The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-19
THE FIJI CANNIBALS.
Nutinv and Murder by n Grew.


The Fiji Times Of July 23 thus describes the out
break OF war on the northwest coast, which was
attended by terrible massacre. Particulars of tue
fate OF Mr.. Norman, who was murdered and eaten
by his crew, are also given:-
on ,e nave 9sS heap t news from Iae Ba
past the Ba people have been at war with the
mountaineers, and few have been killed on both
sides; but letter just In from the native minister
informs us OF fearful massacre. The mountaineers
from Navosa came down TO Nalotu, an inland dis
trct hitherto subject to Ba and the advanced for
tress or Bri-ni-mna OF the Ba people They put up
war fence, and then Wawabalayu, the Navosa
chief, called out and said "You Nalotu people,
am WawabalaVu. 1 it was who ate Mr.. Baker aud
the Ba men. Do you trust to trust to the Lasakau
people? Don't; their trade is fishing. You offer
peace Offering or make submission that you may
live." The Nalotu people were filed with fear,
and presented peace offerings. The mountaineers
few days in apparent iriendliness, but their num-
ber was being continually Increased by new arrivals
from the hills They then turned round suddenly
upon the Nalotu people and slaughtered 80 OF them.
That so many have been killed is beyond doubt.
Silas, the native minister. who lives at Ba wrtes:-
THE Navuuvas town, III killed; Drantani, Ill ;
this number were cubhed is clear, but there are
many still missing, who are hiding in the jungle or
have been taken prisoners OF war to Navosa. Per-
haps they are killed but their bodies have not yet
been found. Only lO4 have escaped alive to
next town they viii attack T will be be
Sagunu, the chief town OF the Ba district II is
thought that Nabeka, noted cannibal Ba chief
who is enyious of Tui Ia, is one with Wawabalayu
in this teachery; The same tribe and from the
same Town, murdered lHe unfortunate missionary,
Mr.. Baker, In 1851 in his attempt 10 pass through
their country on an exploring tour The Ba coast
has no white settlers upon 1t, but attention was
being drawn to the Ba river, and land was being
bought upon it for cotton growing when the writer
was in Fiji three months ago.
Captain Field, OF the Mary Ann Christina, informs
us that on board the Colleen Bawn, at Tanna, he
met with Jimmie Lasulasu, VINO has long since been
reckoned with the dead our readers will remem-
ber that boat which left Levuka for Nasavusavu
about twelve months ago, with seventeen New
Hebrides lsborers their employer MI. Norman, late
~ Sandhurst near Melbourne, and the Aforesaid
Jimmie, never reached its destination. The boat
thought TO have been wrecked. and all on board
lost. Jimmie Lasuasu Informed Captain Field th at
when on their way To Nasavusayu the natives took
possession OF the boat compelling them steer first
one way and then another, ana threatened to Kill
them II they did not land them on their own island
on the seventeenth day they murdered Mr. Nor
man, splitting his head open with tomahawk.
pbey cooked and ate the BODY thrust
ing portions OF his cooked Companion
into the face OF Jimmie. The journey was long aud
with no food or water on board the hardshps may
be in agned. The natives died after the other,
Til by a lucky chance the boat was cast upon the
shOre-reef OF island only twenty miles from that
TO which they belonged. Jimmie has been living on
that island for the last twelve months, and was per-
fectly nude when rescued by the Colleen Bawn q
week or TWO since. Nh. Norman was highly re-