The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-08-23
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by the CannIbais Of shs Congo
and tho islands.
PREFER HUMAN MEAT.

EraNtsHSt
The D%arwintan Theory 81 tho Sur.
yivaI Of the Fittest seen III rts
Most Pitiable Application Among
the African Man.Eatins Tribes---
Some FACTS That Will Surprise
Many People.
man is still much eaten by his
leiioW men. Cannibalism In all its
horror still persists in the upper Con.
go region and other portions OF Arr.
ca. The taste for human meat nor
sists In New Guinea and among cer-
tain groups Of the South Sea Islands.
notably the Solomons, the New He-
nrlaes ana New Ireland. David Liy-
Insstone, tho first white man who
XiUSsed the Manyemaa country OF
AFRICA, was reluctant to believe that
cannlDalism was not In some way nd.
soclated with superstitious rites. Bmt
ne saw the eagerness with
wnlcn the natives deVoured their
iaVorlte FOOD he changed his Mind
and wrote that "the Congo man aim
ply prefers human flesh to anv otha,
KIN or meat" Another tribe is said
10 ave stated, ut is good to eat
meat that talked" Africa shows tha
Darwinfan theory Of survival of he
mtest IN It's most pitiable application.
me SICK, crippled, aged, men and
the c~annibalistic tribes. The flesh of
prisoners of var or men killed in hat.
Tie is preferred above all othars
strangely enough all explorers report
that the man-eating tribes are suner-
Tor, mentally and physically, to the
non cannibals.
In the Bangala country not only
are the bodies of those slain In battle
eaten. but the natives habitaIly xiii
men for food. And about this there
10 lhuch curious system, such as in
ciihes of anthropology to
suspect some hidden origin. Thus
the prisoner is not killed outright
nut Is placed chin deep in a POOL Of
water with his head made fast to a
log lest he drown. The yictim's
limbs, by the way, have been broken
three days previously. On the third
day the poor creature is taken out
and killed. This procedure, the fierce
bangala says, makes the flesh more
tender.
Capt. S. l.. Hinde, returning home
lIom olHHiey rails on the Congo, had
personal experience Of these people.
On the down river trip to Bona six
or the Bangala crew were put in irons
charged with having eaten two ~
thelr companions. The accused were
magnificent savages, over six feet
hlgh and superbly proportioned. Two
OF the crew, 1T seemed. had fallen I'LL
on the voyage up and we're allowed
by the captain to take n few DAYS
rest. But when next rations were
served they were missing. The mas
ter OF the steamer was told the had
died during the night and been bur
led ashore. And this seemed likely
enough. But the captain OF the ship
mad his doubts. Flo made a sudden
raid on the quarters of his Bangala
hands and discovered parts of the
missing men, smoke dried and cut up
conveniently in the lockers Of the
Six suspects, now going ~ trltti at
Leopoldville.
Commandant Guy Burrows, lately
In the service Of the Congo admins
t%ration, tells a curious story OF the
Batake people, a body Of whom he
led In a punitive expedition against
the Mabode tribes.
Il saw a boy hit in the shoulder
by a a from an old muzzlo loader"
he said, land yet, although seriously
hurt, he looked entirely unconcerned;
they are utter fatalists, these fellows.
His comrades carried him to one side,
away from the rest of the wounded,
and when | saw this | remarked:
Take that boy up or he'll get hit
again"
AT this half a dozen grave leaders
came to me expostulating. lie is only
a young lad they grumbled. You
might lust as well let us have him
for killing when the fight is over 1
drove the monsters from me with my
chicotte or hippo hide whip. The
boy recovered and served me for
years. But those Batake c%annibals
never forgave me-"
He who relies on another's table is
apt to dine late.-Italian.
The time is never lost that Is de-