The courier-index., 1920-10-01
DEVIL OF BRAZIL
'MisChievous Imp a Creation of
 The AborigineS.
Is Pictured as Having Strong Spice 1 of Humor and Little Desire to Hurt Human Beings-Has But One Leg.

! His eelor is black, his nose broad and flat. A long pointed tongue is sticking out of his mouth the teeth are triangular and sharp; otherwise ne has the face of an infant. He has three fingers on each hand, as shown by tl-e traces hc leaves on the bark of s1I1caH LET bs sSAnbs. His palms are pierced fin the middle: His ears are big and he wears red cloak and cap. He smels of sulphur and his eyes emit a thick, stifiiRg smoke. But his most dis tinctive characteristic. is that he has only one leg; he neither walks nor runs, but jumps along, writes New York Tribune man.
 | This is the description compiled From abe accounts of many witnesses, of Sacy Perere, special indigenous devil of Brazil whose biography was not long age published in book form at Sac Paulo. The preface declares that there is so little original, native ele- nent in Brazilian culture that it is worth while to preserve whatever there is. So the great Brazilian news paper, O Estado de Sac Paulo, insti- euted an inquiry regarding Sacy Per ere, who is described as one of the very few tropical native products. Readers were asked to submit what ever they knew or heard concerning this Brazilian representative of tEe Xvii One and the answers were col '7ected in the book entitled 70 Sacy Perere" (the Sacy Perere). In the Neue zurcher Zeitung Dr. A. Usteri publishes extracts from the testimony, cut of which Sacy emerges as fairly harmless, amiable and humorous sort of devil. who, in spite of his terrify- ing appearance, does not really want fo hurt human beings, although he Is faAd of practical jokes of rather crude brand.
 Sacy Perere is 100 per cent Ameri- can. He was here before Columbus, for he was invented by the aborigines af Brazi, the Tupi Indians. His name Is of Tupi origin, Caa Cy, meaning evil eye, and perereg, the Jumping one So Caa Cy Perereg. Portuguesitied in to Sacy Perere, means jumping evil eve. To his above description should be added that, according to witness of scientific accomplishments, his smell comes from sulphur hydrogen <H-S).
 His one leg has story, told by olc negroes, wEo have 1t from their slave ancestors. According to this story once upon a time the devil decided tC give a banquet in his cave. There wal plenty of everything and more thar plenty of cahaca (sugar cane brandy) The guests got so drunk they could hardly move, and the ensuing cOnfu sion gave d chance to gang of smal devils apprentices to go Joyriding t' the earth. The devil became enraget and pursued the youngsters, capturing shem all except one, whose leg, how ever. he slashed of. The little devi was the original Sacy, and his of sspring were born with one leg only Now the Sacys are very clever an' swift and they can easily put 1t Ove sn the devil, though they are one legged.
 The Sacy and his gang appear usual ly during tornadoes. when they rid tie wind. They nlight on the backs horses and tie knots in their manei Sometimes a Sacy is observed on tn roof of a house. He scares the passel by or throws dirt down the chlmne!