The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-05-05
CANN|DAls ARE STILL N
EVIDENCE N SOUTH SEA
Man Eaters, Contrary To Belief,
Not Extinct Stories Told BY
Returned Travellers To
Malckula Islands

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Washington. MAY 1-"cannlhala'
son may have exclaimed when yoa
Rad rseuib u = naval force ~snt
20 Malskaia lsland Of ths New Nc.
brides. to gusa attacks q lhe man
ealer. upon white planters a thought
eannlhaia had diesfsered loRG aso~
con,rar, 10 ronerai belief the can
albsl "a s,ln with us says ea''e''n
f,om lho National Geographic Iec''p
ANA oAnnlhAll.m Il pracllccd reE"lAf'
IN ay some tribes OF ,he numeroqs
south Sea Islands IN cghcf places q
i. recugrou. Mo loneriss and agents
f,por, Il stamped oui. and they speak
nnly ave Tor occasional lapscs in'
h,rbsfl,m of these primitive peoples
lusl vmersina intn he kindergarten
stage of their civilization.
of all tae lropies of lhe vas, south
Pacific cspanAc whorc the white man
Influence he been fcl1 at all ,h'
Malckula Islanders pcfha arr 'he
mos, mufd sroas. ircaehcfuas and fAN
ar,. Nci many years $50 'ihnologislf
who saw ssms eFg shaped ekulli
brought from the ltland held hlkp
hopes that lhrrc. az hI. migh, hf
found the mlssing link which marked
tho evolutionary alep from monkey td
man
Investigation soon dsprovcd any
such iheor, For ih conc shAp'e
b .ais 81 many Malokuia ialandere q
] DE- ;ormi,y .deiihcfaltly produc'd hy
vrapplnr cotds about The heads oi
habl,s II the child survive the treat
neni lis cgR shaped head point 10
ward Ia Maiokula distinction akin
70 me Tiny fooi 81 Chinese woman
Another casiam ~ Mshhnla atcmt
equally harrowlnE u woman dis
Hoses a gap IN the rows Of her CLEAN
ng white teeth u means tiat aho "a
married and that he older womr,
have performed ihp pralian ~
something of the llayml spirit ~
which rice throwing sometimes h in
lulged ia al an American ceremony
The male Nalrkula is crack
narkaman with ihe bow and poisoned
arrow. ana as inserlerage clubman
o. a wealthy American bachelor IN
many islands OF tbs New iiebridoa
each village has its clubhouse anr
mon his standing among his club tcl-
lowa depends his rank IN the com
munity.
Moreover there Is combination
immunity forum. public dance pali,
and chldren'a playground under the
hsnyan tree Of neatly eyory native
village
There are many differences be-
tween tho Maleknlan and the nailvca
olher Islands. though most OF tt~,m
NJ" obviously Maianesian, from their
ihick, flat noses and heavy lips The
MalokulafN are accorded The palm FOR
ferocity ana cruelty by many travel
ers. though they va not unique an1ns
the Iiebrides natives In these reepocis
On some islands the women expect TO
be buried alive with iheis husbands
bodies.
A redceminw feature of the Male
kulans II their scrnpnloua honesty. A
irayelsr'i life may not be worth much
\ he lrriiatns a native but his nroa..
oriy IL absolutely safe Another Male
kula distinction inheres IN the wooden
ancestors images tonnd there. Thoee
HffigeieA display Il resemblance 10 IN
man beings and attest latent taste In
heir crude coloring
Trouble In the New Hehrldds ii
nothing new In 1904 an Anglo.
french expedition was needed 10 check
native uprising and nearly Two de-.
'adea earlier the French interviewed
Q suppress q vigorous outbreak
The New IIcbridcs were discovered
~ a Portuguese sailor early IN the
eyenieenth century; explored some
What and named by Captain Cook d
entury and a half later. aud were
eelared neutral by France and Great |
rliain IN 1871. Later agreements
'rovided Joint control and admins |
ration.
The New Hebrides lie about / 800 |
niies northeast OF sydney. Australia |
iaieknia Is one OF the larger islands
The group. The largest Ia Marina II