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ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION
Cannibalism Declines in Last Stronghold
Noted Polish Explorer Reports Passing of One of W orld’s Oldest Customs
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rou»uni|>tkin «a v r c o u n f e
and.tlcc<l by the ancient inhabitant« oI
• trrnxtti
Certain tube* such as t h e ' France. Oermany, Italy. Chin a T h i­
Hnkubt of A iik U h . never
permitted
women to partake of human flesn bet and all of the region around the
Sea
Patricide was
Tlu- reason for this was that It was Mediterranean
believed that such flesh was *ood for practiced with
cannibalism.
W hen
U w soul, and »liv e It was held by | the Romans visited (Ireat
Brltlan.
tliern that women had no soul, there i
wa* BO necessity for their Indulging
discovered tlie Inhabitants de-
vourlng each other at every oppor-
In the cannibalistic rites.
; tunlty. On the authority of Hero-
S ou th Sea ( an n lb a b .
11 should not be supposed that can- dolus, the Greek historian, we know
nlballem In recent
limes has been tiiat the Ptnnish people of his time
confined to the African continent were very much addicted to canni­
Gn Uie contrary It Is not unknown to­
balism.
day. In Australia and the South Boa
An interesting survival of the early
i Islands where Christianity has not cannibalism
of the Irish Is seen lh
j galnrd a firm foothold.
their present-day celebration of the
| Cannibalism was formerly general wake
Today food Is brought to the
in Australia among the black pro- room In which the corpse lies an-j
| pie who Inhabited that continent In everybody eats and drinks heartily
the l.u ritrh i tribe it was customary Hut In the old days before Ireland
to feed weakling babies on the bodies was civilized, the
body of the de­
of stri nger babies captured In raids ceased was the pUve de r e d > U i* v of
on villages. Even today, despite the tlie repast.
watohlulncss of the Christian a u ­
Worst Cannibals
thorities. an Individual or tribe will
Probably the worst record for can­
I revert to the eating of human flesh
Among the Dvaks of Borneo, whosc- nibalism was held by the Aztec., of
favorite r|g>rt was head-liunting. it Mexico no longer ago than 1521. This
j was tlie genera! practice to torture populous nation which had reached
the victim, and then consume the a very high stage of barbaric cul-
fleah under the watchful eyes of ture. waged war for the sole purpose
of obtaining victims to sacrifice to
j priests.
the war god.
Huitzilopochtli. The
Ferocious Tribes
wretched prisoners were taken to the
The Cucumas, a tribe of Peruvian temple by the priests, their hearts
; Indians, have been discovered of re­ torn from them and thrown Into the
cent
years to be one of the most
fiercely cannibalistic peoples known iContinued on page 8. column onei
Thev would eat Uie b idles of their
dead, grind up their bones and drink
the dust
mixed
with
fermented
clrtnk
This tribe Is the most sav­
age un the South American conti­
nent.
Among some of the very re­
mote Eskimo tribes
today, women
suspected of witchcraft are horribly
D.vnkw, m em b er* o f u M im -ca n n ib a l trib e in the ConjfO, tlrennetl fo r u fe s tiv a l.
N o te the mutilated and even killed. The his­
tory of certain W est Coast tribes of
o«h! m usical in stru m en t c a rrie d by the manin the cen ter.
North America shows the existence
of secret societies of magicians who
Frrncli colonies In West A frl-p lrlb e s both In Africa anil A ustralia.fic« to begin
Amid yells, screeches practiced cannibalism, such practice
» 1 1 'K N I N O
recently
from
a i dead bodies were kept and ptr|iurrd aml screams, the victims were put to being necessary for membership In
were thr sword
year s Journey throuttlimit thr In a peculiar manner. They
while thr king and his the societies.
Only Priests Eat
on
Sometimes as
ra Dr Ferdinand Ossendowakl, then rolls limed as a rare delicacy by noble * looked
Uw noted Polish writer and explorer. Ute I u ii o r e it t children of nature many as 500 prisoners were slaugh­
In the southeastern part of New
Stated that iu.lv in rare
Inwsnow Horn, tunes It was a religious custom tered.
Afterwards, grrat fires were Guinea, there are sUU certain tribes
was Uletr any mention of lunnllial- to consuma Uw imtie-. o f doei twd built and the bodies crisply roasted where tlie murderer Is not permitted
relatives
as
a
mark
of
respect.
At
Islh practice«.
In the account of
to partake of his victim.
In some
Women Barred
hi* recent trip r u ia v e * of the 8 u n"i oUier times a murderer feasted on
In G rand Hassam. now a thriving case* Uie entire clan to which the
D r Oasrndowski mentions but two or the body of his victim in order to
dead
man
belonged
Is
barred
from
the
West African
port under
French
three
forest
tribes
that are now keep from bring (taunted
It Is Interesting to note also
control. II was once the custom to feast
known to practice Ute rating of h u ­
Uloody Rites
hold a festival every time a new vil­ that in Mindanao, the largest Island
man flesh
At such Umes In Uie Philippines, the only persons
Home of Uir- bloodiest cannibalistic lage was founded
who were so privileged
were
the
Hum an llr c h Relished
rites In Africa were practiced In Ita- every one taking part 111 Uie fesUval priests who led the warriors.
H its Is a remarkable rlian gr from homry There Iwice a year tlie cruel w as forced to pin trike of the human
Originated W ith Whites
the situation prevailing In many "Customs'' were held.
These
were viciUns sacrificed. Among the B asu-
flails O l Africa rvrn us late as 25 ceremonies consisting of the sacri­ h.e. an independent nation of South
It
must
not be c o n c l u d e d
years ago
A l Uiat tune cannibalism fice of Ini ltd reds of vlrUms for tlie Africa. It was not long ago Uie cus­ from the foregoing
that only the
was common in Africa. Moat of Uir irposr of the soul of Uie king or one tom when a very brave foe was killed, darker races have been addicted to
African caiinlluila ate human flesh of his aricratcirs.
Indeed, quite Uie oppo­
For these cere­ to immediately pluck out and eat his \ cannibalism
liecauae Uicy relished It and not be- monies the king's army raided near- I heart,
I under
|
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I lie belief that such site Is true. Cannibalism was prac-
cauar of neeraalty or religious rituuls. h\ towns of other black monarch!,
although Uiere were
tribes
where for victims. W hen a sufficient num ­
• aimilHilism w h s a |atrt of Uielr relig­ ber of prisoners was obtained, Ihev
ious ceremony.
were dressed in reremcnla! robes and
The N iani-N lam and Monbuttu na- placed in it stockade surrounded by
tlona. until very recenlly. carried on high slacks o f thorn bushes.
war* for the
por|Mise of obtaining
fem ale W arrior«
hum an flesh for consumption. It wit
Tlien the king assembled his Ain.i-
luit sn uncommon sight at one time
rc n Corps, o f feniitle warriors, and
b> »ee 1 ■ uII 1 » II flesh for sale in the
signalling, bade
their, charge
the
market plurrs of large rommunille*
.iockatlf
Through Uie tiiorn bushes
In Wert
Africa
The
Hangala. a
they
went,
their bodies
torn
by '
tribe ill very high culture residing Uie Utorns. ami Into thr
N ow . In Just one m inute, vou can
stockade1
In the Congo practiced cannibalism where each selxed a prisoner
ha\e a. gorgeou s. soft. w h ite com plexion.
and
See you r com plexion turn shades w hiter
on n large scale up until Just a few
brought him or her trlumphnnUy to j
In the m agic o f a fe w m om ents. For a
year* ago.
Uir king
The first Amazon to scale j
w h olly new w ay has been found to mak.
katlng Itead Relative«
dark
skin
look fiv e
shades ligh ter
Uie barrier and return wlUi hr.- j
instantly.
In some places thr rating of dead prize, presented Uie poor unfortunate
rrlativrs was Combined with Ute kill­ to the monarch, who. borrowing the
ing of all who were aged or • .irk Amazon's sword, decapitated the vic­
Home lime- tlie flesh ws> eaten raw tim.
and some times rooked
Among some
This was thr signal for the saerl-
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