Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-05
Nati4es of the fioId Cnakt

NdIlVeS OF tue GOlQ C0aSG.
The natives stand ineignominious com
trast to the ovcrpowering wealth of the
scenes in which they live; beneath the
blaze of the fierce tropicafsun, aud through
forest m which the very trees are gorgeous
ly clothed with orchards heppcd about in
brilliant festoons. lie bears oD his head
an carthcn vessel ofpalm oil, or carries two
or three quilts of gold dust, The result of
his own industry in washing che sand after
the rains His solo article of clothing is a
Manchester renal, or length of checkcrcd
cotton, girdcd round his loins. But he
knows the value of his own merchandise,
and of that for which he intends to ex-
change it. He is bird by no means to be
caught with chalf. IIo will not change
his palm oil for bunch of feathers, nor
his gold for string of beads neither does
he affect any article of European clothing
nor banker after any produce of European
civilization. He wants rum--the strong,
coarse American ruul-and he knows to a
tcaspoontul how much hc ought to get of
it. He wants from time to time a new re.
mai, also cloth or blanket to throw over
his shoulders on state occasions, and mus
kct to make row will, and fire off when
he keeps custom. But he wants no food
because the maize springs up for'him al
most without cultivation, and his women
pound it between two stones, and add wa
ter to make paste which he calls kankec,
and OH this he gorgcs himself with great
relish. Sometimes his soul lustctl fer
meat, and then the black snails of the for
est, as big as a fist, furnish himwith asoup
of (which palm oil is also an essential in.
grcdient. The hcproyident house wife thlcals
these snails ON a bit of grass and dries them
in hesun, thus saving her lord and master
from the toll of putting out his hand to
take them. The long back-hoireI mon
key also provides him with bountcous re-
past. Pity the sorrows of an European
travelling through the bush and partaking
of the hospitality Che will have to pay hand
somely for IT'D off native, when, as a deli
cacy reserved for him, there is fshed up
out of the big pot of soup black head with
the lips drawn back, and the white teeth
grinning, and such painful resemblance
of the faces around him that for moment
he wonders which of the younger members
Of the family has been sacrificed TO the ex4
isSNiiNlS'p vi bHS ObStSlOll. lDuG Ic Is It-IS-
sured, and discovers that he is not eating
man, but monkey. The native of the Gold
Coast has no desire to buya house. nor to
build a house, nor to live in house lie
does not wish to add field to field, or to
make name in the land. His. chief and
only desire in life seems to be to cat, when
he is hungry, to drink whcncver he can,
and to sleep in the Interim He has no
anxiety for himself, and certainly none for
his offspring, who have neither to be edu-
Gated uor clothed; nor has he any n,isgiy-
ing about their future prospects, Thoy rua
about in the bush if lie lives inland, or he
turns them into the sea if he lives on the
coast. You may watch them in. any nun.
ber and of all ages, from 2 to II, diving
and ducking under the waves, waiting for
a big one; and then, on the crest of it YOU
see the little shining black bodies tossed
over and over and round and round till,
screaming with pleasure, they arc washed
mp on the sand, like tangle of black sea-
weed. Then slowly, and with much noise,
they unravcl themselves and crawl back to
the watcrand continue this sport the whole
day long, with the exception of the time
occupied i'll consuming'huge Jumps of kan
kee brought to them by the mothers The
patcrnal domain is, for the most part, "a
circular hut, under the mud floor of which
the ancestors of the family have been bur
led for many generations. D6I.et%
Z" Houscholl Words" q" "a
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SEAsoNABIE .ADvIog.---" Like the
guarded oak that has withstood the storms
and thundcrbolts of centuries, man him
self begins to die at the extremities Keep
the feet warm and dry, and we can snap
our finger at disease and Doctors Put on
two pair of thick stockings, but keep this
toyoursclf; SO to some honest son of St.
Crispm, and have your measure taken for a
stout p0ir of winter boots or shoes, shoes
arc better for ordinary every day use, as
they allow the escape of the odors, while
they streugthcnthe ankles by accttstomne
them to depend on themselves. 4 very
slight accidents sufficient to cause asprain.
ed ankle to habitunlboot woarer Besides
a shoe congresses less; and hence admits
of a more vigorous circulation of the. blood.
But, wear boots when you ride or travel
Give directions, also, to have no cork or HI
dia rubber about the soles, but, to place be.
tween the layers of the solcs, from out to
out, piece of stout hemp or tow linen
which has been dipped in melted ,piteh.4--
This is absolutely impervious to water4I
does not absorb a particle---whilo,we know
that cork does, and aftera while becomes
soSgy" and damp for weeks. When yo,l
put them on the first time, theywill be as