[Pppehrserver-legal-eu] E time. It was a very beautiful, yet, as he learned also

Fri Apr 9 21:31:22 CEST 2010

 of a grape-vine around his neck, while the other was fastened to the
stake. A fire was then kindled, and the poor wretch would walk the
circle; this gave the savages the comfort of seeing the poor creature
literally roasting, while his agony was prolonged. Perhaps
this was the most popular mode, too, because all the women and
children could join in it. They were there, with their bundles of dry
sticks, to keep the fire blazing, and their long
switches, to beat the prisoner. Fearful that their victim
might die too soon, and thus
escape their cruelty, the women would knead cakes of clay and put them
on the skull of the poor sufferer, that the fire might not reach his
brain and instantly kill him. As the poor frantic wretch would

run round the circle, they would yell, dance, and sing,
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