U Gen. CAss, in his 4th of July Grafton at
t.. Dyo,ro -, e-,aal;ro of tho North Western
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T Gen. CAss, in his 4th of July Grafton at
Fort Wayne, in speaking of the North Western
Territory and its aborigines, says


t'The Miami Indians our predecessors IN the
occupation of this district, had fearful instltu
zion, whose origin and objects have been lost In
she darkness of aboriginal history, but which was
continued to a late period, and whose orgies were
neld upon the very spot where we now are. 1t
was called the Man-eating Society," and 1T was
the duty of It's associates to eat such prisoners
as were preserved and delivered to them for that
purpose. The members of this society belonged
10 a particular family, and the dreadful lnherl-
lance descended to all the children male and ie
male. The duties imposed could not be avoided,
and the sanctions of religion were added to the
obligations of immemorial usage. The feast was
a solemn ceremony, at which the whole tribe was
collected, as actors or spectators.


s' The miserable victim was bound to a stake,
and burned at slow fire, with all the refncments
of cruelty, which savage ingenuity could invent.
There was traditionary ritual, which regulated
with revolving precision, the whole course OF pro-
cedure at these ceremonies. Lattery the author
ity and obligations of the institution had declined,
and presume it has now wholly disappeared
But have seen and conversed with the head of
the family the chief of the Society, whose name
was White Skin-with what feelings OF disgust,
] need not attempt to describe. | well knew
a Canadian, who was present at one OF the last
sacrifices made to this horrible institution. The
victim was young American, captured in Hen
tucky, during the Revolutionary War. Here,
where we are now assembled In peace and sccu-
rity, celebrating the triumph of art and industry,
within the memory of the present generation, our
countrymen have been thus tortured and muir
dered, and devoured. But, thank God, that coun-
Gil fire is extinguished. The impious feast is
over"