirium,
were INDUCED in by all. After the
dancing the crowd separated and, ac-
cording to seniority, approached the
serpent in the cage. Dropping or
their stomachs they crawled forward
imploring the aid of the voudoo for
blessings on themselves and friends
and maledictions on enemies. known
and unknown The answer to these
appeals was interpreted to the inn
oecile crowd by the Queen, they never
-tOGbilH5 dlLG IILbSb IIlOl1E UIOuS tlJSuIu-
ity, and only knowing how to obey
what Is despotically dictated to them.
Iney then bound themselves by the most
cXecrable oaths to obey the dictates OF
the Queen and minor priestesses until
the next annual assemblage. On
this occasion white goat was sac
riiiced, but my guide informed me that
last year he was present at the same
.tssemblage, four miles north of .jac-
mel, where female child was stupe-
fed by drugs. its veins opened. and
the blood sucked therefrom by the
King, Queen and minor seniors, while
he rabble tore the corpse limb from
imb and daveured the flesh, still
warm, she bones and ftdhering slips Of
lesh. with the head, being thrown
.nto Il kettle of boiling water with the
bodies of small snakes. The broth,
'casoncd with herbs and rum, was
eagerly partaken of by all present.
This seems incredible. but well au-
thenticated cases whore recently buried
bodies have been exhumed. cooked
MD deToured by the almost eomplete-
Y barbarous inhabitants OF the south
,rn department brutalized de-
'cendants of the lowest tribes OF
Africans have been heard Of
Ia February, 1881, at st. Marc
ask of so-called pork was sold to a
oreign ship. Fingers and fingernails
ing discovered, further invessiga-
on proved all the flesh therein
TO be human An English colored
clergyman near Cape Haytian re-
Gently found that his wife had pur-
chased human flesh instead OF pork in
public market. Four people were
fined in the cape for eating corpses. -
Cor. \. Y. World.