EATING A MAN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1498, 27 April 1886, Page 3

EATING A MAN.

The warship Diamond was reported in despatches just received to be at fiagga Island, in the Sooth Seas, and it was expected she would punish the natives for a shocking outrage and cannibalism. The object of the terrible trooble was a trader named Gbilde, who had settled on the Island a few months previously. It appeared that a number of natives from several of the adjacent Islands visited Baggs, and called Cbilde out of hie hot, When he got outside, one of the miscreants struck him on the head with a tomahawk. Childe pot up bis bind to his head, when another native struck him on the wrist and broke it, a third struck him in the back with a tomahawk, which felled him to the ground. The fiends then chopped off the man’s head, and made a fire on the spot. The body was then cooked, and the murderers made a hearty meal of it. The natives either took away or destroyed everything belonging to their victim. The natives returned to their islands after their vicious feast. The warship Diamond came up soon after the occurrence, and the traders made the commander acquainted with the facts.