BARBAROUS NEW GUINEA
THE SWAY OF SORCERERS. By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, July 13. The Rev. Copeland King, of the New Guinea Anglican mission, states wj.it sorcery is frightfully prevalent, 'l'lo natives are so terrified by sorcerers that many die of sheer fright by . entrancing magician's reputation. Old women having reputations as witches will dig up their own dead and eat a portion of the flesh with the object of obtaining character. After a successful bead-hunting raid the flesh of the vanquished is sent to their friends much after the manner in which civilised people send weddhg cake. Cannibalism, however, is gradually giving way under civilising influences.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 143, 14 July 1909, Page 4
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106BARBAROUS NEW GUINEA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 143, 14 July 1909, Page 4
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