Quote:Mysteryman said @RF- Next time do a little basic research before making a stupid comment
It depends what website you look at mate, yours is a wimpy pol-correct one that that whitewashes the savages by saying they didn't eat Cook, but mine is a straight-talking one that says they did..
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"The mob then attacked him with clubs and stones, and when he was on the ground, he was last seen being bludgeoned and stabbed to death. His body was dismembered and eaten by the natives"
http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_james_cook.htm
Mind you with a name like Cook they probably thought it was his destiny to end up in their cookpot..
This is the Hawaiian chief Kaheena who's reputed to have bashed Cook's brains out, he looks like a cross between Groucho Marx and Sammy Davis junior..