The Dickinson press., 1888-01-07
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
THE NATIVES VERY LOW IN THE
SCALE OF BARBARlsM.

,.irily of M" native, "n In" northeastern
rust of Australia arr ennnii,nlS. hut this
large has never ir-n brought AGAINST .v".l
lii. worst of the West Australian llarks.
Tllcr are IL hi,lrous race, and about rs low in
tim scale al civilization IS ii is possible to 20.
To see Il native girl digging in the ground
i"r dalgeits and boobies their nalrcS for two
kinds of snail %burrowing marsupiaI,. ,as
flesh al wlirl, they esteem very highly.
cl"uwl,ing on lr-r hiu:,chcs aud breaking
ava, the earth with n long stick in one hand,
while with TIE. nails and fingers of the other
hand She throws it behind her, for all tho
world like a dog bulrowing after u rat, is as
disgusting a sight rs it is possible for Il man
and brother to behold, unless it he tn sec
her lord and master lying asleep and. if he
had the opportunity of getting sr"g. drunk
in til" hut rl"s' by, with perhaps t"" "r
three old hays. Il couple of half starved kan
CARGO hounds and Il mass of skins. npossum
remains and filth. which makes IN" turn
away with l"itling from the Scene.
The lutS which they lulili for themselves
are the most Temporary and toughest kind of
constructions. \ f"w large branches leaning
together in the snap. Of II round hut, covered
sometimes with strips Of bark of the 'paln,
bark" IL ire" tia! atl"lti,n Tough and tilrous
covering, and only larar enough for three or
four tn lie down in, and pretty clus,. together,
too. Such is their idea nj 'hnm"."
'iIr utmost limit of their clothing in the
bush is a Kangaroo kim cloak and n band of
lair which they III, around their heads to
keep their own swartlly lm,k, out of their
eyes. I'm the north and " here white nl..n are
scarce they 90 entirely naked. and appear IN
he without the S,.n>., ol shame. Every man
has the right Ia three or !our wives. and they
generally lmN. them of Very Various agc>.
An old gray haired man often has II wife of
L.! Wears Old aln"ng others. 1t l.. ot course.
rather II stretch ri Language. I" call them
wives. In ihoy have III kind ri marriage
csreul"nN. aNi are rs often secured l.. alb
,!uciivn "a lN purchase. Thi> way II Win
MN. a MItn ! naturally conducive, i" cNl,-
SIAN: tiGN.in-. which !alln> = lAr.,.l part t
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s,ef. - wafa.it vino tad e,tlA II, - 4t
Australian >tt-inu :, beg tur tc~t. -lS5u III.
reralirS i RE ru1;lug il. = pudding tI>a.
The H. Hho arr,y,: III ta- IL, / n 1 XII
III her Shoulders ard ~-gaEely began =, uu-
i,t,i lt-oI ID. perhaps. two or three, .vI>r>
II bread. green With uoli.. rii-t Il i,i.,r ii
RAW meat half p,ttl-5.,l an oki t~otar,,e pite:
an oloS>rMa> kin: "onle ~; eltv = !ittle
greasy black hair. altl ~ last a Net. dirty
piece of all old tiann-i ship MAS reached.
This. which was about - Io,t >,.rg:.e. was
spread carefully ,n tie ground. Tho contents
ri the pudding i-irnrI ,r""p-,l into it with
Il lnost filthy lu'lti. i! 49, mati," and gravely
folded UP AMI put lack III the bottom of the
bag. anu then TIL, other .,;luablr> were re-
placed On to-, oi H..
And yet. though 81 degraded, they are tar
from Useless, tlr~' creatures. They make
tolerahly good shepherds, can lie taught to
| lis. their hands skillfullv in amy way that is
desired. and til" good ones among them may
~. trusted 4" 1t" tlaing> that many IL white
man would not ,lu we'll and c~nnscicntioli>lv.
Settlers will send their horses long distances
in charge of II 'llarkfellow." and sheep. too.
are often lntru>t"l Ia them to drive To out
living stations rdoMn into the town to mar
ket.
Even these of them whoinve been brought
most near TO a state of civilization require
every now and then II month in II savage
state i'll til" bush. and after working. perhaps
about tln stable yard. i'll clothes. and appear
ing quite 'l"mr,ti,ate'l for months together.
they will suddenly inform their employer.
Ne ~alkaway morning" which is equiva-
lent to saving that they require a holiday.
And next morning they may lm seen airilv
clad i'll Il single Kangaroo skin. their black
hair all stained red and clotted with a horri,
BILE mixture of red clay and grease called
"wilcic, and CARRYING small shield. a couple
Of spears and as many Loomeran.> tor krileys
as they call them. setting ont for n month
in the woods with three or four more of their
tribe.
When natives are ont in the bush it is ,,r.-
esSary for Them always +" 20 :ully armed. for
almost every native of another tri!n is ti..ir
enemy to the death. and they are broken mp
into Il great number of tribes. If Il native of
one tribe dies Al member of another tribe has
to I've killed. This is the nearest thing they
have to any religious code. and it is in vain
that white men have tried to- stamp out the
savage custom. Their principal weapon of
offcnse is the spear, the bow and arrow heing
quite unknown among them.
They have M IDEAS, however rulimcntarv,
"f q creator or supreme being. and the only
CONSCIOUSNESS of the supernatural which they
seem to have is a fear of evil spirits; these
they appear 10 associate with dead people
who have been left unburicd. They attribute
all illness to the Vaccinations of ,irs. bad
spirits.
They are very cruel to their Women
r'Gins," as they cali them, making then
build the huts and carry tirewood. and do al
the work there is to do, and srearing then
through the leg or cruelty beating them OF
the very slightest provocation.
Girl babies they often kill. On the day O
the writer's arrival on one station sheep an,
cattle ranches are called 'statioms" in Aus
t%ralia), he was shown IL little black picku
niny, only Il week old, as Il curiosity. and
most strange looking inhmman little ANNA
it was. The following morning some of til
gins, who anne up to the house each mornin
to beg for tea. announced quite calmly tina
Monkey the bahv's father was going to Xxi
pickaniny. The owner of the station. VIII
was Il justice of the peace, sent IL solemn me-
sage to Monkey to the effect that ii he killc
that baby ''wllitefel!ow governor kill him.
The next thing heard was that Monkey III
his gins walk away and it appeared TIL;
up to the time of their departure. at anyrat,
j, tie tiny mortal was still living.-San Fral
cisco Chronicle.
y general smile was caused at II Butfa