The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-27
Kmisu AZ Hons.

Some monkeys are pre-eminslily q
SYLVIA race, and never abandon their
native forests. Each tribe or family
has It's own particular district into
which individuals Of other tribes or
species are never SLOWED 20 intrude.
the whole community uniting promptly
TO repel any aggression Of this nature,
either upon their territory or their in
diyidual rights. They are highly gre
garious, never leave the reoesses of the
forest. generally take up their quarters
in the vicinity Of q running stream. and
seldom approach the habitations of
men. 1t Is this spirit Of union and mu-
tual defence which prompts the monk
cys to collect around travellers. and.
by their ohattering. grimacss. and every
other means in their power, endeayor
10 prevent them from ~intruding into
The little territory which they regard as
their especial property"
Sometimes. indeed. regular pitched
battles take place between two tribes,
sueh rs those between the Geladas and
thcHamadryads. described b~ySchimper.
the w~ell-kuown traveller. when sticks
anil stones are freely used. Most monk
ey tribes. however. appear quite salts
fed II permitted to remain In ~peaceable
possession of their own localities. there
to carry on their customary occupa-
tons. Some idea of their mode Of life
may be CLEANED from such scenes as
those portrayed by Margrave In his 40
oun Of q species of button termed
ouavfnes.
Every day. both morning and e
ing" says the traveller. ''they assem-
BILE In the woods to receive instruction.
When all come together. one among
the number takes the highest place on
a tree. and makes . signal with his
hand TO the rest to sit round. In order
to hearken. As soon a. he sees them
placed, he begins his discourse with SO
loud a voice, and yet in q manner so
lprecipitate, that to hear him ut a dis
lance, one would think that the whole
company were crying put at the Same
time ; however. during that time. one
only Is speaking. and all the others OBJ
serve the most profound silence. When
this y done he makes . aign with his
hand for the rest 10 reply and at that
instant they raise their voices together.
until. by another signal OF the hand.
'thoy r snjoined silence. This they
as readily obey till o. last the whole
assembly breaks up"
What the nature of this discourse is.
not knowing the speakers language. we
have no means OF a~scertaining. Wheth-
,er he expounds tho laws Of the commu-
nifty. or breaches morality to his hearers.
cannot even be guessed at ; but 1t mar
be noted that in many manners and
customs some tribes of monkeys are far
better behaved, according TO European
ideas. than many tribes OF men. Among
the higher types Of monkeys. domestic
mora lily appears to be well preserved.
Several Kinds" says Darwin. 'ars
strictly homogeneous. and associate all
the year round with their wives;" and
this same authority quotes tho anecdots
Of an intelligent Kandyan chief. o.
course q polygamist who wi per
fectly ~scandalized at the utter barb~r
anism Of living only with one wife, a-s
never parting until separated by dcn.s
1t was" be oynically observed, IN,
ike the Wanderoo monkeys"
Although each family lives separate.
it appears to be on social terms with
tho other families Of the tribe ; and
when they remove their habltatious,
all travel together in large bands Let
us suppose that the little orphan prevI-
ously mentioned. now growp up and
become one Of the leaders Of the tribo.
has taken unto himself o VITO from the
most attractive females Of bis spssias
Let US suppose that they ~ sAppy
Q iuple, living in the social frocdoo .
their native wood and knowing nothi,s
of tile doings Of the outer world, whc-
suddenly . party Of travellers appear
upou the scone and ruthlossly despatch
the young bride. The sequel, to quote
Forbes in his "Orsntal Memoirs" was
~ follows:
'on shooting party one Of my
carried 1t to his tent which was soon
surrounded by forty or fifty Of the
tribe, who made o great noise. and in
menacipC posture advanced toward it