The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-22
A New People Discovered in
Africa,

RIGA is tract about three hundred
miles In breadth, from north to south
and between four hundred and five
hundred in length, from east to west,
laid down on the maps as Herere
Land or Demaro Land. It extends
from The Cunene River, on the north.
to the Walfsch Bay, on the south,
and from the coast to Lake Ngami,
in the interior. Very few Europe
ans have visited it; three elephant
hunters only between 1857 and 1864:
Anderson, whose works on ''Lake
Ngami," &C., are so well known,
Green and SHUTS. Anderson was
so much pleased with the country
that he purchased a large tract of land
there and raised some thousand of
cattle. He died there In the early
part of the present year, MOO 81
There are two races inhabiting the
country, the Bechuanas, who occupy
some kraals or villages in the centra
and northern part, but who are in
dependant condition, and the Ovas,
Of several tribes, (Oyambo, Ovarker-
els, OYambautieru, Ovamguari, Ova-
kuenama, Ovambuere, &C., red
race, with long hair-curly, but new
er woolly- regular features and fine
forms. These are the ruling race,
and exhibit high degree of intelli-
gence, and many characteristics
which indicate their Asiatic origin.
They are governed by king
Tjikongo-of the Oyambo race who
reside at Ondonga,, be is assisted
in the government by concil, with
out whose cansent he cannot execute
any measure. Each tribe has it's
prince and its territory, and the prin-
ces are subject to the king and the
council, by whom for any offence
against the laws, they may be depos-
ed or put to death. Each principal
ity is divided into districts, governed
by chiefs who are amenable to tie
princes, but have an appeal to the
king and council. Their roads are
excellent, and each has an inspector,
whose business it is to see that every
person coming into the kingdom is
stopped and entertained until his
name and purpose can be forwarded
TO the king, and permission obtained
for him to travel through the coun-
try. In the case ofexplorers and hum
tiers there is usually little difficulty !;
but traders are required to procure
some responsible citizen of the coun-
try to be their guarantee that they
shall deal honorably, and pay all the
debts they contract.
The religion of the country is, in
many respects, SO much like that of
the Parsees as to indulge the belief
that the Ovas belong to that race or
have been under its tuition. They
are not idolaters, but believe in a Su-
preme Being, the Creator, who is
omnipresent, omnipotent, and omnis-
Gent, and whose symbols are the
sun and the fire, and to these they
pay homage as His representatives,
but offer no sacrafces to them. They
keep the fires constantly burning,
and the princes, who are also priests,
entrust to their daughters, and some
times to their wives, the duty of SUI
perintending these sacred fires. The
Ovas also believe in the existence Of
very powerful evil spirit, who is
not, however, omniscient or omnipre-
sent; and to his interference they at
tribute their misfortunes and acci-
dents, but they offer no sacrifices to
him. They are said to be an honest,
industrious and temperate people, far
more regardful of their word and more
observant Of good morals than most
cf the African nations.-Observer.
Among the sports of July 4, in
Dover, N. H, was the well-known
'potato feat,' or an efort,to pick up
singly hundred potatoes, placed one
yard apart, and putting them one at
a time in basket at one end of the
row. ]. w. Cheswell did it in fifty
two, and Barney Cox in forty two
minutes, and got ten dollars.
The Schenectady STAR has nov
Ell receipt for pleasant simmer