But they frequently made native beer, and got drunk, and while in this condition they were caught and brought before this tribunal.
While the trial was going on, one of the "soldiers" got up and went some twenty yards off, dug a hole in the ground and planted a thick pole or post in it.

No sooner had he completed his task, when the accused man rose with a queer smile on his face, half chagrined, half sarcastic..

Dropping his blanket, he walked deliberately up to the pole, flanked by two soldiers, each of whom took hold of his hands, and by putting them crosswise on the further side of the pole, made the culprit hug the pole very tightly.

Now another man, wrapped closely in his blanket, stepped briskly up, drew as quick as a flash a leather whip from under his garment, and dealt four lashes over the shoulders of the prisoner, who was then released, and stolidly walked back to his seat, as if nothing had happened.
Now came the woman's turn to be punished for her part in the thefts.

They took off her blanket, but left on a little white undergarment.