Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-26 | Page 7 | Customs of the Cannibals

CUSTOMS OF THE CANNIBALS tr bes of savages observe traditions among themselves even among the savages of french africa who eat human flesh there are differences said paul a young italian traveler at the ra leigh some while ago when ex floring that country I 1 learned a good bit about the ways of the various tribes in a majority of them can sm Is indulged only when the bodies are those of prisoners taken in battle it is all right to eat persons who belong to hostile clans but it would be a gross violation of tradition and the custom of the land to feast upon friends or even upon members of the same tribe this delicacy ol 01 sentiment however Is not universal and in one tribe in particular where I 1 noted the absence of any old per sons I 1 learned that it was the proper thing to add the aged inhabitants to the local food supply this con fined the population to the young and hardy for at the first signs of decrepit tude the boiling pot was called into requisition washington post