Show human sacrifice an old indian custom washington the savage tice of offering human sacrifices to the gods of war was widely in et ef feet in north america at the time of the coming of the white man so said dr truman michelson of the smithsonian institution the practice Is supposed to have been confined to the aztec and pawnee indians but actually was widely diffused throughout the con he said in the aztec rites the heart of the victim was cut out with a stone knife in the famous morning star I 1 rites of the I 1 annees a maid en was sacrificed fhe durons burned maidens at the stake doc doe tor michelson chelson Mt asserts |