Evening star., 1929-10-06
SORCERER'S CAREER.
ENDED BY FRENCH.
African Who Told Natives
He Could Turn Bullets
Into Water Slain.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PARIS, September 28.-The recent
native revolt in High Sangh, French
Equatorial Africa, brought into the
linelight one Karinoo, whose influence
was responsible for several upriSingS
A bullet ended his career before he had
succeeded in accomplishing his pro-
gram of driving the French out of the
country, but his operations caused
serious loss of white prestige" G. L.
Manue describes this native leader and
his work in lie Journal. He writes:
"Karinoo exploited carefully all the
discomfort and all the ambitions of the
natives. Karinoo was already famous
among the High Sangha men before he
came to see them. There was halo
Of legends around him. They knew he
had travelled great deal and had
learned a lot from the French and
English.
''Karinoo also had the marvellous dis
tinction of being a veneriloquist. He
knew how to handle ha native audi
ence: his career as prophet had
started by selling medicine and ANU
lets. His hypnotic power was great.
He believed firmly in his mission. The
Kappa - his god - had given him the
power Of turning the bullets of the
white men into water, he claimed.
Made Great Prophecies.
HE asserted he had eaten the heart
Of the white men; that is, that they
were afraid of him. He said they would
leave because they feared him. Then
the great era Of happiness would begin
for the natives. The soil, without ever
being titled, would produce all the food
they needed. Edible animals would
run about freely and would allow them
selves to be caught. Palm wine would
now in rivers. These prophecies. of
course, were heard with enthusiasm.
when Lieut.. Laporte called together
all chiefs to a meeting, only AZ came.
while the others sent messages to tell
him: We don't know you. Go away
or we'll kill you
when he went on a accommodating
trip the lieutenant and his soldiers
we're surrounded by hostile natives who
hid in the underbrush and whose poi
soned spears wounded some of the SOL
diers. The lieutenant was able to get
away safely with his men, but could not
hold certain strategic points. He wan
dered around the district in order to
stop the rebellion; but most villages
revolted either because they really felt
hostile or because they were intimidated
by Karinoo's successes.
Sent 11S Troops.
"As soon as the governor general
heard about Karinoo's rebellion he sent
troops to the district. How many? Ex-
actly 118 men for a front of around 800
miles. Thereupon the governor him
self set out for the troubled region. 1t
was not comfortable trip. The gov
ernor general was still on his way to
High Sanga when Karinoo was caught
by the French soldiers and killed by
the men of Iieut. BOutin,
THE fight started with curious in
cident which might have had grave re-
suits. The men who had discovered
Karinoo sitting quietly in the midst of
his idols wanted to fire. but one rifle
would not go off. Terror was written
on the faces of the native soldiers of
the French army. Was Karinoo be-
witching their rifles? Fortunately a
machine gun started to work at that
moment and moved down Karinoo and
three of his courtiers.
"KArinoo was dead. The French
even took his body. But now the news
spread among the natives that the
sorcerer had gone on voyage to see
Kappa, his god, and confer with him
concerning the expulsion of the white
men,"