Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-01
CuriOns Custom among tho Kabylos.

fdom TO dehtlomen's Magazine.
There is q curious custom prevalent
among the kubyles called the a,lnvu
which they all equally respect. The an.yu
y both passport, and safe conduct. with
9hls dittorcncc, that instead of its beiu9 do.
iiyerod by tho legal authority Of any con.
st'teted power, every Kabylc has tho right
TO give IT, Not only il tho foreigner or
Stranger who travels in Kabylia under
inc protection of tho n,eyyn free from yio-
!onco during lis journey. but ho is also
, temporarily ~ to brave tho vengeance of
nus e"eM'oS or no penalty duo for IN i'll
tofior crime; The kab, le4 rarely confer it
VA Poople wh'' a. Unknown t. them; they
GUY give IL Ola tn ugi'.ve: thoy re-
gard 1t IA W. .'.s~ ii il has !, an sold' and
any ono VIII. obtains il by stratnuem ;ncur.
tho Ponalty OF death In order to prevent
fraud the nM"yo is usually made known Nv
an ostonSible sign. TIC person who conf,rs
| 1t delivers ut tho sam time. and "A IN extra
guarantee, au object vol known to belong
ID MIN, such rs q , n or Il stick. Roma.
! times he sends one. his servants. or even
accompanied his Pr 'ege himself. The value
a. inc 0'"y" is in p oportion to the quality
u INC person who gives it. Coming from q
Aaoyie OF an inferior position, it viii be re-
spec.ed IN his v''lage and in the immediate
nelghborhood tut it is given bv a man
VINO 10 esteemed in an ADJOINING tribe. +
VIII 10 renewed by u friend, who will sub
stltutc his own for it, and 60 on until the
traVeier reaches the end of his Journey. If
1t Is given by q Marabout, its value ia un.
limited. While Kabyle chief can only
give his protection within the circle Of his
own government, the safe conduct of q
harabout reaches even to places where his
nam is unknown. Whoever is the beare1
OF it can travel all through Kabylia without
lear OF molestation, whatever NAV be thu
number of his enemies or the nature of thei,
or evancss against him. He will on
~ have to present himself to tn,
Marabouts Of the different tribes, anc
each will hasten to do honor to tn,
o''Gya Of the preceding Marabout, ant
replace it by his own. Kabyle has nothin,
so much at heart as the inviolability of hi
andya. In giving it he engages not onl,
his own personal honor but also that of hi
relatives, his friend, his village, and in fact
the tribe to which he belongs. A man VII
would not be able to find friend to ali
him in avenging himself for personal in
suit, could cause the entire population q
his village to raise if it were question q
: his 0naya being disrespected. It is Oh
cAono.J A".o 'n"' tnat ever napene, on
\ tradition has, nevertheless, preserved t
: Posterity memorial example of it. A
the story runs, friend of Zouaoui pr.
sented himself one day at is house an
asked for the amayn. In the masters al
, sence, the wife who was rather embarrassed
gave the fugitive dog which was vel
known in that part of the couatry. Shortl
after he had left, the dog, covered wit
blood, returned alone The inhabitants {
the village assembled, and following th
traces OF the animal, discovered the traveller
4 body. They declared war to the tribe VI
; on whose territory the crime had been con
| mitted, great deal of blood was shed, an
the village which was compromised in Il
quarrel bears even to this day the name {
i. Dacheret'et-heIda, "The village of Il
! dog"