Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-13

enlinsniiy as having no idea II a future
s'a1e " ben ~s ars dad, we are d-ad." +"
taef sen5entlously expressed it 10 Ar.
Henry ~ forces. she naturalist Who
spent I've years * sloring Sumatra. and
mo ~as the only hite man that ever
sot zinl. 30 0f one of thena
iney cDnstruet only temporary dwell
hSs ~ fe~ simple branches erected
over To-" platform 10 keep.them OF of
me ground IneY are - tlm0rous and
shy ina ~ - q rare circumstances Tor any
one - see them NJ white man ever sav,
oae ol them before NJ Fort ;. except a.
one sees the hind quarters OF a starsled
ieer Ia the little trade carried on h.-
tween thsm and ths Malays the transae-
tions aFe performed without the one party
seeing the 0thsr The Malay trader. a.
cending 90 one u their places of rendez-
Fous beats gong IA . particular way 10
give notice OF hs arrival On hearing the
signal the kuDus bring out what forest
pfoduce they may have col. .eeted. and. de-
posting it on the ground at this placs. |
hastily retire into close hiding, beating /
gong as signal that all Is ready. The |
trader then slowly advances, laws down |
on the ground the cloth. knives aud other
artie'os of barter he has broaght to /
the amount which he thinks an equiv |
aent exchange, beats gong and |
Ia Ike manner retires The Kubus
examine the barter offered. II satisfac-
tory they remove the goods, beat their
gong and 30 away, and the trader picks
up the produce he finds left on the ground.
II not satisfied ~ they set on one side a
portion or their produce TO reduce il 20
what they consider the value OF the barter
offered, and thus the trade dilly dallies
along until 10 is completed or abandoned.
lney are so afraid of seeing any one not
OF their own race that II suddenly met or
come up with in the forest they will drop
everything and flee away. They cultivate
nothing for themselves, but 1--we ON
snakes, lizards and grubs, which they eat
ravenously and raw. They eat fruits. an
occasional deer, pig or tapir, and what
they trade from the MalayS They know
nothing absolutely nothing; they manu-
iacture absolutely nothing Their knives
and the universal spear with which they |
are armed they purchase from the Malays
from whom they trade. Neither men nor
women wear clothes, except sometimes
the small I bandage OF dark clio tn; some
even 20 In a state of nature. Sometimes |
they keep few birds in confinement and
are often followed by half-fed dog
they never work, and when in their
ravels they come TO a small stream rather
han cross it they'll end their journey. !
They never brush or comb their hair. but
wear it in a disheveed state, hence it is
'ften matted and twisted
Iheir funerals are crude in the extreme. |
Sometimes theypeave their dead unburied
n the spot where they died. Sometimes. | :
owever, the body is buried face down
ward, wish a strip Of bark below and
'bove the body. They have one tradition
nat they are the descendants OF three
rothers, one of whom betook himself t. :
he woods 70 live.
MonOgamy il the rule among them. but
few have two or more wives. Their !,
uptial ceremony Is very simple affair.
he mau having fixed his choice on a girl
al got the consent Of her parents, he
rings To the father such Ipresents "a he
As--a knife, spear clothes OF money, bees
ak, or any rare fruits or animals of the
.rest that he may have. II the presents
re large enou h % satisfy the reed ofthe
'tAer, al the kubus within calling dis
lnce are summoned together Seating
iNttt'tAHW~ tNiDW "A tree. fNe father Of |
ie maiden informs them that be has given
s daughter So-and-so 20 So-and-so in
arriaSe. One Of the company then
riSes tho tree with club proclaiming
lem 70 te man and wife. Then follows a
ast II fruits aud animals. The Malavs
sry seldom viii marry a Kubu woman.
hey consider them an!inferior race. and
'e as term Of reproach when
igsred. you Kubu." They will
II Interfere with Kubu dead
dy. The Kubus possess no personal
operty except what they carry around
ith them They eat animals in semi
ltrid condition, with little or no cooking.
traversing N forest, II one OF them y,
ids bee-tree ne makes ono OF two hacks an
the bark and repeats sort OF spell NJ
rs = the only property, IL it could De n
lied such, that they possess. ri
They are not exactly people Of the low sn sl'
, order Of inteiu gence. They use their VI
ears with dexterity or throw stones n
th wonderful accuracy. They post -
emselves behind some tree, ia front OF trs
lich - another wherein birds are lodged
"A thence discharge the stone over the
p that hides them 80 "a 20 drop on the
"A "a The other. q
These extraordinary people differ 50
Ioh IN their habits and ways Of life =
I'm she other Inhabitants ot the island r
A. scientists have been much puzzled a. l
whether they are the last Survivors, p
ar race Of only struggling remnant.
q to those about them, who at some past u
ma were driven from beiow the family
of-tree 60 save their lives In the forest
'tnesses, and who. when persecution
4 ceased, clunz 70 these woods, whic1
4 been their friends in n cir hour. o. bi'
al
ar- FORBES, Who examined some Euhu
Iiis. with a view - determine whether
y possess Negrito or Malsysn sf4nities
p that the character of the hair. the n
IA ~ The nose. the various characters nv
ssuii and the proportion u she Bm IN
80 snow thst they can not have any
n sffin " 70 the Negrito race found iu
nous parts u the Inoo- N.isysn Arch
ag1, but that they are fecideilv NJ
=. AMI. therefore. Mongoiosd.
' allie among these odd people a fbi,f
: hrought before the msgisfrata vto
a.