Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-11
loincinuati Enou,rs,,

Ioincinnati Enqurer.l
4 came in contact with queer
ople, said Don Juan Sable, , Of
y Janeiro, to an Enquirer re-
Prter in Cincinnati the other
Py, in making a trip from the
mazon to the diamond mines in
he district Of Matto Grassuo,,, Z car.
ying some supplies to the miners
nd the gold-washers. The Jour
ey was q long, tedious and peril.
~ one, for | passed through the
ountry Of the hostile Mandfa-
ans. and had a rare opportunity
study some Of their peculiar
abits. They live in huts be.
ween the Tanszos and MADEIRA,
boye what are known as the
Jaxoeiras, or Cataracts. They
re friendly with the whites, but
re q terror to the adjacent tribes.
nth whom they are continually at
ar, fighting at least six months
the year as = steady job. They
uild y lnalocco, or grand arsenal.
hich they use as council cham
~, ball room aud palace Of re-
Feat. It Is a large building,
gpnRly built and solidly chinked
lelsy. which dries by the hot
the torrid sun and becomes
I'd as rock The house
nnhs in the center of their vii
ges. and Is filed with horrid
'6phies. Th O. are n thing
bore than tho elnbalmed heads Of
be enemies they have killed The
Indians Of North America take
My q scalp, but these Msndru,
g take the whole head, scalp
pl skull bones and brains. When
, has killed an enemy he cuts
is head neatly of, leaving his
ody for the vultures to eat; then, ,
ticking the bloody head on the
md Of his lance, he hastens to
kjs village to receive the applause
X his chiefs, ard to become the
hwy Of the less fortunate young
hen. as we'll As the bone Of con-
sntion over whom the smorous
landrucan maidens wrangle."
"The head, you say, is pre- :
srvedY
Eyes. sir; sun dried and en-
Ralmed by some process known to
hese Indians. made to look as
hideous as possible. The brains
and eye-balls are taken out, and
false eys-balls inserted, which
roll about in these heads with
avery motion. The long hair is
combsd and parted, and
khe gsudy feathers Of the rock
cock and noisy macaw are fasten-
ID behind the ears and twisted
in the hanging tresses. A fancy
string or cord is then run through
the dried and outlspping tongue
and suspended 10 one Of the huge
beams about fhs house. 1t is the
most horrible sight l ever saw
csyersl hundreds Of these dried
IS. tied By the tongue, hang
the beams amid q gay
Age Of the most gorgeous
brs you ever saw. When
90 out to work they take out
! 3 beads, and, stuck on lancss,
Y Ft them around the scenes ol
.d1ir labors; and when they have
war-dancss or feasts these tro
phiss are trotted out and there ID
the horrid evidence Of the war
rior's prowess, which the father
can point out to his son, and which
nobody can deny"
Are these Indians known b.
any peculiar mark or painting
process?'
mo; they do not paint much
but their mode Of tattooing j,
something unique. They put i
on 90 that it stays forever, ano
there is no possibility of mistak
ing q Mandrucan. Every child
both male and female, when they
have reached the age Of eight OIL
ten, is taken by some of the ole
crones Of the village and tattooed
They do not use a needle. but
comb Of thorns which comes from
the papundrs palm, and is obtain
cd BY erecting stages and takinl
the combs off from the top Of tn
palm. The old women press th,
comb into the skin OF the child
and . long row Of holes is lai,
open which bleed and smart
They are wiped off, and ashes Q
burnt gum or pitch are rubbe'
into the wounds, which, whel
they heal up, look like a vas
checker board Of black and blu
dots, something like telegraph
dispatch"
"How do the girls dress9"
"Why, not at all. The MAJ
drucan belle has on o pair {