New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-02-18
The AnGhrOpOpi.aSi.


lecture on his personal experiences
among the Cannibals of Southern Po-
lynesia, reported by the San Francisco
Chronicle, said:
AS regards color, the inhabitants of
the FIJI Islands are copper-colored; the
women are tall, willowy, and we'll
formed. The son Of one of the kings
of those regions was six feet two inches
tall and weighed 24O pounds, and was
the finest specimen Of physical man.
hood the speaker ever saw. Farther
north the color of the natives was black,
and in New Guinea charcoal mark
was lighter than the tint Of the native
skin. There are no cannibals in the
Fiji group, as is commonly supposed,
no man having been eaten there for six
years. South of the Fiji, toward Aus
trala, is Il group Of $50 islands known
as the Solomon group. In these is
lands cannibalism is daily practiced.
The speaker related al incident that
happened to him on the island of NAL
icolO.
Having landed from his schooner he
approached the town, which is always
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found a number of women seated in
the largest house. lie addressed them
in their dialect, but they would not
speak, though it is as hard for a woman
to keep silence in those regions as it is
in a more civilized community. The
women left the house, and he followed
them to the shore, where a native had
just landed from his canoe. This man
WAS followed by about two hundred
others in their canoes, who carried
among them dead native. This man
they had killed in war on neighbor-
ing tribe. The man was tied with
grass ropes and carried to public
square by the women, all taking care
not to touch the body. Three men then
extracted the entrails from the body,
while others dug a large hole in the
earth. The cavities of the body were
filled with heated stones; then the body
was placed IL the hole, and heated
stones heaped on it. After two-hours
dance and incarnation the body was
thought to be done to turn, and was
taken from its roasting-place and car.
| ried around on sticks and introduced tc
each warrior 1t was then placed in 3
sitting position and was approached by
the chief, who inquired if it had beer
satisfactorily treated, and as tire body
did not avail itself Of the opportunity
of expressing its qualification the prizes
Of the town answered for it. After thi.
ceremony the body was cut with knive:
OF stone used only for sacrifcial pur
poses.
The choicest morsels of the roasted
flesh, according to the native taste
We're the upper arms and the thighs
and these human delicacies. were re
served to tickle the palate of the chief
The rest Of the body was divided anon!
the warriors, with the exception of tn
head, which was given to the priest
and the hands and feet, which wer
contemptuously handed to the women
The pieces OF human flesh were al
placed on banana leaves and each maj
waited until all had been allotted thei
share. Then the toasted portions wer
] poised simultaneously on wooden fork
and deposited down the cavernou
throats of the assembled cannibals, ex
ceeding relish being shown in the feas
of human flesh, though the next da
most OF them had the collie. The great
est care was taken not to touch tn
flesh with the fingers. The leaves q
banana were thrown in Il large fire, tn
wooden forks We're p accd i'll Il runnin,
stream and were allowed TO remai
there for three days. The only me-
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