Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-16
HIS own exrcurIoNGa.
a chief who TIiin,olf Inflicted tie Death
rcuAit eve lie imposed.

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rcnaii 'rs lie Imposed.
II you 30 down TO French Guiana
md ascend tho big Murori river a
littlo distance You win find a graat
many negroes who talk very had
French. Some of thcm, howcycf.
have visited Franco aud have litllo
education. Tho moro intelligent Of
these negroes viii tell You that tho
greatest man who over lived. cycent
the FIRST Napoleon was Boni. ono
Of these negro tribes il called the
Bom, from the name ofthcMln who
released the people from slavery.
Buni was the Intelligent and au.
uacinus negro who, IN li1., rcyoltcd
ugGinst his master ON tho cogst of
Datch ,Guiana, destroyed his prop.
crty, ets'pcd with hundreds Of other
slaves and founded a now homo for
the people, whom he piloted 10 the
borders Of French Guiana. TOrmnny
decades all slaves who escaped from
their masters were able TO lind their
freedom among tho Bonis. A curious
story il told about Boni by the cx.
plowr Henry Coudrcau, who has done
20 much 10 make tho interior of
French Guiana known.
n long distauccup the Maronirivcr
"a the island Adlg,o, which means
cutting OF the head" This r. tho
island whore for u long time Boni
carried ont tho execution of crimi.
nails whom ho had condemned 10
death. The curious feature of his
systcm OF capital punishment was
that he required no assistance what.
ever in carrying his judgments into
ciioct He alone escorted the con.
dcmncd persons to tho island Of Al
lnto, and unnidcd he cut OF their
heads. Tho Splrtacus OF tho No.
grOcs Of the WOod8t seemed TO Lao
particularly fond Of this sort Of OK.
ercise. Physically he was tho most
powerful man in his country. No
ono wished to cope with him IN COM
bat.
When he had q prisoner whom ho
had condemned ho would place his
aud his sabcr in canoe. seat
the condemned man in tho bow Of
the boat aud then paddle up stream
several miles to the island. lie would
not have even boa,mun with him
ON these littlo expeditions.
Now Boui was wont TO say 10
Tho unhappy wretch before him, Us
no padded alone, edo not attcmpt
10 escape, for II you do / snail surely |
stop You 10y a bullet IN tho logs. 1 |
shall not shoot 10 kill you, for shall |
wish to torture you after get YOU" |
NO, chief" tho trembling victim |
would often reply, II shall not try |
% escape And such was the terror
ioni inspired that the unfortunate |
prisoner would reach the place Of
punishment probably without enter.
aiming tho slightest thought OF es.
'aping.
Whom they reached tho island,
3oni would tell his prisoner TO yet
'ut OF tho canoe aud would then
march linn to tho place OF execution
inns was Il large fiat rock, washed
" tho waters of tho rapid river and
haded by n tamurind tree. Tho
ock IS still shown to every one who
lists the spot When they reached
he place Boni, Gerco and inoxoi.
BILE, would stcrnly command:
Now You die, 10 your knees.
'our hands behind your back. Hold
own your head.
Tho unfortunate wretch, moro
cad than alive, would mechanically
boy tho order Boui would raise
is saber, and with oao suro STROKE
you'd toyeg tho head from tho body
'ho head would roll upon tho fat
lone and tie blood would bo wnshed
way by the rush OF water from the
npids. which now and then over.
pread the rock Boni would then no.
nbark, and upon his return his PEG
10 would more than over regard him
an object Of terror to evil doors