human
The Indians, said his host, in answer to a leading question,
gpt
But if they cannot catch the slayer, asked Lord H----,
human
I used a wrong expression, replied Mr. Prevost.
gpt
I should have said the blood of some other victim. It is their duty, according to their ideas, to sacrifice the slayer. If satisfied that he is perfectly beyond their power, they strive to get hold of his nearest relation. If they cannot do that, they take a man of his tribe or nation, and sacrifice him. It is all done very formally, and with all sorts of consideration and consultation; for in these bloody rites they are the most deliberate people in the world, and the most persevering also.