The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-23
4 Japanese Tribe Of Hairy Hopl.
Who Possess Tails.

p, Can it be supposed that when Dean
Swift libeled humanity by degrading il
below the level of the brutes in biz
dreadful fiction Of the Yshoos be ever
that there existed aught that
Appropriated toward the odious pct
ure? Yet such is the case. There are,
undoubtedly races whose attributes do,
in various degrees, suggest, it they DO
not realize, the misanthropic fables Of
the men-beasts of Houyhnhnms Land.
The Maintains of Africa, who live BE-
tween the Gulf of Benin and AbyssiniA
are said to have tails, statement Con.
tirmed by DR.. Hubsh, Of Constsntinopls,
in 1851: The "hairy people" MEL
toned of old by Hanno seem to hsvei
real existence apart from tho gori!l'
Judging from Miss Birds account Of D, the
Amos Of Japan, q strange, savage lttie'
known raee, supposed to BE- the sborig'
ines of that country, but now only to Dc
found in the Island Of Yezo. They sre'
she says, Of q most ferocious aspect
owing to the profusion oftheir thick. soi'
black hair and boards, and to the s'nsa'
lar fact that their bodies are commonly
covered with a vigorous growth q blass
hair or fur, upward Of an inch IN leng'n.
and incrusted with dirt, for the Alna
never wash. Their food is . "sssvd
ahominable things" and . "thlct soaP
made Of putty-like clay, which j is b oil
with the bulb Of . wild hly:" l1s,
believe themselves to DO deseeoae4
tom days, but other characteristics "
this strange people are not unsmla .;n.
.BeFond these instances, and pre'en' ".
q far more striking resemblance, 70 70 'a !.
Yahoc type, there are the vedass = :.
.Wsddahs OF Ceylon,, their duphc c;OS.. =
sHorneo And New Guinea. and k y y
varieties discovered in the Phlh ?l.l,s
Islands, Terra del Faego, anu ~ ov' ~
America. Only none OF these =, ~: 49,. ~
hateful as the creatures Of Sw'fts lns s;as
tion.i 1t needed that fierce indlens '1.a|
against his kind, which he has recot Ts1
ii his epitaph, to depict them en- ;.,. ~,
Veddas and similar races 10 tne l.,:bsi
Of the Asiatic Archipelago are oesc aat;e.
as the aborigines Of their heir. r; ;s'e ths
countries, who have shrunk ln'o o;, ill.,
iunqle and forest to escape tromc c"TI
cation, and have lived there for opsss. .h'
Eof 1000 years. They construct NO.. no .' ~
Fitatious, but lodge ID caves OF w. 49, A.. n,
under 'overhanging rocks. the They ta s's
stunted in size, seldom exceea'oS; a .JI,
feet eight inches in statue, ana la o.' ' .rm,:
buiit, except IS regards J, their eli, m send'
which the constant use Of the . %" ' thss
ers very muscular, .1;s y '
short. apc.like thumbs. With TINS s,scnF,
on they kill animals for 1000; ,, SS' Sos
ing, besides, snakes, reptiles WY ~ t;n SI
ey. ants, eggs, and carrion Of : 81 n;"st
y III lack both memory and fG sstgs.,
can not count or discriminate oet s1 !,
colors. are filthy in their habits =. snq 1,s
everything save rua l.l,na, :ounA
puase Of uncouth cultural a. s'u'a
and some dim 'e'flges Al
religion and social ora e. ;. ~ =,
as beasts Of the field. Saa0s'Wv n
haps Of oil, they never laugh o. (, d "i
they die thew believe they become es ds'r
Yet this benighted and oatcss s t ohsr,,
low in organization, habits , a"h sI frol
the monkeys Of the jungle cannon among y 1ts
they live, practice by lnst'n !, c;v;i1,
which are not too common in cls, .rs
ton. They never lie, steal nor ., asMIs
SOME of these unfortunate c cts"
have been half-tamed by the Il" Ssha
and set to OUT door work, like the : p si~
Of the Houyhnhnms. When t 1S2s Ca e,
Of Wales visited the island IN l0 "o,'oIl
tain Of the jungle veddas were 81 81 a' estb
caught in snares and traps to o. s,s es
tied to him; and one Of the nI,''G n j
female positively died OF ff's'ss nm,,
ing secured; 1t was H,, not a.. q p 'es.,l
transaction, but the Veddas s,e ' = n,
ed merely as animals. flnali any Swift
be remarked, in connection WIN w n nis,.
curious anticipation, th nat a ne isl,
Houyhnhnms Land near the grew : n"e.rs
continent Of Australia. IL s II "Cul
the map of the first edition a,s 81 Land,
yer" as due south OF Nuys.i , and i
about 50 degrees south latitude; s,k
degrees east longitude =: N .S;: local..
but IS degrees west OF c' W.. is il
though above, as New o v"Soos cou
below, the equator. The n,ooSS.ted.
not have been better accommo""
| Al the Year Round.