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Will They Return The Boots?
Before they had Jehadis or Maoists there were cannibals.The inhabitants of a remote Fiji mountain village, whose ancestors killed and ate an English missionary 136 years ago, are to offer a traditional apology to his descendants. Thomas Baker, of the London Missionary Society, was killed by the people of Navatusila in 1867, after he took a comb out of a chiefâs hair. It was and still is forbidden to touch the head of a chief. He was subsequently cooked and eaten. One of the villagers, who took part in the feast, was quoted in contemporary accounts as saying "we ate everything but his boots". The Pacific Islands News Association reports the district chief has invited Reverend Bakerâs descendants to the ceremony. I would pass on the cookout. The tribe believes they have been cursed for what their forefathers did. Cursed to work for the UN as peacekeepers. Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-15 |
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