Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-07-12
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The population Of Bcrneo IS estimated at
100000. A Dyack who came from distant oa
ce in the interior TO the mission school gave
recently an account Of arsmarkahle race 0f
men who border upon his tribe They are
known under the name Of Kayans, and are
described By the Rev. Mr. McDougallsas per-
feet gluttonsin human flesh, prefeFring il %
any other food We copy what he says 6f
ssThey allscaFfy attached 10 their sword
scabbards,a sharp skewer gfaboui eighteen in
ches long, which, when they have killed
victim, man, woman, OF child. they infroduce
into the flesh, and pass il along The boneseof
Che extremities and spine working i 20 asto
divide all the muscular attachmen9 from fhe
bones. Fhef then take Off skin aDdI flesh TO-
gether begging 1t the soIes Of the feet and
carry on the operation from below npWards,
doing il so rapidly that in few minnies nosh-
ing but the bones and yisceras sate Left They
take out the brain and cook il sligh IN q par
ticular kind Of leaf. and consider i the great
bonae boacke of the abominable feast When
they have cooked and eatenIall they want they
cook and smoke the rest, IS The Dyaks and
Malays. do bears or deers' flesh and win,
eat no other flesh while 4 lasl, Koosoo says,
when his tribe go to war, some Of these peo7Y
pie always come 70 eat the bodies of the slain
They never kill their friends for food, bnG al.
ways eat an enemy when they can get one;
eating all indiscriminatelY men woman and
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yet excepting tbe brutal taste 'thds depici-s
/ ed the Kayans are represented as very good
people, and as more civilized than the Dyaks
kind, hospnable 70 strangers honest IA
their dealings The Dyak. Who gage ar. Mo-
Dougall the account, says be has lived among
them, and that he is quite sure '9hey Wcald
not eat white men, but would be very glad
70 receive them as friends and would tf1st
L is exceedingly dificslt 10 reconcile these
Einconsisteneies Of character We eainos be-
| Ilieve that SO hofrid an appetite i snatnfal;
because it IS NOT found IN races far more De-
Egraded in the human scale Shan the KayansJ
norris it common among brutes, who raeely,
except in the extremity Of huage devour the
aesh Of their own kinds If il be tase IL must
have been acquired after long habitoriginating
linlsome national caprice that may haveieeasea
exist,or Of which we are ignorant This naitsris
worthy Of investigation both as q aquestion Of
philosophy and ofFeEigions Il. Is the KyAki
assured Mr.. McDougall. Ethe Kayans would
lbepglad to receive white men as their friends,
litbecomes the missionary to establish sta
ton amongst them al once. Is thefeldiscsrr
tainly Of q most inviting kind. We add What
Mr. McDougall says Of the elnaate ofBonnse-
la 4To any Of my bretheren who may fseliinr
elined to Join this mission! can sag with truth
shat donot know more pleasant sphere
! of labor; the people are most interesting, The
country beautifal. and the climate delieious,
and very Ihealthy for tropical one.s sKau
Emay travel through the Jungle in perfect gus-
curity from dangerous animals; you may eyen
sleep out in most places ct night WithoutdIea-
ding that mephitic cexbaulation which begets
I the deadly fevers Of Africa and India: Even
Iagues here are slight and I.have not seen
Jungle fever among any Of Europeans that
has not been brought on bT eulpable careless
/ ness and reckless exposure. A eonsumptIye
might prolong his life here anG undergo sxef-
I ton and exposure that be could mos attempt
in any European climate. even in those re-
commended to people with thoracic affections.
Many young Fellow Of a college, 81 others
after Their ordination who, from weakness Of
the chest, cannot undertake clerical duty. or
even live in Eng gland, might here employ thean-
selves usefuily and actively, and at the same
time be effecting their cure much more eject
uaIly than BY going 70 Madeira Or the South
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