The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-26


until you decide to let us go. I'M
he decided to do early in the morn
ing, and although stripped of gre'
part of my belongings, was gla
enough to get away alive, and kep
the guns ready until I had put goo
distance between myself and the VII
lagc.
1.-The next tribe that we fell in wit
was the one that | had come so ia
to study. They received me good ma
turedly, because their chief had JUS
overcome the head Of a rival tribe
and they had enjoyed great feast.
"The natives in the interior Of Su
matra ale, believe, as degraded can
nibals as ever lived. A man vii
steal upon the enemy when he Il
asleep, and, with sharp, scimitar
like sword, strike off his: head at
single blow. Then he will strip the
head of flesh and bury it on some
trail, SO that even the friends of the
dead man will step upon him and lose
his good will in the other world
.Afterward the skull is dug up and
kept as a trophy, the rank of each
prince being fixed according to the
number Of skulls he can display.
During my stay I saw one man
eaten. He had been made captive in
a raid against a hostile tribe. and
when i saw him he was bound to a
tree. The rajah, or CHEF, first ap-
preached the victim and cut off the
flesh from the inner side of the fore
arm and the cheek, two portions
esteemed great delicacy. The chief
drank some of the blood, and then
roasted the flesh slightly by the fire
aud ate it. Thereafter the rest of the
warriors fell upon the victim, and
stripped the flesh from his bones,
roasted and ate it amid fearful cries
of pain from the captive, who saw his
own flesh roasted and eaten. The
savage feasters danced, shouted and
rubbed their stomachs to show their
enjoyment, while the victim S cries
grew weaker as his strength ebbed
away, until he finally died from loss
of blood.
"CIenerally, cannibalism is an act
of vengeance upon captured enemies,
but among the Popaks the taste for
human flesh has become so much de-
veloped that they often eat harmless
slaves and old women. A Popak
prince in Penganibatan told me that
he had just given feast at which
eleved Chinese had been eaten, and
he added that they we're very good.
This prince, by name ST Gollak, was
very rich, having his teeth gilded,
and wearing handsome jeweled col
lar in the center of which tooth was
set, the tooth Of an enemy whom he
had slain and eaten. But he himself
soon fell victim to his foes, as evi-
denced by the skull and half burned
hand which I found some weeks later
in possession of Batak chief. Then
a conversation took place somewhat
after this fashion
"'Where did you get that skull and
hand that you carry 2
"'They belonged to an enemy who
FELL into our hands.
"Did you eat him !?
"'Yes, my brother-in-law and his
people ate him. HIS name was 81
Kemat 81 Gallak. He had fed from
his country, in which he was rajah,
with his brother, his wife and his
mother. He called himself wizard,
and sought to become ruler Of Panic.
My brother-in-law declared war where
my brother-inlaw was chief against
Kim and captured him.
"'Was there a battle :?
"'No. we took him prisoner. We
lay in ambush in the rice fields, and
when we saw him pass through alone
we lcapcd upon him and brought him
to the chief.
"'And his brother 2
"'His brother fell in war.
In battle 2
"sNo, we shot him at night, while
he was asleep. The ball hit him in
the right arm. and he stood up hold
ing knife i'll his left hand bnt We
we're victorious for we were many;
we Knocked him down and sent his
head to the chief Don't you call that
war?
What happened to his body !?
That--wc atcit. The head ? Our
chief put that in front Of 81 Kemat
that he might know what to expect.
"'Couldn' t he ransom himself 2