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had happened he flew into a rage, and said to his 
men, Me no care if you no go kill my enemies to 
he slaves for my son, then let my enemies kill you 
and you go and be slaves for him.’^ The main ob- 
ject was to get persons to serve his son in eter- 
nity, and he would a little rather have his enemies 
killed for that purpose ; but if that could not be 
done, then he was willing his own people should 
be sacrificed for that object. 
Some suppose that those who die return into the 
world again, in a state of infancy. In that case 
the gregree-man is called upon the birth of a 
child, to say who has returned to be an inhabitant 
of earth again ; and when this matter is settled, 
the child is named after that person. They all 
seem to think that the spirit of the deceased lingers 
for some time near the spot where the body was 
when the spirit left it, and some have a great 
dread to enter the house where a person has re- 
cently died. 
Some also think that the soul, like the body, 
requires food until it undergoes some change, 
which change they say does not take place until 
some time after death. 
Because of this belief they cook rice, and what- 
ever else they eat themselves, — which is mostly 
rice and palm-oil, — and place it upon the graves of 
their deceased friends. I saw this done at York 
