Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-10
4 MARROW ESCAPE

A ~ NAl(AkO " LOCAl IL,
 in South Africa the mutt unanzi, or rain doctor is next in position ja ths kalilr tribes Co the chief and has per laps the ,uust influence He k lou.ed upon ~ possessing supernatural pow CTS, and k supposed to stand Eigh ia favor with the luc,Si PeS;.lu uhc tirea, Spirit or la5ulukulu iGodl but tC judge him by luis appearance one would conclude t:at he w,,S Q chosen mini3u of his satanic majesty rather than au angel of tue gods He and his assist ants are of rourss frauds. as they can not possibly produce what they claim but as they continue the services until rain cones they are Ioaied upon by the ignorant s1vagpS as actually possessing this power They demand laaay gifts and cattle for their influence" and are never refused ;,s a rptHSal w0uld, Cs k supposed. brag dire results ua the guilty one If rain k needed the chicl Of the klaal calls the local auti tollim and requests that they bring rlia. "c coinpauying his request by gift oi several cat.r The incantatiu:H are at once commenced anl conti;iued until rain taliS. for thp mutt never give up and il asked why no r;,ia lIas Coiur sly that tlia alnahluzi tspiritsl are gnyTy with the people aud t!uu Iore s:icri. fees must bp made About this stage Of the service the chief becomes m. easy and sends for the ,uuti ana;zi of all the tribes and makes known his wants
 larrived at the Lrilai (villagc) pre sided over by Chief MatoSw.t, a very intelligent uaaa and quite friendly to the whites during a drought and learned that tho chief Guti w;,s to ar rive next day and bring the long wished for rain concluded to rallain and see the old rogue go through his magic and sacrifice, AS the sau came up next morning was awakened by ter riblr d.u and E;,0u arising ioautl thai fhp chief mutt anauzi had arrived Preparations were carried ou all day for sacrifices tllat were to be offered next day and l found that the chief mutt bad expressed his opinion tAu nothing short of human sacrifice wouhl put the gods il good huInar aud cause them toltt the rains fall went to Muokwa and I8iI him tins was all huabug and not to allow W!y 0f his people Co bc sacrificed and after lous aud hot argument he promised that none Gf his people should ba killed The mutt amauzi becamp very aaSry at my Interference and would not speak to oInc. but cared nothing for tIliS, a> had. as ] supposed nothing to fear froll him
 The next morning broke clear ana bright and mol the least sign of r,liI. All assembled ia a cleared spot just ontsjde the Eraul and formed semi circle The nuti soon appeared lal lowed by twenty servitors He w;,s paiutpd in most denpuiacal fashion his neck and arms were bedeoled with snakes. lizards and other luatIlsUme reptiles. and his hair w;ls stuck full with long crow feathers Fire, wej, kindlcd and ten oxen were led i.i CHt by one by llIe serviturS uud slaughtered by the mutt the servltOrS all the thut repeating some uuin;eligiblr jargoa. A., the lung keen knife of the mutt was driven into the poor bruteS uic Blood would spau out which w,s caught in vessels and scattered hi the air and tc the four winds .!e Euti contortug his features and ,-allowin; in the blood which fell to the ground
 Tlip poor brutcS, wIlileye alive. yer, ripped open their eutrlils torn 0Gt aud lUag hot and smoking on Ihe iltes ths to have the smoke and smell oi blood reach the angry gods and clA < them ;o releut aid pour out tue r.ttls The ilesii ol tlIe animals was tIle;I F'slsl cd and eaten by tine pe,1Jle. 4he mutt all ihe time br,ndiSllu2 his knift'. and chanting a wild and unearihly soug Still no rain and could see that something deyilish was working through the mad of the Eluti called my two servants to lae and to!l them what had occurred ,lr day before in refer cuce to the human sacrifice and they slid that II the clIief s,il hi, pcople would not Uc sacrificed we could lqoi. out fer tlip lut tU iall to one of us 1 bSde them stay near i:c and lave their pistols ready, for we would Ugh: ia preference to being sacrificed and had barely flnishcd n,y instructions when it was announced that no rain would come until the spirits had smelled and tested human blood
 The chief nodded assent, and the young men oi the tribe tge.nblilgly