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Show CAXMIULS IX C1X.VIH. HORRIBLE FEASTS OP THE ADOKIG-.ilJJES ADOKIG-.ilJJES ANIOHTWlTlf MAN- KATUIiS. General X,yman Hanks nnJ John IJutchewn, two citizens of Scaltle, have justr returned from a two hiontl j. iniLe of the nortberu coast ( British (Toluinl.Ii, anil lliej till sume thrilling tlcriea of tights tliey MaArmiintiililaiiKtra they exper-irik'rj exper-irik'rj ilurini; Ih.-ir irub-e. r Tin- Lid Mu'l-.-i iSiy Company's Inij r-i,iill unite in cttllng the o-t Ciiiiu-'Ulur Hr-t th.-il has been Vn. u ii )n that url of the country In the ll fort ji-aia. uiivl a leaf or tuo rrumtlinr L'V I'xikS thow tiiat tliucntiM-nluuiiil that fact to b unly Um tnn. A Sttle IKttt-lidelligcnctT re-puritr re-puritr liai;ii-u t meet General ltanLxou the etrvtrt, aud at his re-tyuJ. re-tyuJ. tliegeuir.il rrcltcd the ttory klhls no.: iSLltiug and Interesting ifsUe,.' Tliu itiif- Is lutLrettiDg, ami Stii Riven ,U.IoW in Uielang-Uih Uielang-Uih At General Itanta lilmfelf. lie besanMils narroUan is folbasf "V started out fQll Vttrrtat expectations and nleasant anticipations, and vr dlJ not realize for a moment what trials we would havo to go through, aud I till you at times it required a great deal of Wftern grit and push to get ahead. Time who are acquainted V ith Uie UIQIculties of tra eniug iu summer a cuast forest, with its thouiauds of uprooted trees and still worse upheaved foundation", founda-tion", can perhaps readily imagine flow much greater a hardship It was for us to travtl over three feet of nuow on a level and occasionally occa-sionally strike drifts much deeper aud a grunt deal too much tangle of sal-lal buth for snow (hoes. Hut, to add to all our difficulties, tur half-breed half-breed guide aud the two Indian packers nf ud to go with us as soon us u o had penetrated a short dls-Xaucu dls-Xaucu if.iaiwi m. liad Just sighted somu hills which they said we tould mir (ass over, and they il egeotliat no human U-lugliad ever suixreOid la the alUnipt. "TlieJ Etruiigly urged and prayed us not lv roctid any fartlicr, tut u n had Started cut w Ith a diter-mlnaUon diter-mlnaUon tooccouiplUliu work and w e wic not lo "s haflled so easily Inlhe'brglnnlugofourjourney. h we packul up a coip'M of w ceks' ratio us and an am iu yciif JrVn'-U?, aud, shouldixins our Wlntnesteis, weiiuhed on aloue. OJi, what a Journey that vral T shall never forget it as long as I lire. " Where the suow was tco soft aud dcclvwo nunaged toruaku progiess by trawliugun ourliauds and knees, and at times vrecro obliged to"lay down and roll to get out of the uov It was hard struggling by day, but the snow made a soft bed at night. We canoed over three hundred hun-dred miles of our Journey, and some of it was in very tough waters. Hut the most startling exirleucc we had aud thcbnutliat-would Interest jou most fiappuied one day Just as we were running into a cave to avoid a storm. We got Into the cave all right jinougli, but imagine our horror hor-ror and disu-t wheu we found our-selves'Iu our-selves'Iu the midst of the Xahwitti Indian tribe at their cannibal orgies. CnnnUialism is prohibited by the Dominion govemmentjlut with only a monthly iitfrom eSM.-Is,andthe nearest port being miles away, they catry on the horrible practice with Iiiainil3-. "We watched the Iieatlivus during dur-ing the d-iy at long range, but under assurance cf safet we 'enlurvd afur awhile into tin ir cirelu at Alijlit and. -u-attiied them. I can nnly ilu-crlbu the slglit this way: fl xoaa high , lire of logs in the lejitrc of tlie circle, winch was con--tautiy httimied by two men, and occaRionaHy Uiere -was an extra hiss and Hash as rumu uueateu fnt was thraunon. Tho entire tnba cn-circlini cn-circlini the (Ire, drvsred in blankets of ninny brilliant hues. There were nakeduuncer?, and adozenormore lusty savages with clubs in their hinds Inkling an accotnapanlmcnt toUmwild kdngstnd danct, and Uie whole fight ivmdea weird scene tliatli not soorf forgotten. Their 'feastNxJusistedof tbu todies of their dind. jTlity teldtm'kill strangers to fural'fi footl for" these liorrible orgies, as tliey w ero all the time quarreling between themselves and generally had enough dead bodies of braves to satWy tlieir apKtilcs. '1 had been told in Victoria of the nufcs'.bihty of this, and warned that when lid with the dancq the tiravei rush out aud bite a rlece 6nt of the first lersou tlj.-y come to. Xo' I have no objection to be eaten aflerjt amajead, iu to le bitten by one of tUaso jvlld. ItHons would be asundtixabluaH Uie bite of a mad dog.'and lest in their excitement they might forget their promise of Immunity, I held my haud under my overcoat and" grasp-d a-H-cali ber revolver, that would have furnished fur-nished rations fitting. the occasion. 'Our seu?c of security was not Increased In-creased by one of them maKlng a fpeech, noticing our presence and berating the white man's government govern-ment for trying to deprive the poor Indhn of Uie plea-suro of being a cannibal occasionally, especially if he only fed upon his own dead- , "Tho bovs climbed behind the older people aud hid, meu were bitten bit-ten or simulated it, aud I was afterward after-ward shown scars jvhtro they claimed to have been bitten. Hut we vyero not molestod- One brave, however, probably to test us, .made a dash in our direction, but others "caught hinfauU,turnod i!ni another Way. -It was3n-all night session,' no one was allowed. Iq leaxp. til through, which was 5 o'clock the next morning, WeTiad Jsteil encugh, though, and e were glad to leave. We prai-redni pn-our. Journey aud tamuIrfefccaialrLwJuiout auy more ,.vpitiTi aiiyntiirm, anivirrg In Heattjc only a short time ago. Itut I neverdi 111 iby-lifo )ut lu such a night as I did the time of Uigm! frightful orgrr-, and I candidly a)iifei,T"lori twa'nttosoou again." li'l L ' JLi I 1L |
