The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-04
DEVIL OF Brazil!
Mischievous Imp a Creations Of
The Aborigines.
70 Pictured ~ Having Strong spteo
Of Hvmor and Little ossjre to-
hvrt human Bslnes-Has
But One Leg.

And nat. A long, pointed tongue ID
sticking out of his MOUTH tho teeth
are triangular and sharp; otherwise
he has the face of an infant. He hes
three fingers on each hand, as shown
BY the traces he leaves on the bark Of
trees he climbs. His palms are pierce4
In the middle. His ears are big and
he wears O red cloak and cap, He
smells Of sulphur and his eyes emit q
thick, sitting smoke. But his most dis
ttnetive characteristic Is that he has
emily one leg; he neither walks nor
runs, but jumps along, writes a New
York Tribune man.
This is the description complied
from the accounts of many witnesses,
Of Sacy Perere, special indigenous
devil Of Brazil, whose biography was
not long ago published in book form at
Sac Paulo. The preface declares that
there is so little original, native che
ment In Brazilian culture that II Is
worth while to- preserve whatever
there Is. So the great Brazilian. news.
paper, o Estado de Sac Raulo. insti-
tuted an inquiry regarding: Sac3 Per
ere, who Is described "a. one Of the
very few tropical, native prsdncts.
Readers were asked 30 submit what
ever they knew or heard concerning
this Brazilian representative Of tie
Evil One and the answers were col
lected in the book entitled 20 Sacy
Perere' (the Saey Perere).. In the
Neue Zurcher zseitung DR.. A. Usteri
publishes extracts from the testimony,
out of which Saey emeFges. as q. fairly
harmless, a1ntable and humorous sort
of devil, wac, in spite of his terrify-
ing appearance, does not really want
to hurt human beings, although he is
fond OF practical jokes Of a rather
crude brand.
Saey Perere Is 100 per cent Amerir
, can. He was here before Columbus,
! for he was invented by the aborigines
! Of Brazil, the Tupi Indians. His Rame
Is of Tupi origin, Caa Cy. meaning
evil eye, and perereg, the jumping one
So Caa Cy Percreg, Portuguesff1ed IN
to Sacy Perere, means jumping evil
eve. To his above description shoulc
be added that, according to witness
of scientific accomplishments, hi
smell comes from sulphur hydrogen
(H,S).
His one leg has story, told by oil
negroes who have it from their slav'
> ancestors. According to this story
once upon time the devil decided Il
give a banquet in his cave. There wa
plenty Of everything and more thai
: plenty Of cahaca (sugar game brandy
The guests got so drunk they coul'
, hardly move, and the ensuing contu
sion gave a chance to gang OF SINAI
: devils apprentices to 60 joyriding t
: the earth. The devil became enrage
and pursued the youngsters, captur1n
them all except one, whose leg, no"
ever, he slashed off. The little dew
was the original Sacy. and his OF
spring were born with one leg onl!
0 Now the Sacys are very clever an
Il swift and they can easily put 1t Owe
s on the devil, though they are on
:; legged.
The Sacy and his gang appear usua
e ~ during tornadoes, when they PIC
the wind. They alight on the backs
horses and tie knots in their name
i Sometimes a Sacy Is observed on u
roof of a house. He scares the passe
by or throws dirt down the Gimme