The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-07-01
Curie;is Facts from savage Life.

A chivalrous regard for the fair sex has
always b zen looked upon as one Of the e eat
differential points between barbarism and
refinement. Aud there is no more signi6.
cant fact in the experience Of savage tami.
| ly than this-ihat she expects to be illtreated
| as a matter of course. Indeed the absence
of outrage is frequently regarded as an out.
rage itself 'If the Congo wife," writes Mr.
Rrade, is not soundly fogged every now
and then, she considers herself an I'M ured
! womaa and rem ,nstrates with her hnsband.''
In her pleasing '' "Reminiscences Of Tartar
Sseppes,' Mrs. Atkinson s.ys that on her
arrl7al at Bsrnaoul she discovered the mean
ing of the whip which she had observed sus-
pended over the beds in the houses or all the
peasantry on the road. -
A female, who was married some little
tim, before, went to one of the authorities to
complain that her husband did not love her
as husbands ought to do both at home and
abroad. ''Why did she thiak so7r Vas fhe
question. "Becaus,," replied she, "he had
never once thrashed her." The instrument
Of iagelation had, in fact, been hanging over
their couch in perfect idieness ever since the
wedding. Wh zen women are thus degraded
into scrts, is it any wonde, that the sex should
be low in intelligence and deplorably deep in
ignorance? So netmes, indeed, they exhibit
degree ofsimplicity-shail We call it sim
plieity (which is perfectly astounding. On
Mr. Reade's visit to the Gamma country. in
equatorial Africa, the chief. with more po-
li,eness than prudeu, sent his daughter 10
wait upon the white mai.
The Princess Ananga was belle saurdge
with a white form, beautiful bronze CON
pIexion, and pair Of large, gentle eyes
shch would have made havoc with suscepti-
bic hearts had the: been in a European
head. Now this young lady WAS SO rhorour h.
ly unsophisticated that she supposed that tie
travellers must have been painted white, and
great was her surprise, on wetting her finger
and rubbing his cheek, 10 learn that the
color would not come off She thought his
hair must be a loan from some wild animal.
sud exhibited much astoni-hrren, when she
found she could not rei-oTe i IS easily as his
hat. She could not comprehend why Euro
peans were clothes. aud the discovery of
pockets in his dress. aud the disa ppearance
oi his hands in those pouches, startled her
rs much as ii he had buried them in his
BODY. .-I-.
The latrer Phenomenon, in fact, was deem
cd so marvellous that invitations were sent
TO other families, wlo focked to the hut to
see the traveller insert and withdraw his
hands h.ty times in succession But there
was one point upun which 4 manga appeared
to be SO profoundly uneducated ,ha, Mr..
Reade $ hnehty a, a narrator might at first
be very reasSrabiy suspected. Une evening
fe yentnred TO kiss the Princess who made
his breakfast, cooked his meals, and washed
his feet. She uttered shrek. and fed frc--.
the house as if ne hid !eyelIed pistol at her
head. He found on inquiry that this node of
salutation was ''uuer!y unAnown in We.teri
Africa
It dili.cnl: 10 believe. We never heard
before OF a race o. beings SO deplorably be-
nighted that thy could no. com preheud-
and comprehending. appreciatc--ths pl.a.-
ing junction Of the human lips. The travel
er, indeed, suggests that, a. he was in an
authropOphagous neighborhood, the damsel
might regard 1t as cannibal measure, and
conclude that be was preparing TO devour her
:eart; ard II iupst he said for her that when
she learned that kissing was one ofthe lux
uries of civilization. and much in vogue II
polished communities. she appeared 10 sub
NIT with admirable resig gnation.--The Brif,si
QudTteTiy X ,rie,c.