Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-24
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eW Guinea.

TIE natives are generally tuniers of human
heads, spd snpersiit0u5. but without idolstry
or religion of any kind. though they held the
fg tree sacred. They adopted some of the
habits of the MssyF, 10 their 1sy Of living
| growing tos;c 10 some cases and cultVatipg
| sugar csuc, tho banana. Indiln c,rn and beacs.
blr. D'AloerIis found The men handsomely
| sdorped with feathers or with brac, Its AID
necklaces Of shells. They also wore ear rings
aud braocletu Of silver and other N .ts!s They
used iron weapons. wooden lsucts pointed with
cssso say bone. aud bows and arrows. lie
found not ltss than 6vs dialects. if no. Ian
guagss, spoken aloag the south vest coast.
At Rsmoi, little vill,g, cut few miles
| from the sea, be oaEe in c,Dtast With a smal
pop1stoo, whiab be considered to bs Of IN 9st
pure blood. They were of da,k color, of l,w
stature. with wooly hair, snail eyes aud fat.
teDed roses. "rhty seemed to mo-" says the
| atVeoturer, the poorest people in the worl1,
i srd The gIoonies.. | was there q fortnight,
Gud never s,w ono of lhem laugh. They cult.
vato i he esrth atd hunt with the bow e1d sp .sr,
toltwsd By Numbers of dogs They wear stv.
ersl wooden smuIe!s on their nccks wrapped
10 piece Of cl1th. They believe iu witobcraft,
aud 10 the evil ey,, aud hsve sscred place not
far from the viii g., into which was never abe
to peuetrste. They buy their dead
ia The lorsss. o. gave observed broken
j:r, std asked child, who Wes acting
He r.pllyd: A man. LAX d Elm what be
vas doiug undar the earth. H. answered that
he.was sleepicg; then. blowing on bis hands
a II a hn h,o
! eyes towards tho beavens" 10 other pi.c:s,
SO among tho Ari,ks, tribe t6kiug their rsmo
| irom th: msu u1an they inhabi', Mr. D'Alber
lis lound 6os race, tall Of stature, s,ro, e and
physically superior to the in!abitaats ut tie
| coast, type OF the m0untain tribes Oc.a.
sona;;y hs mel with men who had ,h!tk, short
benrd' aod whose bodies Wtro covered ell ovar
| vi b hsii hsVloR redisb lint abd the skin bs4
iug very dsrk, almost black. Among the Al.
iaki Ito cl"n aud women I've 10 the ssme
house, the women on one sid, AID tho men on
! the other, eating apart.
| The po1plo srs p0lygamous aud obtsin their
! H17sS by pu,chss,. fhe aged men often b,ys
| very youog wives. They liv, by huu,rg and
cuitiva,ipg b.asuas and yams both grow aud
| raake tLb icc), ere hunters of human heads scd
preserve tbs hsads as torphi-s Trey Con-
| ve,se vii oply, but ara not uoisy and haVe q
| sameNhst melancholy exoressiou. Their chiefs
| have right 10 the heacs Of the Oeio. After o
c:rtsio fashion they bsiievs in the Immortality
| OF the soul at any rate 10 the oopliuuauoe OF
existence stter death, which is Inferred from
their lstcm of supplying the graves of the
departed with provisions ard iram their e.
olosms Of he Spirits Of the 81 10. A. tho cy-
'roue southeastern limit of New Guiuea, he
| found soother mix .ufc or type.
| The DecD!r W:rs liphter in culnr Than he had
heretofore s!an o The island ard lad more reg.
| 1lsr fea uus Mr. D'Albers' gsucraI coocu
SION iram this mixture Of t7pa5 s. th1t tW)
rao~s, perhaps tquly savage ED primitive,
b -V3 como 10 c)u,sct 10 New Guinea, 10 which
| tina bleeding has taken pl.oo 10 a " " to esd
| vide Departures from esch oIi2insl stcck The
! 6ams general mixture wsS tIscsd 10 the tribes
| fuuud on the island, close 10 Nav Guinea
Everywhere he travelled be {, uod The wcmeu 10
! an inferior position. They ware haodsomer than
| tho men. had better physi,a Development but
did the heavier work, willie Papuan husbands
devoted themselves TO bunting sod 6sbiug.
U:u.lly they we're Dude to the wais.e. woar-
iug light .kirs soios5 tho hips. or simply
covsriDs of leaves Braided together. They we're
always tim d, and ron from the prsseuos #
uhitc men as they would from mad.d gs %
Yuls Island, which is separated from New
Uui0ea ny TIL Ooly lltee or IOuf mlle6 Ia
wdh, Mr.. D'A boris found Numerous xrd
popu'ous villages. Although the iubsbisps
| woaid rack IS s,vsges. their manners aud cus.
toms we're :ntle, aud they lived 10 state of
comparative we'll bpiog aud happiness. The
ph7siosl fact about tham w;s that they differed
greatly r. IN tho Inhabitants Of the norlhwts:
pr; Of Nsw Guinea. aud seemtd to be mixed
race, not uua PapscuDs. ~ whom is meant the
iahsbitsu's Of the notthwes, Of the Island, ex-
ccptirg The M.lsy popuIaioo, who are beain.
ming 10 cclo'iz, snme paris of that coast,-San
Francisco Chronicle.