Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-10-19
!, Adventure with Cannlbals.

ines The English sailors call them
.Tha Twins" the American sailor
m them "punch and Judy" They
dawn on the English sailing charts
IA few years ago as "The Big ana
yi,,ls Cannibals," with a note OF
.,ninp that an boats sent on shore
u should BE- armed, as the natives are a
,rsaehegous lot and eat human flesh.
M 10 honest Gith the reader, did
Il, he,ieye these islanders were eaters
olbuman flesh. had been told so
:, Kanakas and others, but the idea
race Of men living within a days
Nh 81 civilization and given to such
bo,rible practices was too absurd
IN Tor sailor Jacks belief. They
mI,ht be pirates and Wreckers, but they
s.,tsInly could not be cannibHls.
~ writing OF twelve years ago. II /
Il sonld not believe il then. who can be.
Isys Il nowl Aud yet this dispatch
n bss lately been published al over the
country
az PaaNdsr1. Sept. Information 10
n .sssl,esl that 90 0ue ~ the outlying islands
II '5ths sAndnich group massacre ~ thres
Il basttsen belonging 10 the schooner Mag
agIenon vas lately made by natives nn-
Nv exceptionally brutal eiFemIn stances.
ne boatmsa srss first severely wounded
!, reader them helpless. tiea hand and
al ard thaH taken 10 canoes t. an0tier
q e a. 10 Z.
81 \, tbsa iinisird them aud had sannibal
lfas, % ;htir bodies.
II InE IATE's sToRy.
n yoK Tor my own story. In the year
III 1878 took first mates berth out
II q San Francisco on the brig Harry
I~ We wcge bound for
III Honolull and better weather | never
Il sau until We mere within two days
n gaa 0! our port. Then We GOT q gale
u wbieh dismas.el US and swept two
n,en overheard and when NC finally
b,onsht 90 IL MAS under glte lee OF the
II BIZ Calaibal In u sheltered bay, aith
mas.s and sails gore. bulWarks nearly
n al susps away, huwaprit broken OF
ard tbs brig leaking so that We bad
10 take long sUrlls AZ the pumps 20
ksep hes aAoAt. II was Two days be-
l0ss The storm blew itself out and the
u sea 4sai dorm. We lay within hall
mi!s o. tie shore and had seen people
"a the beach every hour ia the day.
n 4, night they had built fires opposite
II CT berth. as Il 10 sAy that they we're
or TRENDS AMI 20 encourage 10 10 h.
cissoag hearts
Il Almost opposite where the hull Of
n III brts lay pitching at her anchor
n rAs tie mouth 0t creek, and, nj.
,hongb There Was bar aud thc surf
n "a rolling very bigh. No entered tho
& Gssk without Hessaeu,, rllera VAS
81 70 one IN sight and NO ran up
n lae cveek n,,out n cables length
aat grounded ] Eeasonrd that a vii
a.y muss BIZ c.nse NJ hand. and ieAV.
III irp ~ the men 10 care for she
hosS took tho others witn me. and
Ser iRali Gn hours WAik NC came 70
~ village No had scarcely caught
sehs 81 tho first hats when We wefa
4 ca'ss'STs dsroytirf. a circle was AZ
oase i3gtgSl about Us. and As soon
A. ihty sAu that We Wgru not armed
81 Et were srirgd. Hung down. aud tied
aaha ard foot. ] had served with
aanaEAs aboard ot uhniora aud
kass the dialect of the ISLANDERS
NJ Fsity veil II was. therefore. with
.9'feF thas | soon learned NC were on
81 ~ eannIaal Island, and that tho m.
Nse' wcgu greatly rrinicesl nj ths
II prospect 81 the feast before them,
attempted TO say something bnt the
n poae o. their shunts drowned nv
se,as, and each al tla was hustled on
III n aiuiae'i 70 different hat. A party
hAily's then went 10 the creek
Ml easily captured the two
d tasors lsil IN Charge OF the boat. and
~ We were all hnatled to the hut
she chief, who returned shortly
n a'sI our arrival from n friendly visit
ri y his brother monarch on Little.
a,nl0ah ! soon gave che chief TO
salsfstand thar ! ronll speak his
,a..9 lie vas somewhat surprised.
~ bs shouted back nj me. $50 you
Nv iand on my island without frat
Ms Permission. We shall SEQ
Il about that
nplied " ''e'
uah What IL your distress 10
am J responsible because YOU
WI, w knoE how TO sail your ship
10y Where does your craft come
'J i.,i ana where Is she bound tot"
isolt him truly.
III .snhat is your rarso9"
~ nv y IN ballast only"
u - hoW many men are left aboard3"
b ~ eteh' counting tho cook"
Nj HE'S
Nh . .t, you needn't count him. We
~ \. .n5ow him to the sharks. ate
4, u negro once aud 10 made me sick
I'M W" W. DAYS. We shall capture the
Tsy, ana bring your friends here.
II ia,tsn ' N. lean, long devil away and
81 ,1ns ,l nun Up. II he won't eat you
u an, ram the food down his throat"
VI srs,a,, nlst night IN the village was a
.Wsta y one. The natives were
mi is w, ail night long. singing shouting
II bsis slot,, ,s over our capture. and, /
q ,v yC'as Midsummer, we were nearly |
q In So NJ alive by insects. caught n |
h Ei, n words now and then from The |
essn my during the night. and / thus |
\ III mil 11 mat none of Va would be cat. |
Ssheb : we people of Little Cannibal, |
hi M Was thrao -. &C., :. ~ ,p. 4