Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-12
CANNIBALISM
LIN Africa, Where Eleven Men We're
Killed and Eaten by Their Fam
ishing Comrades.
Horrible Adventures OF the Last Of the
Flatters Missionaries TO the Soudan
"A Brutal Butcher.

sPanls, ana member OF tue .cond FIaters
Mission. Several narratives of the heroic
and terrible incideutso of the Fatters Mission
have already appeared in the press, but the
detailed history OF the awful voyage, as mar
rated by lew survivors and collected in
1 Algeria, has not been made public. The fol-
lowing recital will give the public come con-
ception of the terrors of the journey:
Monday, March "a, ls82.There is now
| only one camel left Il is decided that
! Qusrtermssttr Pobeguip, who is still unable
to walk, shall mount the animal and try TO
| reach the nearest well-after which be will
| send the camel back, 60 that we can move the
| baggage. The quarterm aster START, accom-
panied BY few men. He halts on arriving
within few hundred yards OF the we'll
A man then proceeds to the we'll, and
brings him back some water Then he sends
the Rifi=man Ell Mokhlar to take back the
camel 10 his comrades. After while the
latter, weary of waiting for the animal,
march on, and coming up, angrily reproach
| their comrades for not having sent back the
camel rs agreed upon. The accused parties
/ assert positively that the animal was con-
hded TO Ell Mokhtar to be taken back to
| them. In short time ii is found that the
| Rifeman Abdel-Kader ben Gorieb, who had
| gone on in advance, was also missing. Then
| it was discovered that he and Ell Mokhtar
had deserted, taking the last camel with
| them. Pobeguin at once orders the two least
fatigued OF the company to pursue the fsgi-
tives with orders to kill them if they can be
| found, and to bring back the camel.
| COOKED HUMAN FLESH.
| Tuesday, 22d, to Thursday, 24th-The
two spahis sent in pursuit of the fugitives
return at sunset without having been able to
| overtake their guilty comrades. All yield
to the most profound despair at thus learn
| ing that their last resource had been taken
| from them. Only q few men are abe to
walk. The tiraileur Abdesselam ben Ell
Hadll asks leave 10 start 10 El Messgguem
to obtain aid from Rsls. Fobesuin consents
| to allow him to start by himself, and prom
Uses him handsome recompense if he sue
| cesds 10 reaching Hassi-el-Mesegguem.
| About an hour after his departure shots are
heard. Several men had left the well, in or
der, they said, TO hunt. At great distance
they could be seen lighting big FIRE. When
they came back they brought soome cooked
meat with them, which they offered to Pobe-
| gum. They said it was the flesh of a wild
sheep. The quartermsster saw that il was
| human fl fh, and pushed it away.
| The column is unable to continue the
march. Everybody in il in a condition of
extrem weakness. A few men scatter here
and there, and succeed in finding some insects
| and liEares, which they devour greedily.
| Friday, March 25th-The column starts in
the afternoon. Nine men have become so
feeble that they cannot stand upon their legs.
They are left behind at the well, with the
| promise TO send them aid Just as soon as Ell
Mesegguem is reached. During the night
three or four rifle shots are heard. 1t is feared
that band of Thouarrega may have attacked
the men left behind at the well.
| FEEDING ON THE DEAD.
! Saturday, March 26th-Two men go back
| to the we'll in order 10 find out the cause of
/, the shots heard during the night. When
they returned in the afternoon they an.
| nounced that Djeded ben Mohammed had
got into quarrel with two OF his comrades
and had killed both of them, namely, Mo-
manned ben Ahmed and Ben Aouda ben
Brahsm, after which he had taken to fight.
The other men who had been left at the we'll
had eaten the flesh Of their dead comrades,
and had shared some of il with the two who
had been sent to find out what the trouble
was. These two acknowledged having eaten
| some oil il.
After hearing this news Belkasem ben
| Zsbls, Belkasem ben Riaha, ADlar ben Belk-
linn and Fernat ben Omar returned to the
well the same evening. Scarcely had they
got there when more shots were heard.
Belkasem ben Z.ola killed Aimed ben Ia
noun, who was pointed out to him by the
rest as an accomplish in the murder of the
FIRST two killed. He stripped the corpse, cut
up the flesh, made meal OF 1t In company
with his comrades, and brought back some
OF the flesh to the column next morning.
We halt all the day. The men sent back
to the we'll for water are now ordered also TO
bring back the flesh of the men killed.
Sunday, March 27th-The four men who
left last evening return in the morning. HUI
man flesh is offered to Pobeguip, who at first
manifests the greatest possible repugnance,
but finally eats il a. the others do.
At the same time very large quantity oil
water is drunk, SO much in fact th at the sup
ply is seriously reduced. Six men start fol
the well in the evening TO bring back water
Rahman ben Ahmed (also called "Bi Hachi.
chi') and Lakhdar ben Salah, surprised
during their sleep, are killed with revolvers
All the men present make meal OF then
flesh, which they roasted, some even eat il
all raw and bleeding, and the six men rejoir
their comrades in the evening. This day
the column does not attempt to march
HASH ell Hadjadj is only then three kilome
tiers away.
cRUNcHING HUMAN BONES.
Monday, March 2sth-Leave early in tn
morning. About 10 o'clock meet with Djedit
ben Mohammed, who had fed from the vel
and tried to distance the column. He j
heshless and almost dying. This man wa
charged with having killed two of his com
radee. 1t is decided that he shall be kille'
in his turn. Some of the men propose L
cut his throat in order that bis blood nigh
be cooked. Pobeguin opposes this measure
! and asks who will shoot the man. There j
, no answer. A moment later shot
heard aud Dj.did ben Mohammed falls. n
. is Immediately quartered and cut up-eve
, his bones are crushed and eaten. A. Pobe
gums request the heart and tsver are KEEP
for him.
/, In the middle of the day there WAS
: frightful sand-storm. Tue water-skins ar
rapidly becoming exhausted. The me
: are obliged TO cover their bodies with san
in order 10 escape the clustering action {
!, the burning wind which blows all day.
The waier supply il not sufficient to brin
the column back to Ell Messegruam. Fiv
! men are sent back in the evening TO the we
, to bring water back to the column. Thes
are Ell Bouzidi ben Mohammed, Mohamme
ben Abdelkader, Belkazem ben Zebla, Be
:, Chohra ben Maibb and Abdelkader ben b
9 haria. On reaching the we'll they disper'
! in different directions. The only one aliy
!. of the nine men originally left at the we'll
! Khelifa ben Deradji-fears for his life an
: flies. During the night Ben Chohra be
= Mzibb is killed and eaten. Then Belkasel
ben Kebih, Mohammed ben Abdelkade
Mohammed ben Mshammed, Ahmed be
Ahmar and Ahmed ben Massoud also retur
to rejoin those already sent to the we'll.
Tuesday, March 29th-The men WI
: ought TO have returned in the morning q
not come. Their comrades, knowing ih'
Z they could not now be expected to retur
before afternoon, resolved to 60 on ahea
The water provision is now completely e,
!, hausted. Pobeguin declares he cannot wal
= another step. He lies down and begs Il
: men to eend him water as soon as they ca
: The column returns 10 Hassi-el-Hadjadi
: and during the night meets the other me
returning. The latter had passed all Il
: morning and the hot part of the day at Il
well, and had left hurriedly in the evenin
: Ahmed ben Massoud and Ferhat ben Omi
had been killed at the welI-the first by NJ
hammed ben Mohammed, aud the secon
. while asleep, by Belkasem ben Z.bla. II
I two wretches brought with them portion
. the flesh of the two murdered men, and we
loaded down with money.
3 Everybody ia now in mortal fear OF Be
kasem ben Zsbla; be is the butcher of Il
column, and acquits himself of his frightfl
duty with revolving cynicism.
/, Wednesday, March 30ih-Again three me
7 are sent back to the we'll to get water, ar
= the march continues. Amar ben Belkei
and El-Madan ben Mohammed 60 ahead
the column to try to find Pobeguin at Il
: plsce where he had been left. When tbs
. get there they can only find his bufnous,
they return TO their comrades. The coluu
= soon arrives ut the same spot, and halls
8 await the efforts Of Belkasem ben Zsbla,
Madam ben Mohammed and Mohammed b,
Mohammsd to find Pobeguin. The thr'
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