The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
CHILDREN COOKED AND EATEN.
Revolving Story of the VoodOO Doctors HOr
ribie Practice IN Hayti.

Revolving Story of the VOodOO Doctors HOr-
ribie Practice N Hayti.
NEW YORK, July 9.-Until recently the
reports of cannibalism in Hippoly te's do
main have been vague. but since the terri
BILE massacres in Hayti news of fiendish
voodoO rOastings of children have become
common gossip among the foreigners on
the island. Mr.. Maurice Feldman, q Hun
Rarian mechanic, employed In the machine
shops at German, eight miles from POrt-au-
Prince, learned some time ago that there
was to be a human sacrifice, not far from
where he lived, at $50 O'clock In the after
noon. 1t was to be conducted by the pa
palol or vOodOO priest of German. Accom-
panied by his assistant, named Schmidt.
Feldman made of IN the direction in which
he had heard that the Sacrifices was 10 be
performed. The expedition was not devoid
of danger for the negroes. feeling. un-
dOubtedly, that their butchery of children
would arouse the wrath and opposition of
the whIte inhabitants of the island, were
exceedingly careful to carry out the atrOci-
ties in the secluslOn of unfrequented groves.
The two men were armed with heavy re-
~vOlyers, aud were careful In the selection
of their route. When they reached their
destination they climbed into the branches
of q tall tree, from which they could plainly
see all that was going on below without
being seen. From tholr position they wit
messed the vOOdoO sacrifice.
The ceremony was begun by the burning
of aromatic plants around a sleeping child
two or three years old, winch had been put
to sleep by herbs. The papaloi stepped up
TO the infant and severed the head from the
body with one stroke of q sharp knife, and
passed it to all present. While the head
was being examined. the papaloi cut mp the
body, which was thrown into q large iron
pot with some red peas, rice and other
native vegetables. During the cooking
the negroes danced around the
fire. The Bamdula dance is a
native negro dance of the most revolving
hips and the abdomen. The end is reached
when the. participants become SO excited
and exhausted that they throw themselves
in q heap on the ground where they roll
over each other and howl. When the
dancers had recovered thew gathered for the
feast. aud devoured every particle of the
child. Having finished they gathered the
bones in a hole in the ground. buried
them, and erected a wooden cross over the
grave. After the two observers had given
the cannibals time enough To reach their
homes they climbed down and went back
to German.
The Haytian negroes do not always seek
seclusion for their canDibalism. as they
did on this occasion. On March Is, 1890.
Mr.. Emile Huttinot. acting consul OF
France at San Domingo, stopped in a small
restaurant Oh the north road, only half a
mile from Prince. AT this resort
| every Sunday the negroes hold q voodoo
dance. Dir. Huttinot called for soup. but
when il was served he found in the bottom
of his plate the hand of q child. He i'm
medistely rode into town and notified the
police. who searched the restaurant and
found T. ohild's entire body in q cooking
pot. The woman who kept the place was
arrested. but suffered only three days i'm
prisonment for her otiense.
The gentleman from Hayti. who rave the
information in the interview of July z.
said he knew personally a woman named
Ulysse, living at La CrOix des Bouquets.
ten miles from Port-au-Prince. whose seven
children were eaten at voudoo dances dur
ing her absence by their own grandmother
and the neighbors.