Au sein du peuple Tlingit, vivant à cheval sur le Canada et l’Alaska, un chef se présentait devant un autre chef et égorgeait un certain nombre d’esclaves.
Among the Tlingit people (living in the area of Canada and Alaska), for example, a chief stepped out in front of another chief and slew a number of slaves.
Quelques jours plus tard, ce rival revenait et égorgeait encore plus d’hommes.
A few days later the rival returned and slaughtered an even greater number of men.
Le tueur en série égorgeait toujours ses victimes.
The serial killer always cut his victims' throats.
Puis, de sa propre main, il égorgeait l’animal, dont le sang était porté par le prêtre dans le lieu saint et aspergé devant le voile derrière lequel se trouvait la loi violée par le pécheur.
By his own hand the animal was then slain, and the blood was carried by the priest into the holy place and sprinkled before the veil, behind which was the ark containing the law that the sinner had transgressed.
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