The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-05-26
HUMAN FLESH
Tastes Just Like Boiled Rice, Ac-
COrding TO Congo
CannibalS.

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pressed by the Congo Government,
just as amurder is suppressed among
civilized communities, but horrible
practice is still INDUCED here and
there, as opportunity occurs for
evading the vigilance of the author
tiles. So recently as 1898, and pos
Sibly to the present day. it was nee
esSary to maintain a constant guard
at the cemetery in Leopoldville. the
chief station on the Upper Congo, to
prevent the Bangalas unearthing the
dead and Carrying them off to feast
upon Several such cases were PROV
ed against them. and capital punish
ment had to be resorted to in order
to stamp it out. Not all of the cant
bal tribes are So repulsive and cruel
as the Bangalas. Most Of them eat
no other human flesh but that of
their enemies slain in battle That
source of supply will not suffice for
Bangalas. who make up its deficiency
with prisoners or slaves. Having
broken their victims limbs. they
place him in "A pool of water, with
his head supported just above its sur
face So that he may not drown. At
ter having left him in that position
for three days If hel survives so
longl. he is killed and eaten. An
other method is to behead the victim |
single all the hair from the body over /
an ember five, and then cut it into
pieces for cooking The portions
not Immediately eaten are smoke |
dried and put aside for another oc-
casion. The teeth are extracted and /
made into necklaces by the women
Sometimes the skin is used for
drumheads.
Henry Wilmington Weak. of the
New York Bar. reports a bit of con-
versation between Rev p. khol and
a young chief named kalonda. At
ter speaking of the tribal wars the
missionary continued:
Then you have killed many peo-
ple?"
ITO be sure.
You have carried away and eaten
quiet a number of women and chill
dren? OF course" said |. immedi-
ately. in order to prevent an eXplo-
sion of wrath on his part, you do
not do so any more.
NO" said he, very deliberately, /
Il do not do so at all now: but for
merly we ate number of men.
We used to kill as many as we want
cd at the time and take away the
rest of fatten. The women and
children is the best"
How does it taste?" | asked of
the young boy. who was standing
near the chief (his father.
He answered quiet naturally: 1T
tastes like boiled rice"
The forest tribes, To whom clean
illness by water is impossible, smear
their bodies with palm oil and kind
If red ocher, which they afterward
scrape off. The original costume
Of few leaves. or an exceedingly
small apron made from fibrous bark,
for women and a loincloth of the
same material for men, has yielded
10 the superior attraction of common ,
cotton goods, whichh as reached
them from far away Manchester or
SaXony. These stuffs, ornamented
by large patterns in flaming reds or
yellows, delight the eye and rejoice
he heart of the Congolese maid and
natron, while such of the men as !
lefire to stand well with the gentler
lex will also condescend to use them.
IN every tribe, children of both sexes I
ire entirely nude until they reach
he age of puberty. In at least one l
ribe, neither men nor women wear
covering. In a few tribes it is
for the women to remain /.
nude until they are married. Some
denote their married state !.
" covering their Breasts with /,
TRANCE ornaments, while others \
ecure this object by deliberately
lressing their hair, which they build
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