Show CAPTURE TH TROOPS SAW THE NATIVES EAT k ONE OF THEIR DEAD uprising brought about by the cruel ties practiced by the calleo tors of hut taxes lisbon anno 23 news has been received here of a serious condition of affairs in portuguese ahe natives everywhere are reported to he in revolt even on the island of timor several anterior posts have been driven in settlements have been destroyed and europeans have been killed or carried oft into captivity the portuguese troops have taken refuge at where they were surrounded A french warship has arrived for the protection of ffrench subject the newspapers here attribute the revolt to the cruelties cruel ties practiced by the troops while collecting the hut tax it is their custom frequently to levy heavy sumi and if payment is refused to flog the natives hum the villages and sometimes capture the wivel and children of rich chiefs and leold them tor ransom A chef of the coulonge tribe started the revolt by seizing a sergeant and seven portuguese troopers decapitate ing them and displaying their heads on Is felt for the europeans ag the natives are cannibals after a recent engagement the troops observed the devouring one of their own dead |