The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-18

hundred yards would dash the head OF the
victim against a sharp stone. which had
been Rlacet Tor that purpose. According
% the statement OF the savaees.
who We're seized. this entertain
ment was most cnjoyabel one
10 the cannihals. and they formed lines.
through which this running of the vic
tins was done in order that they might
an see 10.
AS near as could be ascertained there
were between i've and ten of the victims
slauEhtcred iu this manner. and consid-
cred IN comparison with the horror Of he
ms burned alive. 20 must be admitted that
This killing. although terrible 10 contem-
plate, was mercy To the victims
Aftcr being put out of existence IN
thiS way the bodies were thrown into
pits ana o. kcd along with those that had
been put iu alive. But the majority Of
the victims OF the first days terror were
bound 20 poles that were laid across
The four sticks and immense fires built
beneath them, by which means they were
SLOWLY cooked. The suffering Of this must
nave neCn something awful because 10
was most proiracted and was heightened
by the additional torment of being fire.
quently spcared and beaten by the saw
ages as they danced around the victims.
When this had been going ON for sew
eral hours. and the whites were consid-
cred 60 be sufficiently baked the ashes
and earth were removed from the pits
and tho bodies were liftcd to the sur
face and divided up among the caunibals.
The captivcs who had been bound 20 the
poles and burned above ground were taken
down and apportioned of with the rest.
The feast that followed was continued
for two days. when the saVaEes took
their departure. The captivcs whose lives
had been spared thus far had been Wit
neSses OF the entire proceedings, and
during the continuance of the feast they
had been mcrcilessly tortured but had
been kept alive and We're taken away
by the savases when they left. Where
they went or what their ultimate fate
was the informants could not or would
not say. but IL is safe 90 believe that
their end was quite as horrible as that
of their associates"
The Esperanza touched at Sidney and
reported these facts in the same detail
that they they are given here. and it SO
excited the Indignation and horror Of the
people that a volunteer company OF some
200 men made immediate preparations to
leave for the scene Of the massacre and
aVenge their compatriOts. Probably be
fore this the company has reached the
islands and carried out its purpose, and
l IL must be borne in mind that this awful
affair. that seems almost Incredible IN its
/ atrocity, happened within the last three
{
agery that we have all become recon
/ ciled TO look upon as one of the neces-
/ sary risks in settling a new country.
A cannibal assured the writer that they
/ very seldom ate human beings from pref
/ erence. but We're forced TO eat il by the alb
sence OF other meat. He said that I'm their
| language everything I'm the form Of animal
/ food was known as what would be equiva-
! lent in English to pig. and i'm speaking Of
/ human beings they referred TO them as
/ long pigs" in cOntradistinction 10 the
/ term ''short pigs. which is attached 10 all
! fOur-leEged creatures. A certain code OF
/ ethics governs these savages. and forbids
them TO eat any member of their own
! tribe or nationality, and their treatment
| of their own dead is most respectful. II
is true that when a member Of their
/ family or tribe is incurably sick or help
| lessly feeble they will end the matter boy
! knocking their brains out. after which
| the body will be either carefully wrapped
| in grass mats and suspended between
! poles high in the air, or will be burned
| and the ashes scattered to the wind
| However ferocious and cruel these crea-
! lures may be toward their enemies and
! victims. they appear 20 realize the full
| meaning Of their tortures and never in
dulge in them among themselves. The
| cannibals of Sumatra, who are credited
| with being the furthest advanced toward
civilization of any of their kind. have a
| regular burying ground for their own
| people, and II is made up of very credh
| able vaults built of wood and grotesquely
| carved and colored In these vaults the
| dead are laid away very much as among
civilized people. with the difference that
in Sumatra they are not inclosed in a cof'
fin or box, but lie in "A sort Of dugout ex-
posed TO the air The climate is such
that I'm a comparatively short time the
body dries up completely and becomes
/ dust.