The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-08-28
DEVIL OF BRAZIL
hischIeVous Imp a Creation of
The Aborigines.
F" pictured as Having Strong Spice
=" Humor and Little Desire to
Hurt Human 6eInos-Has
But One Leo.

| his color is black, his nose broa1
IL nat A long. pointed tongue Is
sucking out Of his mouth; the teeth
are triangular and sharp; otherwise
40 mas the face Of an infant. He has
.nree nngers on each hand, as shown
| W TIE traces he leaves on the hork of
trees ne climbs. His palms are n;ercad
IN the middle. His ears are b,o and
ne wears a red cloak and cap. he
smeais OF sulphur and his eyes emit a
.inck' suning smoke. But his most dts
uncuVe Characteristic Is that he has
only one leg; he neither walks nor
runs but jumps along, writes a New
York Tribune man.
Inls Is the description oor,n,Is.,
IIom The accounts Of many Witnesses
u Sacy Perere, special Indigenous
ueVli OF Brazil, whose biography was
nor long ago published In book form a,
Gao Fauio, The preface declares that
Inere Ii so little original. native ola
ment In Brazilian culture that ~ &C.
worth while to preserve whatever
mere Is So the great Brazilian news. |
paper U Estado de Sac Paulo. insti- !
1uteu an inquiry regarding Sacy Per :
ere who Is described as one Of tha
very Few tropical native products
headers were asked to submit what
s .'e Iney knew or heard concerning
tnis Brazilian representative OF tte
I"i one and the answers were COL
Iecteo In the book entitled 20 Saw
rerere 1.-THE Sacy Perere). In the
Neue zurcher Zeitung DR.. A. Usten
puDhsnes extracts from the testimonv
'ut OF which Sacy energies as a fairly
- amiable and humorous sort
u oevii, who. in spite Of his terrify-
ns appearance, does not really want
= nurt human beings, although he ia
ono OF practical jokes of a rather
rude brand. I
Sacy Perere Is 100 per cent Amer,-
an he was here before Columbus
d. ne was Invented by the aboriRines
Brazil the Tupi Indians. His mama 7
oI Iupi origin. Caa Cy, meaning .
vi eye ana perereg, the jumping one. c
Caa " Perereg. Portuguesified in L
Sacy Perere, means jumping evil
'e' To his above description sbould "
aoded that according to witness
scientific accomplishments. his
nell comes from sulphur hydrogen
I.S). ose"
Fie o,o To- is
ms one leg has story. told by old hi
groes' WHO have ii from their slave =,
cestors. According to this story -
&c upon time the devil decided to
We banquet In his cave. There was
snty OF everything and more than ~
'nty OF cahaca (sugar cane brand,l. g.
e guests got so drunk they could "a
ruiy move, and the ensuing confu. w
n gave chance to a gang Of small liz
MS apprentices to GO JoyridIng to =.
earth The devil became enrnged
pursued the youngsters. capturing se'
I'D all except one, hose leg. how PIE
r, he .slashed of. The little devil Tor
the original Sacy. and his off. say
ing were born with one leg only. III
" the sacys are very clever and
II and they can easily put II over
the devil though they are one A
red. oxt
he Sacy and his gang appear usuo, the
turing tornadoes. when they ride ma,
wind They allght on the backs Of "r
YES ana tie knots In their nance. s,zo
'etimes a Sacy Is observed on the aoD
OF house. He scarea the pasSer- A.
" throws dirt down the chimney. Pla,