The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-17
.ll 81.

Some people q lhAss l.,.aa. Z.s.,,- Il
calh elndihf nhlsss b|o6i Is shsd. Tbis \. ~
peculiar . o. Chinese When I. 4, s IN, v
aom,nieier 81 oath Ia the courts al iasfIee. 4
.oossef,s bead nnstlfe cut pf They generally
have 4 big basket lull n chickens 81, hsnl fof
sueh purposes Nd dome iitils oprorl0nty
?. OBSERVING iN4s lfot kata notable fTi.l fof
sfse z. fefsoii. hLcll iook pIace u Bss
taRla4 This tlIaE lahlH1 fonftesn daysi there
were one hnndted netivts and other persons.
Summoned from different parts of the Archtps-
legos and every day more OF less unfoTlunaie
fooeieFs were sacrificed IN the ar Illustration Of
oalhs. An Individual who bad black tiger
mace baEgsia ~ gst these dsaa fowls 70 feed
] milht mention many otter Interesting par
ticaIars with gard Ia tliis iiea u atonemeht
attaciAfto tlie shielding oE blood. the word IN
The Malay lauGaage fof this sacrifice. or fof the
sheddia9 DR blood L Kafbah, which literally
slgnlhes, il Is enoogh; il Is certainly derived
ttoin ths SINE scace As The Hebrew word,
cofbah
Thersil another singular instance connected
Wi,h the shedding of human blood. IN cases
where Individuals wish 10 establlsh stronr
hiendshp between eAchctlier Wfen a stronger
arrives III country antl when BIZ wishes u bind
some chiefsaih . him III strong bonds Of fliend-
ship they phfiake Of a little d erch others
blood Tnle 4 very common III Bofnso. and Il
sometlmeA happensin Samatra For the pur-
pose of obtaiHliif blood on such An occasion fiieY
VII not use steel Instrument, but sharp piec6
oftaniboo, well hafdened ip Inc Gre Witt this
instrument arafincations IRE made uponthe left
brtaatt and The quantity on three or four table
spoopfuls 81 blood are drawn forth. and each
one drinks Il wAttn from The veins, ii pfesehce
q we assembled people, which vii bring tortti
meals lolstefous ordinations 81 satisfaction. "A
htile blood feDains ID aellenp,and this Is mixed
up and each one paftaltes 81 he mixture. After
this biadlng cefemonial Your Arcbipelarian
friend wfsl venture bis life on any instance lof
you,Aid eaieeins II 4 pleasure 10 haye The opb6F.
tuNily 70 prove his fidelity. This ceremony
I with ruler of the people = enough 10 attach
yoti 70 The whole people. would not say tIat
KslIould consider Il BY any ineaus adyf able 10
yield 10 such saperstiiions I would rather pef.
1nnde Them 70 build Friendship upon better ana
more reasonable grounds.
have not presented 10 your nIirdh on III
occasion, more than some meaeI q general Out.
lines 6t this people. N w0na require many
opportunities 20 si0sos 10 enable your minds 4,
sec clearly The different conditions 81 tle nens,le
ofthe islands; where there ii an Interesting popu.
Istion, with whom II would be az ssabls 10 dwell.
and where hlet0 be found the people that IRE
infsehisvout Sons might iellgotl Thai beople On
sidtds are savage aud inIraeta6le, which
q true, and you might suppose this 70 be the
ease on every leland Again, you might Sc told
that some are civilized, enjoying many comgorts
aud Iuxafiss, which d aso true a. regal is ina
~ some isiands Bat the verv wotst ~
the sIansiefs have some tedeetning md Iuterest
Ing qualities The people that cut on humnl,
heads, do not Indulge ID such practices among
their own people, but 20 10 distant and hosiIe
countries 10 find them. They possess MANI
good and generous lalitiess ard are amnlg the
most devoted IN their friendship Ia strangers.
These islands, from tho highest 10 the lowest IN
ltf fsfn
warmast synapathtesI nIld now wish 10 repent
% yoI, something thnt has been said ~ i
membeT Of Congress, Judge Eyaus, or Texas
Heaellom spoke Ii Congress. bat when he aid
lave anything to Eay,oF wrote upon asuhiect.
he liAndled brilliant pen, and spoke with 81
alcqueni tO9gls. He faIt much itiirrestfd ii lhs
case | bad before Congress, and here il al
extract from one Of his speeches, il which be
allndes 70 this people, In connection with this.
case Of iDiae;-- 3ss s as. - ~ u
TIE Indian Archipelago Ii the Hower garden
---ihe physical pafadise u The world Throw
open Al Intercourse, 70 us 1f the almost profit,
and TO them CHE Malayss Of everlasting gain.
For the neetaf and aInbrosia Of their tropical
fruits, We would barter the bread Of an Immortal
life; and AZ eouble Compensation lor al their
ges1s and gold we would inlerstar tie gorgeous
oriental imagination with The beautiful nlhs Of
our aeieneas Aud ths brilliant, the boundleas
hDPea VI our most holy and heavenly religion
ads indeed, Who cail calculate tile future riches
OF that wide and iaritiag Il Id for tie work Of
the ChIisIan misslos arg When the pffei0ns gain
shall become white lef the harvest How every
crystal inohn,all, ansi valley Of smiig green,
viii ling with ht chilnea Of the church bell, aud
hum with Village schopls. One can almost
fancy how the very winds, as they whisper
through the cinnamon gardens. and tle light
waves, a. they hapGze with snowy foam me
jeWellef rocks Of Tie coral reefs will muiinur
songs OF redemption. How tie voice Or prayer
snd pfalie will roIl around the circle Of those
sunny isles, from Cape Comefil 10 tila lair
Meilceas, and from us coffee groves Of Java
5 10 The trOplr 81 Cancer, 9Htl all the regions Of
the fiery equator shah catetl the music oF The
echo, aud resonnd witt lhe hymns Of heayenl
Ant then, perhaps, shall powers sud pictures 81
ciyizatioi be sveloptd and realized, ia that old
world 81 the Malays, Wiih their buFii1g iInagfna.
tlops aud volcanic temperasnsbts, more gratc
md glofions than eyer Gatyned on a post,.
sdfeuns1
must now conclude, aud vet Itleel desiroup
70 20 on, and TO tel, ght say "a thousand othe
things concerning this people, who. have inter
esied me 30 mtch,and 10 whom | feel so strongly
attached have visited every qnaFter Of Ia,
globe. Ih4se seen civilized, sefni- civilized, bar
baEous and savage people In other quarters o
the globe; and when come 10 contrast theI
with the Inhabitants of these islands, feel that
have met with very peculiar people, one lha
has heen bid up from theohseTgatipm LIBERALIZATION
lin general, and among whom areeio be bfougt
forth some Of the most gIoliaus results tbrohg
the fundamentally q tie glofioua gospel who
we believe.
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