The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-15
ATTHE GREAT EXPOSITION
Horrible Religious Ceremonies Per-
formed in Jackson Park.

/ Cut. Bite. and Beat Each Other in a
/ Passed Through Strips Of Flesh and
Used as a Harness Till the Flesh
Gives Way-The Public Not Ad-
/ mitted.
I Away down in the southern part of
/ jackson park are green lawns and sun
shine and big, silent buildings. 1t is very
quiet down there-no noise no confusion
and no bands - says the Chicago Times
But one may see some strange sights in
this peaceful corner Of the park
The strange huts of the Quoc Queth
Indians conceal strange and horrible rites,
exceeding in ghastlness anything to be
found in the Midway Seen from the outside
the rough board huts of the Quoc Queth
look like the tumble-down shanties of a
| deserted logging camp. The doors are
tightly barred and not sound can be
heard from the dark interiors From the
top of the roof thin clouds of smoke float
the only sign Of life about the place. One
| look inside reveals to the unwary visitor
some sights that viii not leave his mem
DRY for a long time. They are sights that
he will not care to linger over long The
| strange part of it is that such thing can
be in the very heart Of the great exposi-
ton that celebrates the triumphs of civil
ization.
BLOOD FLOWS FREELY.
George Hunt, son Of an Englishman and
an Alaskan Indian woman, is in charge
of the band of Quoc Queth Indians sent
to the fair from British Columbia by the
! chronological society of that province
| Most Of their time they pass in braiding
| blankets of birch bark, painting Shells
! and weaving head necklaces At other
| tines when the religious frenzy takes
them, they indulge in rites that surpass
in ghastliness those of the Druids
| While the Indian women stand around
the sides Of the smoky hut, George Hunt
and his Indian brothers cut, and bite
and tear each other till the blood streams
| from their arms and backs and they groan
| in an agony Of suffering. The most hid
| eous of their rites is that in which
! Hunt drives one of the Indians with a
| harness OF human flesh. The ceremony
is said to be q relic of the ceremonies of
the ancient Quoc Queth, and even to the
| present time, is known as the canibal
! dance.
HARNESS OF HUMAN FLESH.
| With a butcher knife the half breed,
| Hunt. cuts four Sits along the back of an
| Indian Beneath the two strips of flesh
| are passed cords of leather, and with this
| imprOvised harness Hunt and his victim
| dance around the fire in the center of the
| hut until either the leather thongs or the
| quivering flesh breaks. Before the flesh
/ gives way it is torn half way along the
| Indian back, and when it snaps. the Wis
/ itOr with a sensitive organization may
/ best leave suddenly.
| Another of the pleasing tricks of the
/ QuOc Queths is that done byGeOrEe Hunt,
who allows two Indians to hang to either
! arm until their teeth meet in the flesh
/ Hunts arms are SCARED ana raw with
| the bites He receives 500 monthly for
! this work. The Indians receive so. No
| charge is made for this exhibition and
| the public is not admitted. Hunt is the
only person able TO control the Quoc
! Queths, and they obey him like children.
MORE PLEASANT READING.
A man with his family-fve of them
were passing a Hygeia booth yesterday,
writes Teresa Dean in the InterOcean.
! One of the children said:
"Oh, look Here's some water"
Chats So" said the father; I'VE will
all take a drink and feel better"
He walked up to the booth TO wait on
his loved ones. The attendant was read
! ing a book, but when she heard some
one at the cooler she came forward and
said:
"HOw manY?'
give said the man.
She arranged the glasses on the
counter, with one under the faucet, and
said:
Drop the penny in the slot"
Penny Well, all right. Cheap
enough. Where is it2"
She showed him the slot and returned
to her chair and the book. Incidentally,
that's the beauty of being a HygeIa
cashier The slot, the penny, and the
water take care of themselves, and you
can read, chew gum, watch the crowd,
and enjoy the fair.
The penny went in and the water came
| out. Five hands reached for the glass,
but pa said: Don't be in a hurry; ma
must have the first one here's plenty
more" And he showed the next glass
under the faucet, but the water had
thing, but could not start the water
again. He said to the girl
What's the matter with the thing-it
won't Gomez"
She looked up with a weary expression
and said:
Did you put the penny in?'
'Did put the penny in? Din't you see
me put the penny in?'
No; l only saw the first one"
First one? Does il take another one2"
Yes, a penny for each glass" And she
went on with her reading.
! "Well, I'll be hous wOggied Five cents
for drinking water! I've got the pennies.
and cents amt much, but I'd like to
know'-and he went dropping pennies
and getting drinks for the rcst-''Id like
to know where this thing is going TO end"
each penny went down with
additional torce-"hore, children, come
qp and get your water and mark it
s I'll.