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MAN-EATING MIAMI INDIANS
Horribls Ceremonies of This Tribe at
Saorifioial Fo8ti.
CANNIBALISM IN NAME OF RELIGION
Ilcmliilneriicf of n I'nnill' Which Win
Authoriiril to lint II I'Ii-hIi
of Prlnmiier lliiriiril
n( the Mnke.
Sixty yearn ngo tho author was a resident
ot Fori Wayne, Intl., near which placo tho
remnant of the Mlnml tribe ot Indian!) was
living upon tho reservation. Fori Wnyno
waa the principal trading point and had
been tho scat of government, bo to speak,
ot the Mlamln trom time Immemorial. Hero
nlso lived many Canadians, retired Kronen,
tradors nnd used voyagours, from whom tho
writer obtained a fund of Information re
garding that once powerful and Inlluentlal
confederation of Indiana. Ono of tho most
Interesting facts that I then Investigated
was tho charge that prior to tho beginning
of the last century there existed n socloty
ot Ravages among the Mlamls Known as the
man-eaters those that feasted on tho bod
ies of prisoners of wnr burned at the stuke,
writes 12. F. Colcrlek In thu Indianapolis
Press,
'Hiring tho tlmo that I resided In Fort
Wnyno I had seen frequently a very old,
shriveled-up squaw, a repulsive-looking
creature, who, It was said, was a descendant
of the family of man-enters.
I remember ono Sabbath afternoon In tho
month of September, 1830, of taking a stroll
with my aged friend, John Hnptlste Bruno,
the old Indian trader, who was then In his
eighty-sixth year hale and active. We had
reached a beautiful spot a small grovo that
skirted tho bank of tho St. Joseph river,
about a rallo above tho town. Seated upon
a log on tho elevated bank of the stream
he gave me a thrilling description of the
terrlblo defeat of (ienernl Harmnr at this
very spot In 17!U. He was an eye-witness
of this engagement, so snngulunry and dis
astrous In Its result. Whllo talking, a
ranoe with several Indians In It pasiod dawn
tho stream. On dlstnYCiIng llruno the hoat
was headed for tho chore and landed at our
feet. I recognized at onco tho same dis
gusting old hag of a squaw as one of tho
party. After a short t,alk with llninn tho
Indians turned Into tho ntieam again and
rawed on to tho town.
Story Wnn True.
I then told my companion tho oft
repeated story 1 hail heard regarding thli
woman. He said that It was true; that he
had known hor for forty yean; that bhe
was tho only daughter of White Skin, the
last head of the family of man-eaters. "I
knew her father," continued llruno. "when
I first came to this part of tho country to
trade with the Indians In 1770. White Skin
nt that time was said to be near 100 years
old and no doubt It was true; yet he was
an active, Industrious man, possessed of
a very retentive memory. The family, dur
ing tho time that 1 knew them, consisted
of the old man, an aged son and his daugh
ter. They resided on Kol river, n few miles
west of the Turtle village, tho home of tho
great war chief of the Miami, Little Tur
tle, and about thlrty-flvo miles northwest
of Kort Wayne. Thoy were known far anil
near as tho man-eating family. They had
no friends that I know of, with ono excep
tion, ond that was Kuthor Tladdeit. a Kreneh
missionary. He frequently visited them
ind helped them when they were In want.
They lived very secluded lives. The In
llans seemed to shun them.
"Tne old man and his family inunufac
ured biicksklnn were tanners or dressers
f deerskins. They excelled In that husl
less, For a number of years I traded with
Uem, purchasing their skins for the De
fer tho merchandise. It was in this way!
trolt market, where I found a ready sale!
that I became so Intimately acquainted with
them. I generally went to their camp to
mako my purchases and often had to re
main over night nt their hut. Hut I seldom
partook of any meals with them, for they
were too filthy In their manner of living
and were too fend of dog meat to suit me,
although I had often from necessity eaten
dog meat; but It was prepared In a different
manner from tho way they served It.
"I found tho old man had no reluctance
to talk with me about tho man-eating
charge. 1 had gained his entire confidence.
Having heard so much about his terrible or
ganization when I was a boy living In Mon
treal, Canada I remember that I dreaded
to have my father leave homo to go among
the Mlamls. Ho was n trader at this point
beforo I was torn. When he died I took his
placo and continued right along until a few
years ago.
"My good friend Pierre llenublen of De
troit had reqiusted me, nt tho first oppor
tunity I should have to obtain from White
Skin a history of the man-eater order, and
I did so. Ono night a beautiful moonlight
night--whllo seated on tho grass In front of
the bark but, smoking our lclnnlklnnlc, the
old man gave mo tho entire history of tho
portion of IiIh life connected with tho Order
of Mnn-I!aters. And this story I have writ
ten ond told so often that I know it by
heart, ns tho schoolboys say, I have had to
repeat It to many of tho great men of the
land, Among the number were General
Lewis Cass, General (or Governor) Harri
son, nlso to the Krench savant and trav
eler, Count Volney, when ho visited Vln
ccnni's. White Skin' HiTltnl.
"Whlto Skin said: 'To eat human flesh
la a rellgloua right conferred upop my fore
fathers many, many generations before,
when the Mlnnownys (Mlamls) included
most nil ot tho Indians living on this side
of tho big river (tho Mississippi), and by
h'ercdltnry descent parsed from family to
family. On tho death of my grandfather
my father and his only brother became tho
nolo representative of this orJer, each hav
ing tho right to perform tho ceremonies nt
tho human seorlUroa.'
"I asked him how often ho had eaten
human flesh, ami did ho assist In killing
those to he devoured.
" 'So,' he said, 'the victims were always
prisoners ot war, and generally Indians
from hostile tribes, nnd now and then a
paleface. In my younger days I partici
pated in a grent many of these foastB. We
all liked the taste of human Mesh. It M
much sweeter than tho tlesh of wild nnl
maln. We never ate it solely for the pur
pose of food to satisfy hunger. Wc par
took of It ns a rollglnus rite, although homo
of tho Indians, when Invited to partake
with us, would eat more than others. My
brother and sister liked It so well that they
would eat until thoy were full. As time
paused the custom gradually declined. The
Catholic missionaries did much to stop
theo sacrifices, It has been over twenty
years since I last tasted human flesh."
Ileoeriptlmi of n 1'ennt.
"Whltu Skin prided himself upon the fat
that ho represcrted a family that had such
great distinction conferred upon It. 'Whan
I was nbout 20 years old,' ho said, 'I in
tended a great feost ot tho order, hold on
the east bank of tho St. Joseph river, near
Kort Wayne..' " llruno pointed to a plateau
of ten or fifteen acies, Just east of whero
we were seated, aa the spot whero thee?
human sacrifices took place. " 'We were
notified tho day before to be at tho place
of sacrifice b) the following afternoon. Wo
reached tho grounds about meantime. Thu
faces of the entire family were painted
black even tho papoose on Its mother's
bnck A Jrowd of several hundred Indians
already had ossembled, anxiously awaiting
for the eeremcules to begin.
" The prisoner, a Sauk Indian, who was
porfretly naked, fastened to a stal'c, wus
chanting his death song, He was bravo.
When the suu waa yet about Iwu hours
high a squaw approached with a llambeait
In her hand to ignite tho fagots. The
doomed man snatched the llambeau from
her hand and bet fire to his own funeral
pile. At this act of bravery tho vast crowd
sent up shouts of admiration. When dead
tho body was laid upon tho burning coals
until It was well cooked. After a prolonged
ceremony my father cut off a piece of tlio
flesh for each member of the family, pre
senting It to us on a sharpened stick, whllo
we sat In a circle around the smouldering
embers. After tho family waa nil helped
tny father, In a loud voice, naked If there
was any person present who wished to par
ticipate In tho feast. Several men and
squaws came forward and seated them
selves In tho circle. They were then told
to help themselves. Whllo the feasting
was going on a deep silence prevailed, and
Just as tho nun went down behind the tree
tops It was announced Hint tho ceremonies
wero ended, when a yell went up that shook
tho earth, nnd tho carcass was left to the
dogs to eat.
White .skill 1'iititliii'tN II I'Vilsl.
"On again filling our pipes, White Skin
btnted that his father and brother woro
both murdered while asleep In their camp
on their return from ono of these human
sacrifices held near the mouth of the Wa
bash river. Then he bcinmc head ot tho
order."
"Did you ever conduct any of these core
monies?" "Yes, once only, nnd that was over 'wenty
years ngo, and then was tho last time I
ever tasted human llesh. My father's
brother, a very old man, who was also a
head of tho order, living on tho Calumet
river, died tho same summer my father was
killed. Ills blanket fell upon the shoulders
of his only child, n daughter, an old, do
creplt woman. Soon after his death a pris
oner was to be sacrificed; she sent a mes
senger to Invito me anil my family to come
and osslst her with the cere monies. We gm
ready nnd returned w ith the nief Ecnger. On
renchlng tho village I found the old woman
very sick In her wigwam, unnble to take
part In tho exercises, and I had to do It all
myself. The prisoner was n young white
man. nnd I was glad of it, for I disliked to
eat tho tlesh of my own race, but bed no ob
jections to eating our then greatest enrmy--
the white man. There were not many In
dians In attendance; they weic on their big
hunt. Everything pasted off with much sat
isfaction. About tho usual number of In
vited guoHts participated In the feast with
us. At the request of the nld woman I took
her n piece of tho tlesh, which she ate with
an apparont relish. She died tho next day.
This left me tho solo representative of the
great Order of Man-Maters. flut never
since that day lias there been a Faerttlce of
life nt which human llesh was eaten, con
ducted by tho Soeletv of Mnn-ISnters."
"Tho plnee where these Calumet festivals
were hold." said Mr. llruno, "was where
Is now located tho town of Chicago, and
not a greot way from the plnco the bloody
massacre of Kort Dearborn occurred In
1812. where my friend nnd neighbor, tho
brave Captain Well, was killed by the
treacherous Pottawalomles, the meanest
nnd most detestable tribe of Indians lu tho
northwest."
I'rriieli Mlioloiinrj'o Mor),
Louis Hennepin, a Krench mlsslopury,
one of the first to visit tho region of the
Illinois and Wabash rivers. In a letter
written to a friend, n Catholic priest re
siding in Quebec, dated November, 16S4,
says; "When on my way, In the month of
Juno last, to tho Ouabiuhc (Wnbauh) river
I came upon a large assembly of savages
(Twightwees) engaged In burning a pris
oner nt the stuke an Indian belonging to
a tribe with whom they wero at war. Wliuu
I arrived upon the scene the fierce lUmes
were already wrapped about the victim,
then in the throes of death. The saivag"!
danred around the llro and in a state of
frenzy brandished their war clubs, accom
panied with demoniacal shouts nnd . ontor
tlotw. In sorrow nnd dlsgtt I withdrew
a short distance to wait until thv excite
ment rhould subside, that I might expostu- and obligation.) of tho Institution had de- j
lato with tho savages against this horrible , cllncd anil 1 presume It has now wholly
custom. On returning to the plnee of ex
ecution my senses wero appalled upon be
holding a number ot the savage men.
women and children seated In a clrrle
around the Miiouldcrlng lire, engaged lu
devouring the remnlns of the dead savage.
While this horrid feast was going on a per
fect silence prevailed the savages seem"d
uwe-strlii.cn. I turned from tho sickening
sight anil on my knees besought our Heav
enly Father to iibslat mo to oifen the eyes
of these poor, benighted creatures to tho
enormity of the heinous crime, that It
might never again bo repeated."
Tho missionary llreboeuf. belonging to a
mlsilon of the shores of Lake Huron, was
sent to the Onice village, at tho head ot thu
Miami (Maumee) river, and by tho per
formance of kindly otllccs secured tho con
fidence anil affections of the Indians of
that locality. From a report of his mis
sionary work performed in this section,
filed In the church archives of Montreal,
Canada, tho following statement Is taken:
"Tho Twightwees are very cruel in tho
treatment of their prisoners of wnr. They
generally burn them at tho stake and fre
quently foaat on tho cooked flesh of tho
unfortunate victims. Those who engage
In eating human flesh belong to a select
number of tho tribe, known as the man
eaters. So fond do they become of the
lasto of human llesh that no doubt they
secretly commit murder in order to satisfy
this dreadful desire."
Major Thomas Forsyth, who lived for a
quarter of a contttry among tho Sauks and
Fox Indians, In 182'1, In a written account
of these two tribes, published for the first
tlmo In "Drake's Llfo of IllacU Hawk,"
wrote that these Indians, tho Mlnnuwaya
iMitimis) aro niilil to have been very cruel
to their prisoners, often burning them, l
hnvo heard of a certain family among tho
Miami who wero called mnn-caters, ns
they were accustomed to mako a feast of
human llesh when a prlsonor was killed.
For theso enormities tho Sauks nnd Foxes,
when they took auy of the Mlnneways pris
oners, gavo l hem to their women to be
buffeted to death.
From (''iicriil Ciinh' Ui'iitlnu,
And wo have the following statements
from General Lewis Cass regarding this
matter, lie no doubt, was ntoro conversant
with tin) history and traditions of the In
dian tribes of the northwest than any per
ton living In his time, lu the great ora
tion delivered by him nt Fort Waynes, Ind.,
i July I, 184.1, on tho occasion of tho opening
of tho Wabash anil Krlo canal, ho said:
" For many years during tho fron
tier history of this placo and region tho
line of your canal was u bloody warpath,
which has seen many a deed of horror.
And this peaceful town has bad Its Moloch,
and tho records of human dopravlty fur
nish no moro terrible examples of cruelty
than wero otfored at his shrine. The
disappeared. Hut I have seen and con
versed with the head of tho family, tho
hlef ol tho society, whose namo was 'White
Skin.' with what feeling of disgust I need
not attempt to describe. 1 well knew an
Intelligent Canadian who whb present at
one of the last sacrifices made by this
horrible Institution. The victim wus a
young American captured In Kentucky to
ward the close ot our revolutionary war.
Here, where we aro now assembled in peace
and security, celebrating the triumph of nrt
and industry, within tho memory of the
present generation, our countrymen havo
thus been tortured and murdered and de
voured. Hut, thank God! that council flro
Is extinguished. Tho Impious feast Is over;
the war dance Is ended; tho wnr song Is
sung: the war drum Is silent, nnd tho
Indian hnu departed to find, 1 hope, In the
distant west, a comfortable residence; and,
I hope also, to find, under the protection
and, if need be, under tho power of thu
United States, a radical change In the in
stitutions and general improvement In his
morals and conditions'."
ill 1,1, smith c am;; to ti.mi:.
Ten .Shunter ;! the llrlter of n
Third In a t'nnllileiiec tiiiine.
Tho slickest confidence man that over
perambulated down tho plko was In Mem
phis last week, reports tho Memphis Ap
peal, and did somo smooth business of
tho bunco variety, according to Pntrolinnu
Pat Horan, that makes tho clumsy Memphis
method palo into insignificance. Officer
Horan refuse) to givo names, but he says
that the victim In the caso wns n klng-beo
Memphis con man. who thinks ho Is moro
than "two or three" and who happened to
bo out looking for hayseeds.
The con man dropped Into a certain ho
tel In Memphis to Iny for a "fish" and had
gotten himself up to pass for n commer
cial traveler. He was soon spotted by tho
"slick one," who seemed to have a lofty
scorn for tho Innocent "Itubcs" and loved
to mako monkeys out of swell-head frauds
who think thoy Itnow it nil. Not long after
the slick "ono" hpotted tho Memphis shark
a hayecd Kubo of tho most harmless-looking
typo camo Into the hotel lobby nnd
glnrcd through his Kpectaclcs at the men
sitting around. Falling to sco tho face
ho was looking for tho old Kubo stood for
a moment In tho center of the floor nnd
then walked over to the clerk's desk. Ho
took n long-range hance at tho cuspidor
and missed and then, addressing tho clerk,
asked: "Has Hill Smith been here look
ing for mo?"
The elerk looked up nnd seeing a clianco
for some fun began to humor the old man.
Tho Memphis shark grew Interested and
drew near. Soon the whole hotel knew the
Just bet you ?."0 that Smith don't show up
with your money."
Iteuben took the bet and with trembling
lingers pulled out tho fifty, and tho stakes
wero put In the hands of the clerk
After this Kubo grew ullent and nervously
paced up und down tho lobby. Presently, as
Kubo was standing some distance from the
desk, pensively rolling his quid nnd gazing
through the skylight, a smartly dressed
man walked briskly through the door and
up to the clerk's desk, eyeing the bystand
ers critically as he passed. Seizing u pen
he rapidly wrote on the register "William
J. Smith, Hushpuckana, Miss."
As ho was writing Kube had once moro
ndvanced toward tho desk and, seeing tho
form at tho counter, he strode eagerly for
ward, peered Into the faco of tho new
comer and slapping him on the back ex
claimed, "Hy gosh, If It nln't Hill Smith
nt last!"
Tho rest of the story was simple. Smith
recognized Kube, thanked him for the loan
and Immediately pulled out his pursa and
paid over tho promised fifty he had bor
rowed. The Memphis shark turned pnlc as Kubo
claimed tho wager, but it had to go. Later
tho Memphis shark got a little note ad
vising him that Kubo thanked him for the
llttlo donation and advised him to try tho
trick on somo of his fellow sharks and play
tor even.
I'm: i.vi ;n Gitowi.vG sm:i;vr
Tho!- for I Inn I er tiotvnx Will lit Posi
tively Prouiuloiin.
The very big sleeves that prevallei' four
or llvo years ngo havo been restored to
supremacy once moro by tho simple devlco
of turning themsehes upsldu down. The
balloons of ilrcas goods, that used to widen
feminine shoulders monstrously and till tho
caricaturist with Joy, now swell and puff
and ripple und tuck, with a perfectly umnz
Ing prodigality of decorative material about
tho region of tho waist and forearm only.
I'p at tho shoulder all Is close and smooth
as a man's coat sleeve; and, from an ar
tistic standpoint, this exnggernted revival
of tho 1SG0 method of clothing thu arm Is
n vast Improvement on tho ridiculous leg
o' mutton shapes that woro onco our weak
ness. Tho charm of the pear-Bhaped pattern on
which we now nit our sleeves lies In tho
jlnflulte decorative, variations they permit.
Nowadaya every spirited dressmaker Is a
sort of virtuoso In ideeves and earns fatuo
among her patrons by Inventing a special
'bell and wrist pouch for every gown nlni
turns out. Hecnuac the spring nnd summer
j gowns need not bo crushed and bundled In
side protecting wraps all limit as to tho slo
(of thu bags nnd llotinecs about the wrist
havo been removed, and around nbout
Kaster, when the now frocks got tholr first
airing, some sleeves of positively prodlgtoua
size will be seen.
Just to show what tho tendency Is like
n group of three very characteristic sleeves
is given. One Is mado all nt silk muslin,
In a perfect cascade of overlapping rutlles
that bell out below the elbow and admit
41 bag of soft chiffon to hang softly nbout
the hand. Another Is n study in velvet
strapped erepo de chine puffs that emorge
! from an embroidered taffeta sleeve, and tho
third is especially designed to show a
pretty hand and Is a verbatim copy from
a gown worn by the Kmpress Iiugcnle,
Now tho woman who looks upon such
sleeves with envious eyes, and cannot afford
n dressmaker of genius uufllclent to copo
with such charming Intricacies, can hlo
herself to a good shop nnd buy, all beau
tifully complete, as Hweot a pair of ready
made slccvctt as her church, or calling, or
at-home gown need boast, Thoy need only
bo stitched Into the urmhnlcH of the fancy
bodice or dress waist, from which she ban
ripped tho old ones, to appear exactly as if
they had always been nn ornamental part
of tho toilet they decorate.
Prickly Ash Hitlers cures disease of the
kidneys, cleanses and strengthens tho liver,
stomach nnd bowels.
SiTiiml ITooil nt St. .loncph.
ST. JOSI2P1I, Mlelw .March 27.-For (lie
second tlmo this spring the factory district
between this city and Kenton luirhor H
flooded. Tho river, which Is higher than
for many years, contlmicH to rise, and
apprehension Is felt regarding thu safety
of the bridges.
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old man's story. Hill Smith was a stranger
Miami Indians, our predecessors In tho no-1 lio had met In tho morning who had bor-
uupatlon of this district, had a terrible In
stltuilon, whoso origin and object havo
been lost in the darkncwi of nborlg
inal history, but which was continued to a
lato period, and whoso orgies wero held
upon tho very spot whore we are now as-
sembled. It wns called the Man-Katlug
society and It wns tho duty ot Its associ
ates to eat such prisoners as were pro
served and delivered to them for (hat pur
pose. Tho members of this society l.o
longid to a particular family and tho
dreadful Inheritance descended to all tho
children, male nnd female. The duties Im
posed could not be avoided and the sanction
of religion wns added to tho obligations of
Immemorial usage. The feast wu n solemn
ceremony, at which the whole trlbo wns
I collected as actors or spectators. Tho
mlserablo ilctlm was bound tn a stako ami
burned at a slow lire, with all the refine
ments of cruelty which savage ingenuity
could Invent. There w.ib a traditionary
ritual whbh regulated with renltlng pre-
ii-ion tbi- whole course of procedure at
rowed :,o from him to pay a freight bill,
promising to meet Kubo nt tho hotel and
pay it back. Kubo was certuln ho would
be lu soon, becaufco It was now past the
appointed time.
The old man's apparent Inuoccnco amused
tho ciowd and ho was advised to go on and
forget Hill Smith, us ho would nover see
Hill any more. Tho old man replied good
humored!)' that he guossed ho would wait
awhile for Hill, and, winking at tho ciowd,
ho pulled out a well-lllled wallet with tho
remark that ho had plenty left It Hill
should go back on his word.
Tho eyes of the Memphis shark glistened
at tight of tho wallet, nnd, approaching
Kubo. ho began to manifest the tendere-.t
sympathy In his ease and assured him that
HIM Smith was a rascally thief and that tho
town was full of such sharks.
Kube grew nervous under the icpeatcd
flings at his friend, Hill Smith, and In his
ixdlenieiit pulled his money nnd sworo be
would bet every dollar nf It on Smith's
honest .
tbtsc ccremonlcw, Latterly the authority j "Well,' said tho Memphis slunk, "111
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