The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-03
THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS.
.porHfEs or var or THE SfJi"ES
~ mr. UIIDs or BRf/Ti.
che Room Of M Indian Roy N"turaiist
:. Drcornicd The strange t""ntr, through
NTH he Travelled " ondcr- from the
-. .iiinn Fnrrsts- An IntrcpId 1outh.

So, the Room OF nn indinn Hoy N"tur"H.t
-, t,.co,ntrd The strange t"untr, through
.,,h he Trnv eIicd " onder- from the
u,n,iiinn forrsts-An intrcpid Youth
rt,r, were ten human heads dangling ON
u.,,,,ofr ebony sticks placed about bedroom
!, vo.r,f- Hotel in Fulton street. BROOKLYN. last
.0t and % sickly odor Of tropical llHnt per
l,l ti. room. Earnest Morris. the Indian
o.. naturalist. who Is twenty years old. sat ia
,..fd-ututasmallt table. An attendant who
,,,r.il..l the reporter. removed from each
,uluWIIt. cloth. and exposed the grim. tat
.l0.,- of mon and women. They had boon
,,.-.r,ai Ulciikr from six months TO two or
,-y.tr-. Ihctccth were gone the eyes had
,.ntu.I.i out. and ia their stead We're sockets
,t.IV.th balls of black wax hut the hair hung
=, natural MS ON the living human head. These
lsd.' explained Mr.. Morris. " belonged 10
n,h American Indians. and were preserved
H. the Muniuru'u nation ms our native Indians
tr4er,r -.ap4 among thrir trophies oi war.
iry Arn thr fret that h'N" eyer boon hr'ugiii'
,.r uA.u from South America, except three
vlh were lrkrl up ny traders from ''Nil-
firn,o. Indians. Twooi tho7' w"rg Ia zen
Sun'lN lrim uy -econd trp to Tho Brnl II. and
u,r u these heads nay proof that r'n'-
Na.1fa Whit man had not boon soon before.
n. nN MpuI0s which is "a tributary Co tine
f o. II.
iNr'.. IT, En San Manuel the iNo Juonnl. and
irR, Curruru. Prot Hart never went uhoVa
IUu'l.nH thr Rip Tupr' -; ana when | got
f0.re u.I- warned to stop There were twenty
fIr,.a fa.- To- ascend. ant WINS told that the
region wits Wild. the tribes of Indians say .s'.
1nlfl.NImutp almost fatutn tho w4tr man,
a. nl truie winds swept up the IapuVS. as ola
~ le"t a Muudururu boy and bout AMI |
determined To see the country Viii 'N mo- uHtu-
raii-i had ever seen. pu--ed up the falls and
" no M the Rio turruru, "a tourney 81 SIX days.
Then igavins my tout. | sia,i,d Win my 10y
The country through which We went was "a
wild vast" ~ prairie. with hrrc anu th,r'
sands of luugie-. righ IN tropical iohtg'. Al
t.r we had urocccdrd for two days and a half.
living on monkeys. parrots, and ne avs sui-
ierng everything from the bites OF the -warins
a. iu-oats W., saw igns Of the savage tribes. |
W. proceeding aheud and prospecting. when
slDi uly heard crarkle IN the bushes. nnt
nnI tNeir white pointed arrows aimed at my
lry. My heart leaped. and | Snrirked cut IN
IT, language my guide 99d tansht me-. bgn
shoot friend brother | ~ on, apnroar he'd
tnDm with the grwgaws. Of which had a stock.
Hnd bought their bows for knife and a. raw
pocket mirrors. They conducted me into their
Village. but before tho other savages welcomed
/ ouit smell before they rnached me. Those
w,re very offensive. but was told that If | did
mt eat them, the chief would not permit me t.
come t. the village. ate, but u wac forced
neal am told that this food. which II mad
tni.urd ton miles Oh hut | do not believe this.
81 '..oy"rel that there were about 23un ~
th'sn Mundurueus. Ihcy have no employ
mont. and they seem 10 live 10 make war on the
fNrtrleS about them. which inhaut ne coun-
Try between the san Manuel and the Jueuna.
Ouyuu. of .hr-e tribes 49, far ~ | could learn.
ar caunlbhl-. These eat the brains ~ their
enemies. Tn Mgnturaigs are mn Of. Of large
and. IT, YOU Will observe from tlt-. heads of
tpcir nri-hn T.. tAr BAR 10 a. IN"y -hnN"
loss be- They are eni. r.l Nude bvt ne 'hi's
and the warriors. watr th"y ~ a. battle wear