Show HUMAN sacrifices IN ASSAM attempt by government to abolish a common evil has met with much opposition the report on the efforts made by the government to suppress slavery and human sacrifice in the nago hills shows according to ur mr clayton who was recently commissioner on the northeastern frontier of burma that last year there were slaves in Ekamp tu as compared nith alth in the pre previous ious year the reduction was aas mainly due to release of slaves writes genrl rickard richard in the cincinnati enquirer several cases have been reported of indians being enticed by to work as blacksmiths and being seized and sold into slavery in the huking valley but only seven indian slaves were found of whom th three ree were released the others being content with their lot an indian man and a girl set apart for sacrifice by the were released the investigations that human buman sacrifice was much more common in the naga hills than was supposed there being no fewer than six boys and ten girls annually and in plentiful years twenty boys boya and thirty girls from As assam asam am these were the commonest victims the report states that an attempt to lescue slaves from sacrifice creates a vicious circle in which a fantastic price Is charged cli arged for a victim hoarded boarded for it a bigger and more expensive sacrifice the report comes to the conclusion that the only solution appears to be direct government administration of the tracts where these hideous practices prevail |