The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-12
SAVAGE NAN.
The Untamed Rnces-Mnn ms He
Emerges from the Condition OF nm An
.imnl-CurIous Marriage Customs.

O One of the most interesting new books ofthe
day is'cThe Origin OF Civilization and the Prmi-
tive CONDITION Of Man." by Sir John Lubbock. d.
Appleton Co.. ..-..
The author Is distinguished member OF Parlia:
ment. yIce.pres!dent OF the English Ethnological
Society," md the author Of GREENSBORO TinleS"!
and other valuable works. His object IN the pres.
ent volume Is 10 describe the soclal ana mentai
condition OF sayages, their art, thelr system OF
marriage and OF relationship. their religions,
iancuaee, moral character and laws He has
fund, In studying the lower races OF men as tney
now exist on The globe, that they .llnstrate III
many WAYS though not in oil, the CONDITION ano
habits OF our own ancestors lm peIlo1 oS cy cTds
lied men which evidently have no rel ton 10 pre-
sent circumstances, and even some IDEAS Whlcn
are rooted In our minds as fossils are 1moedded
But though our information with reference to
the social and moral condition OF the lower races
of man ls very considerab e, 1t Is certainly very
being eF eG y eSeas a ae
describe the houses, boats, food, dressi weapons
and implements Of savsges than to understand
their thoughts and feelings. The whole mentai
condition OF q savage i5 80 different from ours
that t1 is often very dificnt to follow what is
passing In his mind, or TO understand the motives
by which he Many ~ mngs sPPesr
duce very different impression on rs. "What p'
SAID a negro to Burton, lam to starve while my
sister has children whom she can selsn
Again, the mind Of the savage, like that OF the
child. is easily fhtIgued. and he Will often give
random answers to spare himself the trouble OF
thought. Many races. indeed, seem 10 oe nttle
superior to beasts In Intelligence In the interior
OF Borneo there are tribes WIG ~ .,a q
ground nor live In huts; neither eat rice nor sa.
and do not associate with each other, out rove
bout the woods like wild beasts; the sexes meet
On
from nerS abode. When the children are Old
enough to shift for themselves they generally
separate neither one Afterwards tnlnklng OF tne
other; Mt night they sleep under some large Tree
the branches OF which hang low. On these they
fasten the children in kind OF swing: Around
the tree they make q fire TO keep on the wIld
beasts and snakes: they cover themselves VIII
piece OF bark, ami 10 this, also, tney wrap thelr
Children: it Is soft AMI warm, bat VIII not keep
out the rain. The poor creatures are looked upon
and treated by the other BOrneans as Wild beasts
Lichtenstein thus describes Bushman Zone
OF present guests VINO @ aoohr hr,atiy n
beard, whose forehead, nose, cheeks ana clln
were all smeared over with black grease, having
onIy q white circle around the eye washed clean
with the tears octasloned Dy sosngMiIs @ MS nnn ana
Of Canrsris. What gives the more verify TO s1ch
comparison was the vivacty OF his eyes, ana tne
fleXbility OF his eyebrows. whlch ne WORKED up
and down with every change u countenanoe; uIIn e;
hIs month nay, his very ears, moved inVol'
unfairly, expressing his nasty translalons lrom
eager desire to watchful. distrust There was
not. on the contrary, o single feature In his coun,
tenonce that evinced consciousness OF mental
mowers. or anything that denoted emotions OF the
mind OF milLer species than wnat Delong 10
man in his mere animal nature. Wnen piece OF
was given him ana nan hs IL hss
tiIg and stuck 1t Immediately into tile hre, peer
ing around with his little Keen eyes as II rearing
iesI some one should take 1t away again. AL thls
was done with such looks and gestures, tnat any
nne musG have been ready to swear ne mad taken
the example Of them entirely from an ape"
One yery remarkable characteristic OF savage
life is the existence or certain ideas and customs
annsrently fantastic and unreasonable. Wnlcn
ara vet almost universal and prevail among races
the most distant aud distinct from each other.
Gne these singular notions is that which lot
Sids woman to speak to her son.ln.laW. slr
Jnhn Erauklin, in his Tourney to the SHORES OF
.Sa polar Sea- % tells US that among the Indians
nf ,he far north. it Is considered extremely i'm
nroner for a mother-in-law to speak or even LOOK
a. her daughters husband; anil When sne mas
Communication to make to MIN, IL Is Tue ell-
onaito that she should turn her. back upon
Mn and address him only through the me-
ii;nn, nj a third person. Further south
emnno the Omahas. neither the lather-n-laW
nor mother in.law will hold any direct communl'
not,on with their son-ln-law; nor VIII ne, on any
occasion or under any consideration, converse
immeIiately with them, although no ill-~ll exists
haTwann them They will net on any account,
mention each others names IN company, nol
inor in each others faces. ANY conversation
tbat masses between them Is conducted tnrougn
the medium OF some other person me same
cnstom prevailed among the North american In-
diaus generally, among me Carlos VI ie ;hoo u,
dies, and among VIE hl"""A' az" osAN'
eJr'I IN Asa aiming the Mnngnls and Calmucks,
uan,nn must rot sneak to her lather-in.laW, nor
s,t lawn in his presence The same rule prevails
amonG the OstIaks OF Siberia, and also among the
camnvedps the most northern OF savage tribes.
with them however, the rule Is relaxed atter tile
wife has given birth to child.
In China, the father.in.law, AFTER the Weaulng
day. ever sees the face OF his daughler.lii-iaw,
never visits her, and II they chance TO meet ne
hides himself a similar custom prevails In Bor'
neo and in the Feejee Islands. Among lne aoo-
rIyinal Australians, q man must not pronounce
tho name of his lather-:n law, his mOtlerln.laW,
or his snn.inlaw. ,.,.,o,, .nrooa 10
Another curious custom very widely spread IS
that bv which on the birth or oaby the !alner
ami not the morhcr il put to bel and nursed IKE
a sick person for several weeks. Tllls CUSTOM Was
almost universal among the lnulans Oh oouIl
America. Dobritzholrer, the Old Jesuit missionary
m paraguay. tells US that mo sooner do you hear
tSa, n Woman has borne child than You see the
husband living IN bed. hud'iled up with mats and
skins lest some ruder breath OF air should toucn
him. fasting kept in private, aud for number ol
days abstalning TeligiuuSly from certain Vlands;
WON wouli swear 1t was he who had had the child.
had read about this In old times, and laugneu al
II never thinking could believe such madness.
and used tu suspect that this barbarian custom,
was related more In jest than In earnest; ou. ~
| last saw 1t with my own eyes among 'ne Ao'
pones. ~, ,,o,,, ., tho Indian tribes OF