The Portland daily press., 1869-04-02
Terms $500 per asmuas, dss adrance.

ANY one would pronounce him a foreiOner
but no two would agree as to his nasionsi;sv'
ne mas never 5rmitted himself to he tat,ocad
but pears his credentials in the shana ~ =
round hole in his forehead, made by the noint
OF lavelin, which he struck up with his club
IN time to prevent its piercing his breast. DE-
spite his 0minous title of "Cannibal Jack he
asserts that he has never tasted human fiesh
although his savage Marquesas subjects feast
upon it every week with the utmost relish7
Is it possible? And whom do they eatY'
ers they can CATCH" "And, sayS' Continue
the questioner, wish slight shiver, .show do
they cook them?" Bake theml Take them
just as you would a pig, clean them and stuff
them with sweet-scented leaves and hot
stones. Then they lay hot stones on the
ground for an oven, cover them with leaves,
pat the bodies ON these, then more leaves and
hot stones, and finally layer of earth to keep
in the steam from the green leaves "And
can't you stop it?" sNot bitl can save
white men but not natives"
Owing to his knowledge of their many dia-
lects, and his familiarity with their customs,
he is either obeyed or feared in many different
island groups, but the special seat of bis pow
er Is ON Oltahu one of the MarQuesas Islands.
Inere white man, named Butcher, was chief
when Jack first landed, and there Butchers
skull IS still preserved. There Jack reigns In
naked and native dignity, with his tappa girdls
and bis feather head-dress. There he has four
teen wives in one house, besides many more
on other islands. There he makes laws for
two thousand islanders, and plans raids upon
the Typee savages of Dominica, another Of the
Marquesas Islands, with whose natives he is
ceaselessly at war. There are his double war
canoes made of boards sewed together with
cocJanuJ sennet, and propelled IA miles an
hour by 300 rowers, who not only keep stroke
to the sound OF war song but vary the exer-
else every few moments by fiiHging their pad
dies in the air and catching them as they fall
with military precision.
1t is utterly impossible to give within col
umn any just idea of the wild life of this white
chief of Oitahu. On one occasion he and
Typee king of Dominica were rival suitors for
young princess; Jack, finding his suit likely
to fail, ran off with the girl, who was only
about IL years old, but was caught, bound and
turned adrift in canoe. Regaining the shore
be climbed bill, saw native coming u2 the
other side wish musket and another mans
leg over his shoulder, and hastily scrambled
up tree. The savage laid down his ugly bur
den under the same tree, and went after o
cocoanut Jack slipped down, got the gun,
and pointed it at the native, who fed for dear
life from the white man who was drowned the
day before. In trying to pass the towns of his
enemies, in order to reach part of the island
friendly to him, he stumbled into taboo
ground" or cemetery, place full Of skulls
which were walking around and nOdding to
each other in the most extraordinary manner,
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tenanted by young crab of the kind called
O0-oo by the natives. This little chapter in his
life ended with setting fire to a village. by
which means he decoyed the warriors out of
fort while he guarded the only pass leading
to the friendly territory, and then made his
escape directly throught the deserted fortress
Jack is evidently of Christian turn Of
mind, does not swear, and takes pleasure in
attending divine service Nevertheless, he
does not like missionaries, will not allow them
on his island, and declares that Father Da-
mon at Honolulu, and Mr.. Brown on one Of
the Navigator Islands, are the only ones who
have done the natives any real good. He
charges the others with covetousness, inhu-
manity, and other nameless villainies.
Fourteen years ago Boston traveller, who
helped found the first newspaper in the Sand
wich Islands, offered Jack 800 If he would re-
turn with him TO Boston and relate his story
in detail, in order that book might be made
of it. Jack declined, but now, as he wishes to
make little money, he is quite ready to ac-
cept such proposition. He intends to go to
New Bedford in a few days to visit certain
whaling captains Of his acquaintance whom
he expects to find there, and hopes to get funds
enough to buy some tools, ammunition, and
"old newspapers with stories in them," to
take back with them; for next November win
doubtless find him far on his way to his island
kingdom, as he declares he would not spend
a winter in this cold climate for half the city
of New York; -i+ tlNN q ~