St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-04

A Story Which Throws That OF
GulIiver i'm the Shade-.R uled by
SaYaEa W0men.

n story which Throws hAs Wi
CULVER i'm the Shade-.R uled by
Savage Women.
81 sailed from Liverpool for South Amer.
lea April %, 1882, in the steamer Ella
West, commissioned as missionary Of the
Women's Presbyterian Foreign Missionary
society,"" said the Rev. Howard Chumley tt
Philadelphia News reporter. ''Ws
reached Rio Janeiro May 20, after rough
voyage. and after short rest entered or
my labors in Brazil. did not make muct
Roadway except among the poorer natives
but my success was sufficiently encourag
| ing. During year and half l traverse6
the empire, and. with Gods assistance
made small army of converts. L pene
TT ated to Bolivia. and at last, going
north on the Guapore river, struck densely
wooded country. The climate is extremely
hot all the year round.
in September, 1884, was stricken with
! intermittent fever. My two Brazilian at
| PENDANTS cared for me faithfully, but in
a frenzy l left the tent and wandered OF
| into the forest. When became conscious
/ became extremely weak. and found my
self absolutely naked. lying on heap OF
dead leaves in sort of crate constructed
of stout sticks. Ny body was thickly Gov
cred with yellow ointment which had re
moved every hair. My head was in the
same condition. Looking around to dis
cover where l was, found myself evi
IDENTIFY in the center of village. The house:
or huts were evidently of mud, stones and
trees. In few minutes, it having beer
noticed that l was moving about
people began to gather around
nay cage They examined me with grea
| interest. and had great interest in ex.
amining them. They were mostly women
tail, well-formed, and of nut-brown color
The few men l saw were absolutely dwarfs
and nearly every one carried female in
| FAINT in his arms. The women were armed
with clubs and sharpened points, and were
evidently prepared for some violent out
break on my part. Some of them poked
me with sticks, and seemed astonished thai
did not tear around my cage. l addressed
them in Spanish and several of the patois
I had acquired, but they did not under
stand me, and jabbered in cultural dia.
lect. I made them understand that
desired something to eat and drink by
| pontomime, which they understood, and
was brought some liquor which derived its
strength from chewed maize and some raw
flesh. The latter l could not bring myself
| to eat, but drank the liquor. A child
pushed thick cake into my cage. 1t was
composed of pounded maize and water.
This ate with avidity, and more of the
| same kind was given me.
II was not taken from the cage for over
month, but was fed on the maize cake
and liquor and raw meat, which in time
became able to eat. The crate was moved
daily and fresh bed of leaves given me-
I could observe but little in such position
except to see that the females were numer
ically and physically superior to the men,
/ was able to pick upa few sentences of the
language, and it was from my repetition OF
the words of child begging that [ was
eventually released. l suppose, however
nv captors had become convinced that
was not dangerous. though learned thai
during my fever I had been very violent
had been given to understand by the
woman who had been placed as guard in
charge of me that 1 would be so severely
dealt with in case 1 attempted to escape
and such a close watch was left or
my movements that I lived more
than year and half among
these people-the Uncapalitzms. as nearly
as can spell it-before the opportunity Of
fered to escape. In that time / learned
much that will astonish the scientific world
Briefly stated, the women are the ruling
sex. and the government is vested in ar
elected female triumvirate. whose sway il
absolute. The men are in ratio of one In
twelve, and the horrible custom prevails of
numbering the male infants by driving g
stake through them, except such as are born
during period corresponding with the frs
twenty-six days of July in each year. The
growth of those who are allowed 10 live is
restricted by artificial means. All the peO
ple numbering about 1000, gather in the
village square at noon every day and wor
ship an idol representing woman with
three heads Maize is cultivated. together
with some vegetables that grow
wild, and the people live on these. together
with the flesh of animals and birds, wilC
and domestic. which are killed with clubs
and stones. The bodies are anointed with
gum drawn from tree and mixed with
grease. which removes all hair, which is
considered unclean. This gum has curative
properties of great value. Of horses anC
oxen there are several hundred in the village,
which have neither tails nor ears. and are
hairless through the agency of the napatam.
as the ointment 1 speak of is termed. There
is remarkable bird among the domestic
pets. 1t resembles pelican, but the neck
is from three to five feet long, and the un-
calmly fowl can twist its neck into a knot OF
wrap it around It's body. 1t lives or
smaller birds, which it catches by darling
the head forward with lightning-like rapid
ity.
Fire is unknown in the region. The
meat is eaten in the raw state, and as there
seems to be no hard stone or hard metal in
the country, 1 could not obtain flint.
1.-The people. forgot to say, are barbar.
GUS and without literature or any form Of
science. Four months ago 1 eluded the
vigilance of those who kept watch over me-
1 was allowed good many privileges and
obtained back my clothing, which l was al
lowed to wear. / crept away in the darE
enc evening, and following the course of {
stream about two miles from the village OF
the Uncapalitzms, came after about two
weeks to the Bolivian town of Cavnias.
Thence made my way to the coast, ant
begged of ship captain to allow me tt
| work my way to Boston, where l arrived
Monday of last week"