The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-17
An Adventure
Among Cannibals


ried nim to the village, the two girls
walking one on each side. All the ma
tlves drew their fingers over his body
and looked at their tips and chartered
among themselves. Both girls looked
on the boy as he lay on the rude
stretcher and at times cast glances at
each other as if to say, che is mine"
Asked for His Life.
AS the party approached the village
the old king looked out from the
bungalow that was stuck up on stills
and gave the command to bring him
inside. The Processes Tika and Lua
begged that his life be spared and he
be given to them. The old king loved
his two daughters and it was little
they asked for that they did not get.
The boy regained his senses after
an hour or so and was rubbed down
with cocoanut oil and a fancy grass
tappa encircled his loins, all the cloth
ing any one wore on the island.
The best of food to be had was given
to the boy and no young prince Of the
royal blood of a civilized country was
treated with more respect. He was the
idol of the island, "the White Cod" as
he was called and the toy of the
Processes Lua and Tika, who loved
him in their wild way. The natives
bent the knee and put their hand to
their forehead with bowed head as the
white God passed, always in company
with one or both of the princesses. 1t
was like coming out of Hades for the
boy and all his fears had vanished
like a bad dream.
The tom-toms were beating and the
wild, weird war chant was ringing
over the water. The large war canoes
we're returning from a battle with ?
neighbCring island tribe, And were re.
turning home victorious. They had
been away over two weeks and the old
rlen and women feared that they had
been taken and killed.
AS was the custom in those days, all
captives we're to be put to death and
a great festival Led among the victor-
ious combatants. Spears, bows and ar
rows, also that terrible Malay kreese,
were the weapons used.
The whole OF the remaining part OF
the tribe congregated on the beach, the
white God and the two princesses ar
their head. Ding-dong, tom-tOm ana
"Lua Noua Jaja" rasa 81 ang il, rose
the wild chant PLANE rand palmer as
the canoes drew nearer. The boy had
been a captive among them now for
six months and could speak the Ian
Suage quite fiuently. He was little
less than a captive, for he was always
under surveillance of one or both the
princesses.
What it is, Lua?" asked the boy.
"What?" asked Tika.
why, the meaning of this music
and chanting?"
SWhy, don't you know? 1t is the
song of victory. They have a lot of
prisoners and there will be a great
feast"
A CannibaI Feast.
The boy shuddered as he thought of
what he had heard at the cabin table
from the cruel captain and his officers
He almost wished himself back there
again.
The large canoes landed on the
beach, out leaped the warriors, the old
king at their head. He approached
his daughters and the native nose rub
was given; the white God received
one, which was unpleasant to him, but
he had to stand for it.
Sixteen captives were brought on
shore, bound hand and foot. Four
were young girls not over 16 years of
hanging burning brightly Sixteen
hardwood stakes sharpened at the up
per end were stuck in the ground. The
wild, weird death chant with the muf-
fled tom-toms sounded on the tropical
night air. A boy of a color different
from any of the rest, on his knees
pleading, begging at the old kings feet
to spare those young girls lives; a
princess kneels at each side of the
boy interceding and begging that his
boon be granted.
The savage kings face relented, and
a smile passed over it. "Well, well,
children, since you grieve and beg so
much for their lives, they shall be
spared but on one consideration
they shall be your slaves"
Four stakes were taken up and the
remaining twelve were divided at an
equal distance to form the circle. The