CASTING OUT DEVILS.
©- Serious Charge Agaiust a Tohmiga. (Per Pmss Association). Auckland, July 21. A Maori meeting at Kaikohe considered the action of a Tohunga named Wirimu Pohi for treating tho natives for witchcraft. It is alleged that 200 have been treated to expel devils, amongst them many children. The system adopted was pouring boiling water on the bare bodies of the patients, and applying hot mashed potatoes. In some instances the flesh peeled off. Fifty deiths are attributed to this causa.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11848, 22 July 1893, Page 2
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82CASTING OUT DEVILS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11848, 22 July 1893, Page 2
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