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^the bones broken and made into soup. There is no particular dis-tinguishing [distinguishing] name to express cannibalism which had no special ceremony attached to it, was not confined to any particular members of the tribe, and was only resorted to, when impelled by hunger - never as a regular dietary. There was one instance recorded where they ate the Killed on the battle-field, both sides joing joining in the repast, and subsequently resuming the fighting.
7. Nothing in the form of narcotics.
8. Crimes (A)against the person. Homicide is excusable, when inflicted for marrying within the prohibited class or degress. In one case where the culprit whom they had tried to spear had escaped, they made an effigy of him with a soft piece of wood, and buried it. In the one case of suicide which came under observation, where the victim had thrown himself headlong into a creek, they considered him "cranky" or mad. With regard to maiming, the lex talionis is applied, the elders in camp or the victim's friends seeing to its proper execution. Rape is recognised and punishable by death, - speared by the husband or mother's brother, or friends collectively; occasionally the offender may be spared his life, but severely maimed by spear, when happening to have power-ful [powerful] friends. Abduction - the taking of a girl against her parents' wishes - is also punishable with death by spear, the tribe collectively seeing to this. The spearing in of the thigh or calf is the penalty meted out to a woman for adultery, either by her husband or his female friends. Abuse of children, i.e. criminal assault, as well as unnatural offences are unknown.
(B) against property. They often set fire to each other's possessions or break one anothers spears, and do other wilful damage - this is generally the result of some one having been neglected (who had the right to expect it) in the way of food, by coming in late or having
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