Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-06
AMONG THE GYPsIEs.

MT. Charles Godfrey Leland Paws a
visit to the Tribe aud is Welcomed
Among Them-Their Traits and
Fortune Tcllers.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Having read in recent numbers of two
or three Philadelphia newspapers that .
large camp of Roumanian gypsies is to
be found near the old Lamb Tavern, and
and that the "Roumanians" were from
England, and bore the familiar name of
Lovel, | resolved on visit in order to
solve the mystery. That there are possi-
bly, in all North America dozen of Rou-
manlans, who are, not to be dis
tlnguished from the lowest and widest
type of Turkish gypsies, I was we'll
aware. Those from the S!ayonic and
Turkish provinces call themselves Ritch
mari, i. e., bear men, and all of them
VINO have as yet come to America, have
Gone Sc as leaders of performing bears.
They are brutal to All extreme, and
very suspicious OF strangers. Specimens
OF Their language are given in a collec-
tlon OF their songsand ballads made by o
trend, MIR. Constantinescu. of Buchar-
est. AS for the better class of Roumanian
gypsies, such as one sees by hundreds in
bucharest, half Of them have forgotten
their language, and none of them are
known in this country.
AT THE CAMP.
l found not only the Lovels camped
at Scattergood Park, not very far beyond
the end of the Fifteenth street tramway,
but also representatives Of the Stanleys,
Smalls and Coopers. Many of them
were Old acqualntances; among them all
there vas not one whose near relations
were not we'll known to me in Englan d
years ago. They are very good speci-
mems of the true English gypsy, and the
real komany chal tacho puro raft, the
gypsy man Of true and ancient blood,
but there was no Romanians among
them nor any one who knew what a Ro-
manlan was, and great was their indig-
nation when | informed them that they
had been extensively advertised as be-
ing OF the same kind as the men with
bears. AS any English or American
gypsy is firmly convinced that he can
thrash a dozen ofhis continental" cou :
slns, his contempt for them is not alto
gether groundless. He is, in fact, very
much superior in certain vigorous and
manly attributes to any other gypsies.
lie can always box, is invariably good
enough rider and learned in horses,
While his endurance of cold, heat and
munger is remarkable. AS to his endur-
ance OF thirst | speak with less conf
dence, but that he can endure about a
bucket OF strong ale and not be much
the worse for it | can avouch the proof
being in six foot friend on the ground,
who on shaking my hand apologized
lalvely for being butt matto- that is
extremely drunk. but whose mattopen,
or lntoxlcation only manifested itself in
extra politeness and more than usual
Joy at seeing the Romany rance and N.Y.
self, the Romany rance being lady
who was with me, who also speaks gyp-
sy, and who is, in the highest degree,
among the dwellers in tents.
HANS BREIrMANN" AMONG THE GyrslEs.
AS | entered the camp was accosted
by two gypsy women who had never
seen me, and who wished to tell my for
tune. Great was their astonishment
when took one by the hand and in
formed her in unmingled Romany that
could better tell hers, saying:
Here is the meripen-rikk-the line
OF life. Now in every gypsy hand it
takes an entirely difleren. turn by the
wrist from what it does in gorglo's (or
Gentile's. You did not know that miri
penny sister,"
This, by the way, is true, as it is also
true that there are entire races in which
the line Of fate, or ignoa Saturni, is
quite wanting. 1t occurs most frequent
ly among the higher or more intelectu-
al types. | found, by the way, that all
the true fortunetelers in the camp
were greatly troubled at the fact that a
number of girls, in fact several were
children, who were hangers-on in the
camp, and who had no gift Of palmistry
pretended to it, and told fortunes fo1
money to Gentle visitors, and the same
with intent to deceive. And, knowing
that | was lliengrcskro mush, liter.
ary man, | was requested by all to put q
statement in the ylu, or newspaper, tc
the effect that the public be cautioned
that there are only a few women, all
| this camp able to tell fortunes, all the
younger fry being huckinengees, or i'm.
posters, and no more capable than SC
many half-grown shad of reading the
| mysteries of the future.
The name by which all gypsies in the
world are known famong themselves is
Rom or Romany, derived from "a pecu.
liar tribe Of wanderers in India. 1t has
nothing in common with Rome, RUM
| (Greek) or Roumanian. Another term
is Zingari or Zingan Among the Thugs
of India one branch designates itself
| Chin-garsi, Or Chin eari.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRIBE.
The gypsies now camped near Phila-
| drlphia are of remarkably unmixed Ro.
many strain. 1t would be very usua
occurrence to find in England, as many
real gypsies with SO little gorgiko-ratt OF
| Gentle blood. There are among them
several very nearly related to characters
| described in the BOOB Of George Bur
rows, Francis H. Groome and DIR. Smart
some of the readers Of the Press may re-
member portrait of gypsy girl by
Leslie, which was in the Cary collection
This was the celebrated Charlotte Coop
er, great beauty in 1850, and still living
| There is a niece, also q nephew of hers
in the camp, and several of the party are
unusually deep in the law, language and
traditions Of their people. If there are
| any who take an interest in this remark
able race, thoy will find an opportunity
sucn as seldom occurs to see real gyp
sizes and to meet with higher class o
fortuna ta1laro than ia uopor,1j