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}                                                         WITNESS REPORT 3\par}

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\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs18\kerning28 Execution
, arrows belly butt\par}

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\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     This 
report comes to you from the tribal lands. As it concerns a tribal law case it has
 no case number except for our oversight file.\par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     Case # 
TLO- 99-17a-  The condemned in this case was a twenty four year old single mother
. She was found guilty of killing her babe by drowning it in it\u8217\'92s bath. 
She was also found guilty of lying to the tribal council which also carries a death
 penalty. Because it was a case prosecuted under tribal law the sentence was different
. Where our judges have wide powers in sentencing those of the tribal council are
 limited by their law. She was sentenced to be killed by an archer and furthermore
 he was to use the traditional weapons of the people. To wit, a wooden bow with 
a pull weight of around forty pounds and firing wooden shafted arrows tipped with
 simple iron points. The execution proceeded as follows.\par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     The condemned
 was brought before the assembled members of the tribe and had both her crime and
 her sentence read. She was naked. Her hands were tied behind her back and a two
 ropes were tied around her neck. Those present were lined up in two rows and were
 given short branches. She was then forced to walk between the two rows of people
 while they whipped her with the switches. She was pulled through by one of the 
neck ropes while the other kept her from running through and thus shortening her
 beating. At the end of her walk she was covered with welts and a few small cuts
. Salt was then rubbed in her wounds. Without any medical examination or sealing
 of her body she was tied to a wooden post. Her wrists and elbows were tied around
 the post in such a manner as to cause pain but also would prevent her from sliding
 down or twisting. I should perhaps describe her. She was a short buxom woman. Full
 figured with large breasts and a slightly protruding belly. She was shaved bald
 below her neck. I spent some time with the bowman executioner and learned he was
 one who had learned his skill from his father as had his father before him. He 
was able to place an arrow within a one inch circle at the ten pace range he was
 shooting at. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     The condemned
 was allowed to watch the preparations but was blindfolded for the actual execution
. The first arrow struck her just above her pubic bone and just slightly off to 
one side. She grunted in pain. I was surprised when there was no hurry to launch
 another one. Under tribal law a mother who kills her child must suffer the loss
 of her womb and be given time to suffer and to understand her crime. About thirty
 minutes later a second arrow was placed next to the first but on the other side
 of her body. With it she began to scream. A few minutes later a third struck her
 half way between the first two and her navel. There was another long wait during
 which she screamed loudly. Then he placed two more in quick succession on either
 side of the third. With five arrows planted in her guts the pain must have been
 exquisite. Number six hit her deep navel. Once more there was a long lapse of time
 before another arrow pierced her flesh. By now it had been over an hour since the
 execution had started. Her injuries had produced little blood and that was limited
 to what leaked from her sex. Just a thin trickle running down each leg. Almost 
nothing from the arrow wounds. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     I could
 see her weakening. Her knees would buckle but she was always able to recover. Then
 the killing shots. One arrow through each nipple. She was unlucky enough to have
 her heart missed but her lungs were hit. Eight arrows were now killing her. The
 last two would sooner or later fill her lungs and she would drown in her own blood
. A fitting end considering her crime. The executioner removed the string from his
 bow and cased it. He was done.  Once more all those present filed by her. The blindfold
 was removed to allow her to see each one walk up to her and spit on her. When the
 last of her disgrace was finished she was left to die. Alone except for one guard
 and myself, my duty requiring me to stay until she was dead. After three hours 
had passed she was enduring immense pain. Her body was wracked by fever and she 
was begging in a low voice for a drink. The guard summoned the elders and they conferred
. She was promised drink in another hour. By then I doubt she was rational any longer
. But she was offered the drink. She did not realize what cold water would do to
 one with her gut wounds. When she screamed in primal agony the breath being expelled
 from her body was mixed with blood. After she stopped screaming I could hear the
 wet sounds for her lungs. Not long now. Finally after five and a half hours it 
seemed she was dead. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     Even 
though it appeared she had died she was left hanging on the post until morning before
 anybody went near her. By then she was stiff and cold. Only then was she declared
 dead. Her body was still left until dark. Then it was removed and taken to the 
forest to be left for the beasts to fight over. One who killed her child was herself
 left with no marker. She was wiped from the tribe\u8217\'92s memory except for 
the lesson of her horrible death. }}