The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-08
Cannibalism in Feeiee.

Australian papers state that their
latest news from Feejee was to the
effect that the rebellious tribes of noun
tainoers in Feejee had not yet been sup
pressed by King Cakobau's troops. On
the Ba coast there have been some
sharp fights. In one of these, which
occurred on the 10Th of July, near Ma
Cuta, n mountain town, two white plan
ters, Philip Jack, of the Ba river, and
Gresham, of Raki RalSi, were killed by
the rebels, and four other settlers were
wounded. The Feejee Times, in an ac-
count of this fight, says there were sew
eral natives killed and wounded on the
government side, and great number
also of tho Kal Colos (the noun
taineers). The forces had to make their
attack up a steep hill. Awaiting them,
the Kal Colos lay safely ensconced until
the troops approached, when a front
and flank fire was opened on them by
the mountaneers and then the oppos-
ing forces met in hand-to hand encoun-
ter, in which bayonets, axes, and clubs
did deadly work. The struggle was too
hot to last long, however, and the Kal
Colos threw away their weapons and
everything they had and ran for their
lives. Two or three whites, with n
number of natives, followed them ur
toward Ma Cula, shot several in thelr
chase and three in the town, which the
Kal Colos set fire to before the govern
ment party reached it.
Three natives of the government
force had been shot day or two before
and taken to this town to be cooked and
eaten. Their heads were found stuck
upon sticks, and their bones placed on
the side of the path, i'll sight OF every
passer.bv. There were hundreds OF
bones in the town which had beer
cooked long before. The notorious
Rokoqera and his uncle, who, it is said,
murdered Macintosh and Spiers, have
at last been killed and eaten. One OF
the Ma IIotu tribe Cfriendlies) came
across one of these two, wounded in the
leg, and took sweet revenge for the Ma
Lotu man who had been driven ont OF
his home some years past by this man
and his tribe. Ma Lotu spat on his
hand and said "You burnt my town,
did YOU ?" and then made blow at his
head with a battlc-axc, and purposeiy
missed his mark. He again spat on hi
hands, "You killed my people, die
you?'
He kept on tautalizing his victim fol
some time until he saw more men com
ing up, when, for fear OF having the
pleasure taken out of his hands, III
chopped off the poor wretchs head
then his arms and legs, and cut III
body into convenient pieces for carrying
away. He took the head to the creek
washed it, and brought it to the CAM
that the rest of them might be satisfied
as to its identity. Rokcqera was als'
cut up into pieces and brought IN. on'
of the missionaries would have then
buried, but at night the pieces were
dug up and taken, with several otheI
bodies, to respect BILE distance iron
the whites and cooked, the bukota lal
(cannibal drum being beaten all the
time, inviting those who might feel IN
clined to come to the feast. 1t IS very
evident that the Kal Colos have go
such lesson that they never dreamt of
They are already commencing to quar-
rel among themselves; those who hac
nothing to do with the murders OF th'
Burns family are accusing those wh'
did the deed of bringing all this trouble
upon them by rurdering the whit
meT.