This type of sorcery is done with real magic. He (U-i-mo) had been lying out in front of his grass house in the small yard. There is a small garden with corn, beans and tobacco between the yard and the picket fence, and then there is nothing but bush. Some foot prints were found there and just outside the fence. The sorcerer must have left them …. this kind of sorcery is made with a small split bamboo that is held with the thumb and the forefinger. Then with the other hand a small stone is placed in the split bamboo and pulled back with the fingers; when the stone is in motion, the name of the person is called by the sorcerer and then this person whose name was called will die shortly. When I came up to the house U-i-mo saw me and tried to climb into his house.
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