| Show 7 EATEN BY CANNIBALS I j MISSIONARIES DEVOURED AT A 1 MIDNIGHT FEAST II I I Nnssncra of Missionary Party by New Guinea Natives > Is Detailed by Crew of Ship Who Saw Bodies Vancouver BC May GDotallg havo i hcin brought by tho steamer tJMoana i from Sydney of tho massacre of tho I missionary party In New Guinea briefly leported by cable on May Sth Tho retort re-tort to the Government resident of Thuisday Islam1 Is I as follows j Tre cicv of the Dido report tho nifrdu of J7ev J imcs Chalmers and Itcv Olv < > r Tomkins of the London Missionary I Mis-sionary society by Now Guinea natives 1 I ot Debe near the mouth of the Fly I river It seems they went nshoro after fuinrilv natives had warned thorn of tho tribal war tnat was In progress and that I their liven would bo cndangerul Despite tl1 warning the missionaries with sK native converts wont ashore and at tcmpled to hold a religious service Tho intlvos blamed tho missionaries for a re I vers > t In battle and killed the two white men and all their native boys Parts oft of-t he bodies uuic afterward devoured by tho cannibal nntlvts Tho captain oCt the rnlrslon schooner Dido irom his vogsol SIlW tho bodies lying I on the beach with their heaclu cut oif but ho was afraid to land and sailed away to Diru Island This report of tho Dldos crow has been conllrmed by a wellknown native missionary named Islal From other sources It was learned that Chalmora who wns ono of tho pioneer missionaries in New Guinea and known and revered among the friendly tribes as Tomato was believed by the savage trIbe by whom he and TImklns a re centarrived missionary were murdered to bo endowed with divine power and they demanded that ho aid them In destroying de-stroying the tribe which they wero at war with The missionaries refused togo to-go with the tribe into battle and tho missionary party was kept under guard pending the outcome ota battle In thIs fight their captors wero badly worsted nnd the daughter of the old chief who led the fighting forces was severely perhaps fatally wounded For this reason she blamed Tomatoc for adverse Intercession with the sods and demanded his death In expiation Thereupon There-upon the natives killed the missionaries savagely hacking them to pieces and afterward devouring tho bodies at a midnight cannibal least |
