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An Indian’!* Horrible Crime.The first execution in the Canadian territories took place not long ago at Port Saskatchewan, the victim being Swift Runcer, a Cree Indian, who was guilty of murder ami and cannibalism. The monster killed his mother, wife, and seven children, and subsisted for weeks on their* carcasses. On being charged with the crime he pleaded guilty and ottered io conduct the policeto the remains. He had camped in a hole or cave at the base of the mountains, and the bonea of his victims lay s cafctered about the floor. They had been boiled. Hooking his finger in the eye of one of the skulls, ho picked it up, and said in the most nonchalant manner, ‘‘This is my mother, and so on with the other skulls, nine in all, He eaid whisky had demoralised him, and made him feel like a wolf. He killed them all one night while they were asleep, and buried • the bodies in the snow, cutting them up and boiling them as he needed them. He was forthwith sentenced to death, and hLa request to be shot instead of hanged was refused.The Indians throughout the district were invited to give their views'on the case, and they unanimously approved of the sentence. Swift Runner was risked if ho would like to see a “ blnck-coat—i.e.,a priest from the RomanCatholic mission on the North Saskatchewan—but he said the white men had ruined him, and therefore lie didn’t think their God could amount to much.
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Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Iowa, US
Thu, Jan 29, 1880
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