The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17
CANN|BALS TREAT
PIGS LIKE BABIES
Thrilling Accounts of Strange
Tribe Of British Portion of
New Guinea.
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Special Cable to The Times Dispatch
London. December l8-Civilizcd SUI
perwoman. who prefer nursing a pug
to nursing baby, may be edited to
learn that she has rivals-ln the
Mafulu Mountains OF Papua
Only 1t Is pigs. not pugs. that are
fondled and cherished by the wives
OF the Mafulu cannihals
Thrilling accounts Of this strange
retrosradc tribe of the British nor
,ion OF New Guinea Cor Papua) arc
told by r. w. Williamson, fell
low OF the Anthropologlcal Institute
who has recently returned from
scientific expedition TO the Maxulu pco.
Pile
Accompanied only by a CinsaIes
servant and two OF the most civilized
natives OF Fapua, he spent nearly hye
months in the country
Mr.. Williamson is a frail scholarly
man, but his adventures rival those or
robinson Crusoc and the giants Of ex-
ploration.
we started towards the Mafuiu
Mountains from the Mekcdo district.
Ioiio"inS the course OF the ST. Josephs
River" no said.
The ground was covered with thick
reedy grass, sometimes ten feet I'm
height. and through this we hal 10
push our way along Uniformed native
paths.
we visited ae many villages as pos
siole on the way 10 the mountain
Hero We were received very courteous
~ by the chiefs to whom 1 gave vari-
Gus presents In exchange for native
carriers.
There is. of course, no such thing
as money" either among the natives
nr IN ia,
carried a stock OF articles, called
trade in lieu of money.
MY trade consisted of the follow
ing goods: Axes. knives trade to-
oaoco. beads. plane irons, belts, rcd
calico, pouches and salt. With these
things ] paid for all native labor.
AT last. after walking through al
most impossible bush and undergrogth
we came upon the aafulu Mountains.
and began to ascend them. py this
time my legs were covered with sores
there Is, l am sure, septic poison
In the atmosphere rhere-and every
step hurt NO
1T was between 1000 and 5000 feet
UP the mountains that we came upon
the hfafulus--n small people entirely
naked. save for strip OF bark worn
round tho loins
Their skin 10 a dark sooty brown
color. hair a grizzly. frizzy brown,
and across their faces are weird
splashes Of color. chiefly bright red
Hero In these wild. out of the world
regions found two French Jesuite
priests cannot express my immense
admira ton for thoae two mon who liv-
cd there quite alone and unprotected
The Nautilus, discovered, though
they are cannfoals. are not actually
hcad-hunters. They orNy eat human
,,IC t.. L.;
tie or private vendetta; but then the
actual slayer Is not permitted TO as
sist at the feast.
Their liking for pigs amounts 10
something like worship. Women nurse
young pigs just as they would babies
One woman killed her baby so that
she could nurse a young pig.
At the big feast pig flesh is largely
eaten. One village of about 100 houses
killed l2o pigs for their meal.
The religion OF the Nautilus Is simp-
~ the primitive fear OF ghosts and
spirits. They have not reached the
stage OF idolatry.
They believe. for instance. that the
flg tree and certain trailing plants are
splrithaunted
Jesuite priest. who wantc,i to
build Il hut was warned by the Ma
rufus not to cut through one OF these
fears and cut 1t through
Strangely enough. me was taken
very III the next day, and had 10 be
removed to the coast
Marriage lie a very simple process.
y boy sees a girl he wants, and goes
to her house. A price Is arranged for
her-some pigs or tomahawk-an5
the girls parents accompany the boy
back to his home.
Then they all sit outside the house.
and the wedding is ovbk"