, 1877-06-11

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HoRRID TROPHIES.
| A Ynnug 1fooater Traveller Returns from
Nrazil with m Aasortmcnt of Heads OF In
tEans.
There were len human heads dangling on tho ton
Of ebony sticks placed abont bedroom In Atoorc'S
IIutel, in Fulton ssrcet brooklyn. last night and
sickly oloF Of tropical plant porvaacd the room.
Ernest Morris, the indianapolis boy nstufa'tat,
who IL 20 years MD. sat In tattcred snt At small
table. An attendant. who introduced the reporter,
removed from each head d white cloth, md e.
posed tic grim, t,ttoci faces OF men snd women.
They bad been preserved lifcltkc from six months
! to two or thrce years. The teeth wore gonc, tho
cyes had henu pulled ont, and In thcir stead were
sockets Oiled with hnlls Of black wax, but the hair
hung ~ natural us on the living human bend.
.tThcse heads" cxplfIncd Mr. Morris, :be.
longed 10 gouth American Indians and wcre
preserved by tho Mnndurucu Nation A.
our native Indians preserve scalps among tholr
trophies Of war; They arc The first that hare ever
been brought 10 this country, and the hrst, bn-
llcvc, that warn aver taken from South America,
except three which were picked up BY traders from
| a civilized iFibc Of Indians. Two Of these wcrs
| taken to France, and one to England. returned
have in these heads my proof that penetrated a
region In tho south Of 1,raxil whero the laco Of
| whto man had not peen seen before. Tho Rio
| Tarajos, which IL = tributary 10 The Amazon. ID
we'll known. II has for Its tributaries tho Rio San
Manuel, the Rio Jucnna, and tho Ilio Cufruru.
Prof. Hart never went hbovc 1tatnba on the Rio
| TapajoB, and when l got there was warmed to
| stop. There were twenty-thrt falls TO nsccud,
and waa tod Tint TIC region was wild, the tribes
I'm trh tFnI10 tn,4u tha
Tapajos. as on Tho An,nzon.
To boy ri soa and deter
ever seen. passed up tho falls and went up lhe
ltio Curfnru, journey Of six days. Then leaving
sSs' ess M Th 10y eesp.s as
which We vent was wild waste Of prairie, with
Ind hsss s1ds Of ung's. sh in tropical
susns s e Sss ~ saes" q
proceeding ahead and prospecting, when suddenly
sayagee with thelr .bows drawn and t!,cr whi,o.
s;pss s snf isssf ss' !? II
Pas as ssnss% sss s e S"' ssss y. s
mirrors. They Conducted mo into their village.
smell before they reached me-, These wcrc very
tic Chief would not permit TO como 10 the vi:
laRc ate, but 4 was fotced meal. nm told
hs r. 1S1 weh B. !, ns ~ u ~
VII" II discovered thu. there wcse about ., 800 Of
mi ,bny sec 10 ,va 10 an nc s1 H.
ttIbcs a!iout then. which !nhhhlt tho country bc.
tEsse tnbcs, ~ Tar a. M Could leafn are cannIbaIs
Thcso CD. tho brains Of their cncrnics: Tho Nun.
dutucus arc men q large stature. ThcYact their
aus rss scpy ~ hrE neei. oa ~ T a .f1
.o..ia I Thos puS,S tnS w aat e.. 11Gk nv
iaf. ~ y. o 1ney they muao pSt nc
" sSosi y hi 4; i; 's: = , xis5s e. WIFI !: %sSe 4
81 an1 pG9 IN ha n,sa Sss ~ w' sh
=, foSn aiSa snd ;sss ;s tsI Sos' sss ~
Thsse %a5sisse: r m !, aacSs r th;% III women
70 seeet any wv woman @ hs - wana Tor S',s ths day bns
a an a, eouss - ao on 1 insn c M
Sowp ana ~ arrows. % Tbe " varrors M % arc nncrr,nE @ il
o1s a9o go"S e.noss .o Hi When ia eiyon ~ na w.
ns'h 4 = imEs..elo 70 lssn = d5nw .Sat Wihoa'
rpai,us ior VIZ w %sn they maEo an stae
,as enemy ny at eneo sssxs tss Wounded ail
&C., l. s .Sss @ Hs e sa s's ass "a hs ns sas
hs :hs5 y es 5 a. hs hasen st sssk
tnn ,nfo9o IL Ic,h h,Mi1. 10 mnvtfx tec1h
~ ihn hrods s1a si nvIIri ont fnr nesr,,cc. Tta
exra e a." s'' n,nckca oMt Ind ~" lien ihe hesds
arc smoked ovsr r." i nre made ol
tIt0arnis ~ mn IN ,pntn In mama ~ thc rnnt on
,ysa saSIy nnnblc IN hnt Tia tYeo % fTn vybirh I;
@ tsk",, 1anns rc, ~ .te"I nnn r,"rs ~ ~ s.nn
n" mt wncrt Il wns nsf.nnernInd' N thc smotn IN
tS root acts on TIC c.s it sr,nts tho skin 10 ,Gc
~ :" ~ thn hcaI liEe thn teal nf atMm Thn bnss
ti,at rrmnns IN the ranrs IL inft oncn In rocelvs
band. When Tho hntE 10 loo lonr If IL cut al fol
tho decoration Of tho bow. The eyes arc Oiled
With this black wax, In which these paralIul white
| hHh bones arc placed In initiation Of tho natural
rTlto hrntlA une5 10 NerNr6to tho htttA nj