The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-23
VOODOOISM DOWN IN HAYTI
SNOOkS. iHERIC cor ON
IA THE SEGRET.
COLLEGE els and NusIc HalI DutIes and
dances UrIp~d Hlm nut Also . Bot-
tie Of PINK QuInine puts Promised
Tee Much and HAD Go Skip Out.

over the tpp Il "A hmou IssSl az the I'm
Iaria
Dyer bo.n in m" Black Repubhc' NoP
Well Of course I mean HaytI It's won
derfu what an American can do down
there Il h., mas "A cool head and a few
-Irigh' ~ hani tricks Al his command
That = un,. reason why vuI M" ia New
York now ! came rp To- lOnk Tor an old
friend u mime Who used To b" a star IA
that line. hut they tell me- herr he has
droIrd mage and gou" To selling hre-
water. So rle-S IN have 10 find a sub
rtttute for him
-Nou know. nv specially il getting
,,pnC,.s,-,ons IA foreign count nee aud let 70
ting my fellow count rymrn develop them
and make thu money Judging by The
results, YOU might say It was pure pat RI
tism that animated me, for somehow
never -.sem able to collect and there was
that little anair over a concession down on
the Orinocn some wears ago during which
| was nearly filed up with lead. But
that isn't what | started to- tell about
Down in HaytI. some years ago. there
was a young American fellow who just
got everyth hing ha wanted ont 81 the
President or anybody he wanted. He
told me all about u. and said that blum
and a few tricks wers all that were re-
sponsibIe, to which little medical skill
was added This chap was a graduate
Of some college in the middle West, and
a doctor Of medicine at thai but he got
a bunch thar he could make a lot % money
down IN HaytI. and there he went. The
last time ! saw h,m he had become a
Vooioo priest a thing that would surely
~. A. Ill ~ mai
and he was big man down there.
Now / have heard travellers in the
interior IL Hayti say that cannlbalism
is stili practi-ed down there. and u really
is TO a limited extent II ~ untrIe
thar human flesh Is eaten generally. but
every once m "A while there IL "A religious
festival. in which the sacrifice 81 child
IL a part - the religious rite. and the hesh
is cooked and eaten a. a part ot the cere-
mony,
-Avuwedly tho negroes of Haytl are
good Christians. and IN tn" towns al the
forms ~ the Christian religion are kept
up Put IN the mountains voodooism -
practf-sd op"nlv. though the laws are
strong against u. NV friend told me ~
hearing tn navur IT an inland town give
strict order uu" morning that the Presl-
deII proclamation directing the en-
forcemant uf Nh" law should b" carried
out 20 the I.''"- and then finding him
thai righf yu-luz a. ON" ~ tn" most en-
thu, IstIc uf IN" wur~hIpp.rs At voodoo
ceremony
When nv friend. whom | will call
Snnok-. wont % HaytI he found b" Was
l!p against o. ~" couidut get anything
ra wanted The ,ficlal- would promise
him this ava tha' hut he could never get
ANY further After studying 10" p""pl"
and noting how easily scared and super
s'tttous th"y Ne" he d"t"rrnIr I'd =" %
fahlsh a reputation a. a witch doctor In
the mountains from which -uur," h" felt
sure ms fame would come hack g. 'he
towns lie start ed ONT hy -sttlng a Few
bones. brt tins attracted ht'l" attention.
Then he gave a few siTpl" remedies ~
Case Il sickness bu1 'h-v V"r" not popu- !
la bacarI.o ne uttered No InCartatlOn |
.rally ou" dav he Ma called To- see a
man VINO IA. -uHorlrg from severe .
C-amp. ard after b" had poured oU' - /
doc ui SOM" -IwUl" rsT"dv a notion |
teipod hun 20 utter ~ "oll"g" vol Their. !
were lHf ul natives Ahp4' and they I
l~pN.d Interested "" repeated o. and Z
thew rp-s 80 their i""' hon he l"' nti' !
no Harvard veil followed bv the Nal. I
and then N. PrIrra' ou. and 'hu--'. blamed .
natives formed % cIrC'e about hun and |
darCad 1n.' patient got - - his sfom- I
Kch ache almost immediately and 'h" /
foundation uf Sro"k-- reputation was
laid
nv rh,- rlrno ra bed learned great I
dea. II the gidgu r"U.h hat they spout /
down there and ell -n''- "t rase. were !
brought - |IT With ON" aId II inca" - I
tat ION and 1T un..dIrln" b." was ahl" 20 work !
some cures ard when o. was proposed /
ina he he irttl..'ed into w." yuosi"n ere /
m1nlal he announced hts Willingness ,
He rsyer dii tell me now thar vas done /
bat he diu d".cri"" huN h" n"cane a
DrisE'
vntI. ne wa travelling through IN" .
mountains n" hui .,,umulat"d giut" .
q stock ~ trick implements and had /
amused himself and scared m" natives !
Tor some months los putting his hand N .
imitation m" and U-iUg m 'I'DirlC tat
tory md ~ uu. hu' uu has Journey h.. /
had oft an h. wizard sun ~ hOm. /
~" r"iohad I''I" -'.itirm-'t ~ night |
taN lUd tiI''r" BE- VS. tod there wa- 20 !
-. % great y""duu gathering and that the ,
priests had d"'"rmir"d =" max" hlm one
FIRST thor w. % council 10 . L,g room .
y 'r 90 FIR" tu ft.' ru.riul" 90 sort ~ general /
p"wvuW. and them M" high priest rot
up and sang % ~Drf 81 chant Then 10. ,
/ ruiun'd -DW"fN.ug which hr said was
irIi'i with o lizard and enumerated
= ID" a. 1.r"u' thugs y would cur" Th.t.
b. uttered INTO q long narrative. 81 bIg
~" AID woI-- '"'ilIg Wt1' = great man
y" was and ~" wonderful things ha had
dom" meanwuil" odyortIng about AZ a
great rate FINALLY h" f-Il down -
haust"d ami another TOOK his pIac. !
- .- A"u' ON until ill 'i. black men had
shown their y'l"u- charms and "NtoIled
tho WI mo- and then tn. 81 ,,-,..-.
nod isi ~ SHOCKS
To" htt"r g'' ID and started away "a
T-"roI. bar b." friyl.d ~ the LugilaR,,
and IN" n"grn-- h"gan - look bored I
Then No sta ROD 10 ." give al IN. colleg..
yel- n" cpYId think of 100 hr- loud..el
VOC" and ~" 'ouns t"Ran - nod amir.
H. stock ~ 'h'.,.' was soon
exhausted and h" thought b.. would start
suRIug. Tn only thing he could thlnL
n A. first was Tn" spanish Cavalier
bur after one ,"r-a p" felt IA. was losing
h. AUDIENCE -" h" then sang Harrizan7
~ f4ll lung 3. wee Then h. happened
20 'hIuk ~ ~" rhvTn-~ 81 his ChilibOod
md gave them t"ny n"-ny minay. mo
rI''h a nigg"r Nv MS tho II b.. boilers
~ rIm g. ""uy. m"eny mIu"y. mo
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