New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-12

maize. This new era although not synchronous in the
inv of mankind There arc reasons for believing that u
required to establish the ART OF culuNduUn "a ~
Kn,cTica II led 10 locazaiion and to village life, u
tended especially among Inc Village Indians 10 taNe t9
place OF sh and game. From the cereals ana caltVeu
plants moreover mankind obtained Their ilrst mlles-
sion of the possibility OF an abundance OF 1Ood. -,
The ACQUISITION Of fariiaceOus food in America ana Oh
domestic animals in Asia and Europe were the means OF
delivering the advanced tribes. thus provided rom te
arc reasons for believing was pracuced universally
throughout e period o sa'agey ,I gOh ana Kindred
Cannbasm in war; praciiced hy war Parties IN o vpe
field survived among the American abou2nes not Only
IN tho Lower but also IN inc Mldde st1'os VI D ~ Se
as for example, among the IrOquOlS anu Alecs pu wy
general practice had disappeared This forciby mus
rates the great importance which IL exercised by per
increase of food in amclorang the CONDITION Vi
mankind
The domestication of animals provided perma-
neut meat and milk subsistence which tended to dis
tingush the tribes which possessed them from the
mass of other barbarans Ia the Western helni-
sphere meat was restricted to tho precarious sup
plies of game. In the Eastern hemisphere, the
domestication of animals enabled the industrious
and thrifty TO secure permanent supply of animal
food, including milk. We may suppose, at least,
that the Aryan and Semitic families owe their pre-
eminent endowments to the great scale upon which
they have identified themselves with the mainte-
nance in numbers of the domestic animals In fact,
they incorporated them, flesh, milk, and muscle,
INTO their plan of life. No other family OF mankind
have done this TO equal extent, and o. Aryan
have done it TO a greater extent than theSenitic.
The next stage was unlimited subsistence through
the cultivation of the soil. The domestic animals
supplcmeuting human muscle with animal power,
contributed new factor of the highest value. In
course of time tine introduction of iron gave the plow
with an iron point and better spade and ak Out OF
these with the previous horticulture, came the
cultivation of the field ana with il, for the Grst
Tune unlimited subsistence
large portion of the work is devoted to the his
tory of the family relations, which the author traces
through their various FORMS from the lower dc
grees Of development TO the civilized institution of
moEoGamy. Tho pnwcva state among The lowest
savage tribes but one remove from the brute ant
mails he believes 70 have been that Of proaiscnous
intercourse between the sexes, which was followed
by the "colsauguinc family founded upon the Ill
termarragc of brothers and sist group, which
finally after Successive changes, gave way 20 the
patrafchal family, the marriage OF one man with
several wives, and the mouOgamc family founded
upon the marriage of single pairs. The subject, Ike
all the others treated 10y the author. Is discussed
with a wide induction OF historical facts, without
the indulgence of theoretical speculation, disclosing
a curious store Of singular features in the develop
ment of human society. and throwing t00d Of III
cidental light the question OF IL origin ~ InIper-
feet forms and ITS gradual and tariy progress to It's
present state of "honor and glory