Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-11-19
They Ate A Girl.

to the world blood curdllnS nara
tive of how one Of his officers, y man
named Jamison, an Englishman,
bought an African slave girl for q
handkerchief and presented her to =
lot of cannibals, to be eaten in his
presence. He took sketches, of her
butchery and of the feast that fol
lowed. The part of the command to
which Jameson was attached became
detached from the main column un
der Stanley. and 1t WAS then that the
awful transaction took place. The
butchery Of the girl drove one of the
Jameson himself sickened over II and
died.
This is the account of the sicken-
ing transaction
Mr. Jamison went to the chiefs
house, Mohsmmed Ben Chamese, to
visit him. There he saw Tippoo lib.
Munizomai, chief leader of four hun
dred men, and many others were
present After talking on different
matters through Selim Aazondi, Tip
poo Tips interpreter, Mr.. Jameson
said that he was very anxious to see
n man killed and eaten by cannibals,
because" he said, ''in England We
hear about cannibals who eat people,
but, being myself in tho place, l
should ike to see 1t done" That
was interpreted by Selim.
Masondi spoke to Tippoo Tib and
the other chiefs, whersupon after
consulting each other they told Mr..
Jamison if he wants to see thing
like this he should buy a slave which
he can present to the cannibals and
thsy will eat him. Mr.. Jameson
asked how much was the price of
slave, and was told half piece of
handkerchief. This Is six single
pieces. He told them to pay the
price and went to the house where
he lodged and brought haf piece
of hankerchief
ed 1t to the man, who then went
away In few minutes he came
back leading a girl about 10 years of
age
The girl WAS led by the order of
Tippoo lib and other chiefs, at the
request of Mr.. Jameson, 10 the native
huts to be eaten.
Mr. Jameson, myself, Selim Mason
di and Farhant, Mr.. Jameson's ser
want, presented to him by Tippoo
Tib, and many others, followed. On
reaching the native huts, the girl,
who was led by the man who had
brought her, was presented to the
cam ibals. The man told them;
This is present from the white
man. He wants to see how you do
when you eat her"
The girl was taken and tied by
the hand to a tree. About five ma
tives were sharpening knives. Then
n man came and stabbed her with
knife twice In the belly. The girl
did not scream, but she knew what
was going on. She was looking
right and left. as if looking for help.
When she was stabbed next she fell
down dead. The natives then came
and began cutting her in pieces. One
was cutting a leg, another an arm,
another the head and breast and an
other took the inner parts of the bel
". After the mesl was divided,
some took it to the river to wash it
and others went straight to their
houses. During the time Mr.. Jane
son had book and pencil in his
hand, making rough sketches of the
scene. After this was over We also
went back
went to the chiefs house, Mr..
Jameson went to the house On nv re
turn Mr.. Jamison had the sketches, al
ready finished painted with water
colors. They are six small sketches
neatly done. The first when the
girl was led by the man, the second,
when she WAS tied to the tree and
stabbed in the belly with the blood
gushing out, another, when she was
cut in pieces; the fourth, is the man
carving the leg IN one hand and the
Enife in the other The fifth is a
man with head hnd breast: the last
is man with the inward parts OF
the belly.
Mr.. Jameson, when he finished
these sketches, took them to the
chiefs house and showed them to
the people there with mauv otber