Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-29

contain instances OF cannibaism. About
twelve years ago man named Eu-
wards saw the natives roasting an III,
FAINT I'm one of their ovens, lie Wdtcheu
the blacks open the body ana Debh
eating the fat, but the sight mace nun
50 faint that he was not aple 10 CON
tinue his observations. ~.
Lumholtz says the natives especlaly
like the flesh of black man, ana lhat
any sort of human being Is eaten as
the choicest delicacy There are parts
OF this state " Queensland where
children who die suddenly are roasted
and there are proofs that native cnll-
dren have been killed for food IN
western Queensland the flesh OF the
pure blacks is preferred but holf-coste
children are roasted and eaten II Is
said however that the people do not
care for whitet mans flesh. although
they are by no means aVerse To rare
bit of Chinaman There Is one instance
recorded OF ten Chinese being eaten az
one dinner. and the statement Is maze
that the preference for such meat over
that of the white man Is because the
white man eats animal food while the
Chinese conhne themselves largely To
rice and vegetables.
THROWING THE BOOMERANG.
bought several boomerangs the oth-
or day. paying about SO cents apiece FOR
them. They are merely little nat BOWS
made Of wood each about two lnches
wide and from twenty inches TO
yard long. They have a natural TWIST
In them, and are so shaped that Wneh
thrown they return to the owner Ihe
natives display great skill in throwing
them. but do not, as | had supposed.
use them to any extent as a weapon OF
war. For fighting and for all heavy
hunting they prefer spears and lahces'
They have spears which weigh as lnuch
as four or FIVE pounds, and when are
eight or nine feet In length. some
spears are barbed with bone, INIT or
iron. The natives throw them win
great skill, and are so treacherous IN
their use that the explorer mas 10
watch out that he does not receive a
smear I'm his back. The boomerang IS
sometimes used for killing small BIRDS,
but Il IS to large extent a nlaVthlhg'
GHOSTS AND WITCH DOCTORS.
As far as can learn the aboriglnes
have no Great Father like that or our
Indians, although they believe IN tu-
ture state and happy hunting grounds.
They have a great dread OF ghosts ana
demons, and think that certain places
such as caves and thckets are haunt
ed by them. They have witch doctors
who cure their diseases which they
think come from the spirits. The doc,
tors pretend TO locate the demon, and
they suck pieces Of wood out or the
body where the pain ls They believe
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cery. and that certain men can cause
others TO fall sick and die IL they 60
wish. They believe their medicine men
can make rain, and hold them respon-
sible for all their sufferings. They
have all sorts of charms to bring on
! ana ward off evil spirits, and OF late
have announced their belief that the
white settlers are dead natives come TO
life again, and that they themselves
| will, after death. again appear as white
] men
/ QUEER METHODS OF BURIAL
The future state Of the aborigine de-
| ponds largely on how he Is buried. ana
| the men are very careful to Inter their
| head after certain rites. As to the wo-
men and children. they are of no ac-
| count. either dead or alive, and their
remains are usually rolled up In rugs
or between sheets Of bark and thus
buried A woman will often carry a
dead child for a month before she
burles 1t, laying the body under her
head at night and sleeping upon it, not
withstandng the horrible odor
The men are usually bundled up be-
| fore burial The knees Of the corpse
are forced up to its neck and tied there,
the arms are tied TO the sides and the