The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-08-23
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BY the Cannlbals al tho congo
and tho Islands.
PREFER HUMAN MEAT.


The D~arsyinian Theory os tho sur.
vival of the Fittest Seen IN 1ta
Most Pitiable Application Among s!
the African Man-Eating Tribes.
Some Facts That Will surprise
Many People.
Man is still much eaten by ,hia
teilow lei Cannibalism IN all fta
horror still persists In the upper Con-
go region and other portions Of ART
ca. The taste for human meat per-
sists In New Guinea and among GER
tain groups OF the South Sea Islands.
notably the Solomons, the New He.
pllues ana New Ireland. David Liy-
ingstone, the first white man who
11iosseu the Manyemaa country OF
AFRICA, was reluctant to beliaJesthaf
c~annibalism was not In some ,yav aat
soclated with superstitious rites. Rmt
Wnen ne saw the eagerness with
whlch the natives deYoured their !
iaVorlte food he changed his mind
and wrote that "the Congo man aim.
ply prefers human flesh to any other
klnd OF meat" Another tribe Is said
10 nave stated, at is good to eat
meat that talked Africa shows the
Darwinian theory of survival OF the
Itest IN It's most pitiable application.
The sick, crippled, aged men ana
women alike, are killed and eaten In
the cannibalistic tribes. The flesh OF
prisoners of war Oh men killed in hat
Tie Is preferred above all others
strangely enough all explorers renort
that the man-eating tribes are s,lner-
Tor, mentally n physically, to the
non cannibals. ~
IN the Bangala country not only
are the bodies of those slain in battle
eaten. but the natives habitaIly kill
men for food. And about this there
is much curious system, such as In
clines students of anthropology tn
suspect some hidden origin. Thus
the prisoner is not killed outright.
put Is placed chin deep in a pool of
water with his head made fast to n
Jog lest he drown. The yictim's
iimbs. by the way, have been broken
three lays 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
from Stanley Falls on the Congo. had
personal experience of these people.
On the down river trip to Bona six
OF the Bangala crew were put in irons
charged with having eaten two of
their companions. The accused were
magnificent savages, over six feet
nigh and superbly proportioned. Two
OF the crew, 1t seemed. had fallen iii
on the voyage mp and we're Flowed
by the captain to take a few days
rest. But when next rations were
served they were missing. The mas
ter OF the steamer was told tney had
died during the night and been bur.
led ashore. And this seemed likely
enough. But the captain of the ship
a 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 nm
conveniently in the lockers Of the
six suspects, now going trial ut
Leopoldville.
Commandant Guy Burrows, lately
In the service of the Congo adminis-
tration, tells a curious story of the
Batake people, a body OF whomt> he
led In a punitive expedition against.
the Mabode tribes.
II saw a boy hit in the shoulder
by a ball from an old muzzlo loader"
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 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 nev lost that Is de-