The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-02
: The ANTHRoPoPHAaI.


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An Explorer Relates How Cannibals Eat
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William Churchill entertained the
Silver Star Band of Hope yesterday
afternoon with an interesting lecture
his personal experiences among the
/ q of Southern Polynesia. The.
gentIerp anelias been Engaged for sew
etal years ON a scientific expedition
among the Islands of the South Pacific,
and his mpressiQnS o. native life and
IIssmah ners are fresh and vivid. In the
I first part Of his lecture e.gave geo.
graphical description of the islands and
located the principal groups. The,coral
reefs, he said, were in no wise likethose'
of the conventional geography. They
are, only Seen 'atSglo@Gwater mark, and
are from ten to fifteen miles, from the
Islands. AThe ISLANDS. rise abruptly out
Of the water, some having perpendieu-
lar elevations. of Observation-Disclosures The.
climate and Insurance of vegetation
were next 'describedb by the speaker, to-
gether with the ndress@of the natives,
their food, and houses. AS regards
CDfof, the inhabftanUyof the Fiji Islands
are fopper-cofored; thewomen are toll I
WilbWy, and we formed. Il The son of
one of the Kings of those regions was
six feet two inches tall and weighed
, two hundred and forty pounds, and
was the finest specimen of physi-
cal manhood speaker ever SAW
= EarthernorthFthe color of the natives
was black, and in New Guinea char
cpal mark was Eghters than the tint of
the native skin. There are no canii-
'tbals5in the Fiji group, as is commoffiyA
supposed, no man having been eaten
there Tor six years. South of the FIJI,
toward Australia, is a group of
eeaa hundred and eighty islands,
kHQwpas the Solomon group. In these
AnpiaHisTnsis daily prae ticed.
q EstIated IN mold htthat hap
q hlt4 IN the islahd q Mallico llo.
Having landed from MS SCHOONER he
Approached the town, which is always
built, a few yards from the shore, and
fanndr q number OF women seated linsI
the 1argestA house, he add tessed them
in thei1dialect, but they would not
speaky though tits as hard forasw oman
70 keep silencesin those regions as it is
IN more civilized community, The
women lett the house, and he followedAI
them to the shore, where native had
ust,landed from bis canoe. This man
was followed by about two shundted
others in their canoes. who carried
among, them, a .dead. native 'This man
they had killed in3as war on mel ghbor-
ing tribe. The man. was tied WITH
grass ropes and carried to a public
square by the women, all taking care
not totoueh she body. Three men then
extracted the entrahs' from the body. |
The caSities of the body were filed with
heated stones; then che body was placed
in thehele,. and heated stones heaped on
it. After a two, hourssadance ind in-a
cantation the body was. thought to- be-
done to turn, and the body was. taken
from its roasting place and carried
around on sticks Cand introduced to,
FeaehaNarrior. It was then placed in a
S|ftl1R ppsitlon and was approached by
sAe ~ + bad been
y. sQgfly reated, aIall as the body
f|1 III tlieaopp ortunity 1
of expressing its Qualification the priests
'of thsstpwn ans wered fTit After this
ceremony the, body was cut with
Knives ofJstone used only forsacrifeial'
purposes. y iNs
y The cboieest Rmqrsels,pf heroasted
Aesh According to- the native taste,
were the upper arms and the thighs,
and these human delicacies were re-
served TO- tickle the palate of the chief.
dRbe EestM of the hady bRss divided
among the warriors, with the excep-
tim nf the -haAd a url1iAh m
the u e, priest hest. and. the hands and feet
the women pieces of human
l16sla Mhfe sall:plaeed ON banana leaves