The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-07-28
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think have guessed it myself already.
The hOrOng are offered as human sac
ritices TO Tu-kila-kila
That is nearly so. " his new friend
replied. with a solemn nod of his head.
Livery korong is bound to die when
his time comes. Your time will de-
pend on the particular date when YOU
were admitted to heaven"
Felix reelected a moment. ct was
on the 10Th Of last month" he an
swered, shortly.
Very well NJ Peyron replied.
after a brief calculation You have
Just six months in all to live from that
date. They will offer you up by Tu-
kila-kila's hut the day the run reaches
the summer sOlstice
But why did they make Us gods
them Felix interposed, with trem-
ulOus iiDs. ''Whv treat Us with such
hOnO@s meanw lille. if they m can in the
end to kill u.s.
He received his sentence of death
with greater Calmness than the French
man had expected. "Monsieur, " the
older arrival answered, with a reflect
I've ar. there comes in the mystery
II we could solve that, we could find
out also the way of escape. for YOU
For their Is away of escape for every
hOrOng: | know it we'll; | gather it
from all the natives say; it is part of
their mysteries. b 1t W hat it NAV be,
| have hitherto. in spite Of all my Ell
forts, failed 10 discover. All do know
Is this, Iu-kila-kila hates and breads
IN his heart every korOng that is ele-
waited to Heaven, and would do any
thing if he dared. to get rid OF him
quietly. But he doesn't dare. because
he is bound hand foot himself. too. by
tatOo- innumerable Taboois the real
god and king OF Boupari All the is
land alike bows down to it and WOr-
ships it. =
Have you ever known Korongs
killed." Felix asked once more. tremb-
ling.
Yes, monsieur Many of them,
alas. And this i what happens. When
the kOrong's time is come, as these
creatures say, either on the summer
or winter sOIstice, he is bound with
native ropes. and carried up so pin
Toned to Iu-kila X la S temple IN the
time before this man was Tu-ki ia-kila,
remember
stop reliN cried. Il don't un.
derstand. Has there been more than
one lu-hlld Mia,
Why, yes" the Frenchman an
ssvercd. Certainly, many. And there
the mystery comes III again. We have
always among us one Tu-kila-kila or
another. lie is a sort of Pope, or
grand lama, yoyeZ-yOus1 No sooner is
the last rod dead than another god
succe Sda him and takes his name, or
rather hi, title This young man who
l.. g.t.t h..
iualIy as Lavita. the son of SAM But
what is more cUrio Is still, the island
ers always treat the new god as if he
We're precisely the sclt-same person as
the the old one. 80 far as | have been
able to understand theirthcOlogy. they
believe in sort Of reconsideration Of
souls. The ,ouI Of the Tu-Kia-Kila
WhO is Just dead passes into and ami
mates the body Of the Tu-Kila-Kila
who succeed, to the Office. Thus they
speak "a though Tu-kila- KiIa were
continuous existence. and the god of
tn" moment. himself, will often refer
to events which occurred to him, as he
says. hundred years ago or more.
but which he really knows, Of course,
only by the persist Mt tradition OF the
Islander. They are a very curious
people, these I OuI aresc. But what
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