Deliverance of a Woman from Evil Spirits

On the Great Barrier Island, Elders encountered a woman who was severely afflicted by evil spirits. In the name of the Lord, the Elders commanded the spirits to depart from her. The account notes that the spirits resisted and, when asked why they tormented her, responded that they sought food (man/human flesh). The woman was also caused to rush into the sea but was rescued by her husband. After being baptized, she was no longer troubled.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 52, No. 23, June 9, 1890, page 363):

They found in their intercourse with the people, a woman sorely vexed by evil spirits. They were called upon as servants of the Lord, and in His name commanded the spirits to depart from her. After the spirits had been rebuked, the woman would cling near unto the Elders, fearing a return of her tormentors. Once when they contended against leaving, President Wright asked for what they had come, and why they persisted in troubling the woman. Kai! kai! (food, food), was the answer. And what was that food? “Tangata, tangata!” (man or human flesh). At another time the woman was caused to rush into the sea, and was only saved from drowning by her husband, a man of great bodily health who stood near and followed her. After baptism she was not further troubled.