The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-08-23
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BY The CanMbals of tls Congo
and the Islands.
PREEsFsE'iss HUMAN MEAT.

The Darwinian Theory OF tho Sur.
vivai Of the Fittest seen In III
Most Pitiable Application Among
the African Man.Eating Tribea-l.
Some Facts That win Surprise
Many People.
MAN is still much eaten hv ia.
telio" men. Cannibalism In all itg
horror still persists in the upper Con-.
go region n other portions OF Afri-
ca. The taste for human meat per-
sists In New Guinea and among cer-
tain groups of the South Sea Islands.
notably the Solomons, the New He-
n,aues ana New Ireland David Liy-
lngstone, the first white man who
crossed he Manyemaa ounfr ~
AREA was reluctant to believe that
cahhlDal1sm was not in some way aas
soclated with superstitious rites. Bmt
Wnen he saw the eagerness with
winch the natives devoured thai,.
tavorite food he changed his mind
ana wrote that "the Congo man Sim
Ply prciers human flesh to any other
~ " hleat. Another tribe is said
70 nave stated, ut Is good to eat
nieat ina talked" Africa shows the
DarW1nian theory Of survival OF tha
ntest In Its most pitiabIe application
The sick, crippled, aged, men and
women alike, are killed and eaten i'm
the cannibalistic tribes. The flesh of
prisoners or war or men killed in bat
Iie is preferred above all others.
strangely enough all explorers report
that the man-eating tribes are SUPER
ior, mentally and physically, to the
o cannibals.
IN the Bangala country not only
are the bodies Of those slain I'm battle
eaton. but the natives habitally kill
men tor food. And about this there
Is mnch curious system, such as in
cl1nes students of anthropology to
suspect some hidden origin. Thus
the prisoner is not killed outright.
but is placed chin deep in a pool OF
water with his head made fast to n
iog lest he drown. The victims
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
~ ''ss'fSJ VII tDO SouHO, HdO
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 OF
their companions. The accused were
magnificent savages, over six feet
high and superbly proportioned. Two
OF the crew, 1t seemed, had fallen iii.
on the voyage up and we're allowed
by the captain to take a few days
rest. But when next rations were
served they were missing. The mas
Ter or the steamer was told they had
died during the night and been bur-
lied ashore. And this seemed likely
enough. But the captain of the shin
had his doubts. He made a sudden
raid on the quarters OF his Bangala
hands. and discovered parts of the
missing men, smoke dried and cut I'M
conveniently in the lockers OF the
six suspects, now going ~ Crlafs4lL
Leopoldville.
Commandant Guy Burrows, lately
In the service of the Congo adminis-
tration, tells a curious .story of the
Batake people, d body Of whom he
lea IN a punitive expedition against
the Mabode tribes.
by a ball from an old muzzlo loader,n
he said, and 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 i 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 we'll let us have him
for killing when the fight is over 1
drove h monsters from me with my
chicottc or hippo hide whip. The
hoy 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-
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