Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union . tripped and as he fell thecrowd jumped upon him, cut off his hands and feet andagain threw him into the fire. He rolled himself out andcrawled forward on his elbows and knees as if to assaultthem again, whereupon they cut off his head. Incidentsof torture of this character were not rare. Women andchildren were among the spectators on such were sometimes the victims. The warriors attimes showed themselves cannibals, roasting and eatingtheir captives, in the belief that in consuming the fl
Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union . tripped and as he fell thecrowd jumped upon him, cut off his hands and feet andagain threw him into the fire. He rolled himself out andcrawled forward on his elbows and knees as if to assaultthem again, whereupon they cut off his head. Incidentsof torture of this character were not rare. Women andchildren were among the spectators on such were sometimes the victims. The warriors attimes showed themselves cannibals, roasting and eatingtheir captives, in the belief that in consuming the flesh ofthose who had shown great bravery in battle they werethereby sharing the brave spirit which once inhabited was another tribe of considerable importancecalled the Assegun or Bone Indians, living on the southshore of the Upper Peninsula from St. Ignace north-ward. There are said to be still visible a short distancefrom St. Ignace mounds and earthworks of these abor-igines. This tribe trespassed on the territory of the Ot-tawas on the Manitoulins and a war was the result. In. INDIAN CLAY VESSEL
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