Poisoned by Fetish Man
By Mrs. W. H. Lewis
It was late in the afternoon when the omahin (chief) came and asked me to go and see one of his wives who was dying. I found her unconscious, and her extremities very cold and trembling violently. I asked if she had been sick long, and they replied that she had just eaten and was taken ill. I administered an emetic, and set to work to warm her with hot water bottles and woolen blankets. Soon some one came to inform me that she had committed a sin against the great fetish, and hence the fetish said she must die. We then understood why she had been poisoned. The woman had repeated attacks of trembling; so my husband told the omahin that if he desired me to take further care of her, he must bring her to our house, where I could control her eating and drinking. This he did. She improved rapidly, and after staying with us two weeks, went home with a great desire in her heart to be a Christian.