"I will put down human sacrifices--so long as you live among us.

And I will tell the people your taboo is not broken.

All shall be done as you will in this matter.

Now, come out before the crowd and light the fire from Heaven." "Remember," Felix repeated, "if you break your word, my people will come down upon you, sooner or later, in their mighty fire-canoes, and will take vengeance for your crime, and destroy you utterly." Tu-Kila-Kila smiled a cunning smile.

"I know all that," he answered.