A SACRIFICE.
"HEATHEN IN HIS BLINDNESS." (BY TEl,r,GUAj>n— I'RtSS ASSOCtATIoK-COrrttlGHT.) (Rcc. January 21, 11.25 p.m.) Manila, January 21. Mr. Walker, Governor of Batao, a Moro island in the Philippines) deSclibes the care-fully-planned spearing to death of a child, who was sacrificed to the gods in ordor to appease ovjil spirits. Death ivae almost instantaneous. The body was chopped into bits, and everyone present was allowed to take a Small portion as a memento. The remainder of tho body w-aa buried. Natives participating in tho act were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. They were unaware)of their wrongdoing) and the sentences were suspended, conditional on the practice- being stopped.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 5
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108A SACRIFICE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 5
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