The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

"',I'lS ana IN the dead OF night ha was car.
F'd back into the bush To- an obscure, .,hoI,
town called Goumuh, no woman being allowed
20 know his whereabouts Courtr.v d, ,i,,,. MN,
IAN ana tho sand cutter" demanded thar V,b,h
should promptly pUss into the unknown b,rf IN,
Ola man held ON to Nta with his characteristics
''""'lN. u was several weeks before the news
was quietly brought tu Tutauuru uI,f AZ. found
or was dead The information ,.ls me-, ,,,
io hop"r2 and King Sow came over IN tsto
'hHtfo ~ The town uutl all ila palayers were
settled
The funeral " nm African chief fallowa tho
law ot The bush implicitly. but the details vary
In dihcrcut parts Of tho west coast Tho rro
r"rdiugs in this case extended over a period o.,
about three weeks
First Wuhch's body was removed from the
hut whore he had died aud placed In an opon
Kitchen ia Goumah These Kitchens are merely
largo huts without walls. or. rather with walls
about three feet high The roof ia Of thn,ch and
the floor Of clay. In the ccutcr OF one NJ these
kitchens shallow grave was dug Then tho
feet were bound together the arms wore extend
cd down the body and the hands bound together
BY means OF n strong stick placed between
hands and feet the body was placed In the Grave
and lightly covered After II had lain there for
two days it was taken up 10y night aud carried Ia
IoioQueiH. where Il was again placed In a shall
low grave, but in hut wherc no woman could
brns vi luck 10y looking upon g. The law of the
bush shuts out all women from any approach 10
the dead Then the family and tho town began
To make ready for ne oh,rQulrs formal notices
were sent out 60 an tho big Kings within two
days walk I'm order That fhcy might come .wf.h
Eittsl Rud assist Woheha spirit into rosi
The funeral continued FOR eight days First
The body VAS again lifted from tho grave and
laid OUT in an opcn Kitchen carefully screened
The kings women we're then srerrgaicd I'm an
other kitchen and iutrustcd With tho du,y ~
making great lameutattou Ihtu tho head ~ the
devil bush he ia a great Uurtuuary Boa West
Africa came into the village o. announce the
Kings death-s performance on par With tho
formal notification given 20 presidential Mount
ucc by committee from national convention.
The devil bush" Is a sort ot combination 90
cret society aud boys boarding school Il IS
collection ~ hats hidden away IN the bush which
women must avoid pay the penalty 81 death.
Here are collected most ~ the boys of the com
t1unity and they remain IN secusion FOR period
varying from three 10 six years being taught
sore sense and much nonsense The strip az Su.
perptltion Is 50 strong that the head ~ the bush
becomes a great man IN tho tribe and death IS the
penalty for any woman who looks upon his face
Tstoouelis "deYil" preceded his entrance into
the town by an uncartbly yell which was the
signal for all the women and girls and every
man not member OF the "dvrN hash"1 20 Sc.
crete themselves Then With series OF ,entril.
oouistie yells he came into The center AZ The
town. announced the death Of Wobeh. ordered
the funeral 10 proceed and vanished into the
bush Then the real noise began