Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-02-25
THE MARQUESAS .CANNIBALS.


HOW THEY COOK AND EAT THEIR ENEMIES
| The Honolulu Adre1iser. Of late date,
Isays: 80 :, - ri a.se.T Il; .r.5,f.,
s''Hanaveye Valley, which lies opposite
the bay, does not resemble our Hawaiian
valleys. 1t is not a gentle slope between
two hills, but rayine with steep sides, ap-
parently split out from the mountains. It
is, however, one Of the largest, most beau
tiful and productive of the many glens Of
Fatuhuiva. This valley has recently been
the scene of a aprotracted war between the
neighboring tribes. One Of these contests
lasted nine days, at the close of which the
bodies of the captured dead were edten.-
This cannibal custom prevails throughout
this group aI~745tes's IL zt'as7 :a2
"They do not have a great feast over
these human bodies, as is generally suppos-
ed to be the case, but the. body is cut to
pieces on the battle field, and each warrior
takes his piece-,an arm, a joint, rib, ac-
cording to his merit-raises it on his gun
over his shoulder, and marches home. =
There he calls his relations together, and
they devour the fesh-some cooking it in
slices like pork, but most eat it raw. The
motive which induces them to eat the bodies
of their enemies is retenge; they feel that
their revenge is not satisfied until they have
tasted of their blood and flesh. When their
hatred, anger and revenge are at the high
est point, and their enemy lies dead before
them, then it ticulminates in the fiendish act
of eating human flesh, and we may easily
imagine that the quivering heart that Grim
ges and CRATES between their bloody teeth,
is the sweetest morsel that heather war
rior can taste. This cannibalism is cenfin-
ed mostly to the older natives. The young
er people appear to be ashamed of the prac-
tice, and it is probable that before many
years it will be extinct among the Marque-
|sas. 81 - e'ii. ~ -
This famous battle Of Hanaveve, Keketa
tells US, lasted nine days. It consisted
rather of skirmishing, though shots enough
were fred to have killed regiment. It is
quite likely that these simple warriors did
their firing with eyes shut, as during the
entire contest but one or two persons were
[killed---The beaten. nartr in 4hia-:terrible
scare entered into a compact with their rurl-
|querors, in which hostages were exchanged,
but those Of the vanquished ran away, from
fear Of being devoured, perhaps.) and re-
turned to. their tribe, who Immediately, in
the most secret manner, took bag and bag
gage" from the soil of their. ancestors, and
made hasty retreat to the Island of Tahu
aka. The victors having gained more than
they anticipated, but just what they desired.
took possession and divided the spoils. This
contest was an ancient feud. There we're
but two points of approach to the valley
one by the mountain pass and one by sea.
Never before had the enemy been able to
force this narrow passage-a fastness ofna-
ture. They had been forced to steal thrG
an aperture worn by the waves through the
northern point Of the island. whence they
discharged their firearms upon their enc
mics and retreated. It is now said that the
exiles are home SICK, that they desire to re-
turn, and that there are those of the con-
querors who would welcome them back"
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