[FIJI ISLANDS]. . . an act of cannibalism on Ovalau, a few miles from Levuka. The Luvoni men (Mountaineers) have been for a long time at variance with Thakambau’s people on this island, and on Thursday last [February 1871] decided to attack Tokolau (a coast town some five miles from Levuka); their plans were made known to Tiu Levuka and Thakambau, who sent the customary whales’ teeth and warned them to desist in their rebellion. The Luvoni people found that Cornelius, chief of Yaravudi, a Luvoni man, with Bau predilections, had revealed the plot; they sent for him, and although he knew he was going to his death, he obeyed the summons. Thakambau’s people also allowed him to go, although they must have known what consequences would ensue. He was taken to the house of Tio, chief of the Rukuruku, shot at, and cut down with an axe, then chopped about terribly. His body was given to the native teachers for interment, but two days after being buried, it was dug up and eaten by the whole of the Luvoni people.
“The Sydney Morning Herald”, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Friday, 24 February 1871, p. 7
“The Sydney Morning Herald”, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Friday, 24 February 1871, p. 7
[FIJI ISLANDS]. . . an act of cannibalism on Ovalau, a few miles from Levuka. The Luvoni men (Mountaineers) have been for a long time at variance with Thakambau’s people on this island, and on Thursday last [February 1871] decided to attack Tokolau (a coast town some five miles from Levuka); their plans were made known to Tiu Levuka and Thakambau, who sent the customary whales’ teeth and warned them to desist in their rebellion. The Luvoni people found that Cornelius, chief of Yaravudi, a Luvoni man, with Bau predilections, had revealed the plot; they sent for him, and although he knew he was going to his death, he obeyed the summons. Thakambau’s people also allowed him to go, although they must have known what consequences would ensue. He was taken to the house of Tio, chief of the Rukuruku, shot at, and cut down with an axe, then chopped about terribly. His body was given to the native teachers for interment, but two days after being buried, it was dug up and eaten by the whole of the Luvoni people.
“The Sydney Morning Herald”, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Friday, 24 February 1871, p. 7
“The Sydney Morning Herald”, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Friday, 24 February 1871, p. 7
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