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C H A P T E R V.
RESOURCES OF LESSER SLAVE LAKE REGION.
I T was expected that the sergeant of the Mounted P o l i ce
stationed at the Lake would have set out by boat on the 3rd
for Athabasca L a n d i n g , t a k i n g w i t h h i m the witnesses in
the Weeghteko case— a case not common amongst the Lesser
Slave L a k e Indians, but which was s a i d to be on the increase.
One Pahayo—" The Pheasant "— had gone mad and threatened
to k i l l and eat people. Of course, this was attributed
by his tribe to the Weeghteko, by which he was believed to-be
possessed, a cannibal s p i r i t who inhabits the human heart
i n the form of a l u m p of ice, which must be got r i d of by
immersion of the v i c t im i n b o i l i n g water, or by p o u r i ng
b o i l i n g fat down his throat. This f a i l i n g , they destroy the
man- eater, r i p h i m up to let out the evil s p i r i t , cut off h is
head, and then p i n his four quarters to the ground, a l l of
which was done by his tribe i n the case of Pahaj'o. Napesosus
—" The L i t t l e M a n "— struck the first blow, Moostoos followed,
and the poor l u n a t i c was soon dispatched. Arrests-were
u l t i m a t e l y made, and a boatload of witnesses was about
to leave for Athabasca L a n d i n g , en route to attend the t r i al
at Edmonton, the first of its k i n d , I think, on record.
There can be no doubt that such slayings are effected to
safeguard the tribe. Indians have no asylums, and, i n order
to get a dangerous lunatic out of the way, can only k i l l h i m.
There would therefore be no hangings. But, now that the
Indians and ourselves were coming under treaty obligations,,
i t was necessary that an end should be put to such proceedings.
TG
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| OCR | C H A P T E R V. RESOURCES OF LESSER SLAVE LAKE REGION. I T was expected that the sergeant of the Mounted P o l i ce stationed at the Lake would have set out by boat on the 3rd for Athabasca L a n d i n g , t a k i n g w i t h h i m the witnesses in the Weeghteko case— a case not common amongst the Lesser Slave L a k e Indians, but which was s a i d to be on the increase. One Pahayo—" The Pheasant "— had gone mad and threatened to k i l l and eat people. Of course, this was attributed by his tribe to the Weeghteko, by which he was believed to-be possessed, a cannibal s p i r i t who inhabits the human heart i n the form of a l u m p of ice, which must be got r i d of by immersion of the v i c t im i n b o i l i n g water, or by p o u r i ng b o i l i n g fat down his throat. This f a i l i n g , they destroy the man- eater, r i p h i m up to let out the evil s p i r i t , cut off h is head, and then p i n his four quarters to the ground, a l l of which was done by his tribe i n the case of Pahaj'o. Napesosus —" The L i t t l e M a n "— struck the first blow, Moostoos followed, and the poor l u n a t i c was soon dispatched. Arrests-were u l t i m a t e l y made, and a boatload of witnesses was about to leave for Athabasca L a n d i n g , en route to attend the t r i al at Edmonton, the first of its k i n d , I think, on record. There can be no doubt that such slayings are effected to safeguard the tribe. Indians have no asylums, and, i n order to get a dangerous lunatic out of the way, can only k i l l h i m. There would therefore be no hangings. But, now that the Indians and ourselves were coming under treaty obligations,, i t was necessary that an end should be put to such proceedings. TG |
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