Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-04-24

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eres ure- teeth sharpsned 10 . point. body
tattooed al over. Cevked llsvn,p< were
brought NE ts eat. 4 laid ikafa ! ssssr
eat co.. k,d food. jer pa afraid lLsl p,ens
hesh had besn cooked ia the ssipe POT be-
fore. The csnnibalisih Of the peopleis u
tile worst kipd. They eat the hejiss. srf
Of their enemies ouly, but leo of ihar
own people. 4 lsD, howeser, does not eat
the body OF Que Vt his own family, bps
families exchange their dead With enclf
other. La Que case that knew of. a corpts
eve days dead wa-- sold for food. iTkey
like their game high. 1hry ell s.,eo, ,lsat
sonsn is ieDdsger tbpns man = not the
heart m.iey, bo, the whole body. Boys
also are very tender, but old aen ssfy
tough. ] myself could see 10 diiie~h,-s
Ia the appearance of the hesh Of the sana
aud that Of the gofils, excep, the former
was n lifile finer in textb,e Bat1u spito
oi their canaibalisai. lhcy are IN n,sny gc-
spec,s the haesi .nibe IA lhst. county.
Their houses are built low not more thsn
five feet ia hight, on account Of the tofns-
does. Tue walls are made Of The bark of
treesl they have q iiile door in isoati aud
back d0Of, but Iso windows .s4t...
Pvlygumy j. common supng them, and
more wives n,sn has the happier be
seems 10 he. slavery l. knosn bun is NOT
much pracsieed, because uleo are sesrces
and they prefer TO eat them rather fhan
10 make slaves of them. They work irou
ia the must beautiful manner, ,lnake kniyes,
spears, aud very sharp axes They are
exceedingly given to lighting, hence their
londness Ion working IN iron aud theipex.
pertness a. it. Noibipg, from the coast
reaches Ihem except lew beads and
pieces OF copper. 1hey cover the handles
Ut their knives With ska .sfcn fol the
bodies OF men. On fartimg tle kihg
made me pFsssui Of one Of these. Ii
bad belonged TO hts islhsp, sd w.s .css-
cred with human skin. .
Que day, Ne / was lJiug 10 forest
got walked up BY Nj army of basqaihasLs
straBge Elud ofant. was 80 much Bit
ten by lbem that was haif dead i6n
an,elope had Leen Killed she day before by
King iiongo, which had iuiended 10
eat. But u wss ncw e0tcieu With, Oh,
millions or.ntst 'r6ey IRE the most won
deriul iustcis IA The <fSIesi.s Thoy ale
the plague aud dread VI every diving
thing. When they attack village, the
people have TO lisht Eres, pour hot water
around, aud strew boilins ashes around,
20 get rad vi th-se little pests. They are
really wonderful always in single line---
aud sometimes the hue is miles uyon
miles in leurth The hue is generals twv
inches IN breadth, and there ATE Uhicers
throughout the entire length keeping
watch, 30 that none of these ants get 4ut
OF line. watched huc passing one
particular spot aud il vars twelve hesrs
before the last OF il,se ants had passed.
And as they 90 through the forest, al y
certain signal they spread themselves out.
and attack ever, thing that comes IN their .
way. They viii even 20 10 the tops of
Trees aud the insects aud everything else
fly away beiore them. Elephants. sute.
lopes, gszeles skakes, scorpions all run
awsy fast they can. la fact, many
u lime | have been warned Of the coming.
OF these bssguiuas by tie insects and osh-
er creatures Ayiug away IN an opposite
ditection. cot ready for them by hay-
ing tie sres lighted. They are the most
vorucivus little creatures Imaginable. II
they found dead elephant on their line
OF way they would attack il aud in very
short time there would be nothing left bur
the bones Sonietines the chiefs viii
hsve a nan tied up to a tree, and Within
az hour 0, two nothing would be noih-,
ing left of him but The skeleton. They
,ecIainly sTr ihenost vorac.ous creatures 1
ever saw. 0ne singular Circumstances
connected with them is they are ssfsid vi
the sun. Ii they come to Il part of tho
forest where the sun is shiuing they dig a
tunnel under the spot. aud pass il by that
mesbs, aud 30 continue their march
through the forest, single fle AZ before. ''f'