Show WHENCE THE WORD CANNIBAL eaters of human flesh were inhabitants of the west indian island of Can caniba iiii when columbus landed on the island of 0 haiti a huge bilge banquet was given in his honor by a native chieftain and on that occasion he chanced to notice that two or three of the aboriginal guests bore seals scars oil oh their naked bodies suggesting tins serious rounds vi in response to ills polite inquiry alipy said that the scars represented bites ilitch gentlemen from the nearby island I 1 of caraba had casually taken out of their persons it nas mas further explained that the tha people of caniba known knon n today as porto rico nico n we ore addicted to the habit babit of eating calling buinno llesh flesh find and that to obtain this gastronomic luxury they were accustomed to undertake armed raids upon the haitians Hait ians and other neighbor folks hence irence as ne e learn the origin of 0 the oid cannibal |