The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-25
A fRIPf ' AFRICA.
E4spirs sso. HOMES or THE osNI'
zenssof THE GOLD COAST.
uow ,p.year-Old Mothers Garry Their
.Bsbies--sinsslae Though -'sude'y h''"-
o,.,. nurIaI Custom An Unoomiortao'e
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.a,,bonch thr Gold Coast Il not favor
ablc for the proloneation ofiiilsoi wnie
mon the rrafives are strong and feintnt
ano,,ch The children are particularly
sn,igRtlv and tat. They run aDoii IN .
IT, NJ n,tt,rc. with merely a gndle or
beads around tlrcir waists, III 'ieu %
clothing. They are marrlageanie At az
carly age. commencing the. eaics ~
cedelei life at 10. The infants are car
lied by their mothers in q paSullar posi-: /.
ZION. 4 piece of light wood about yen
;ocbes lone NV four or five broad Is COY
ered with cotton and tied around Inc
,.o,nauI 81 as, t., rest upon the lower par
II bar back. Dpon tns the iniapt Is
nlacad sira,ldiingi face tu the innuhef
zach and secured by n fold OF her ee'lop
clnth INC woman IL thus froc 10 wOrk
md the babe Is pear the .noilrlshnHlh
necessary for its pxistrnrG n-is'tr -
my WEATHER ItaEsrS.iiis -c
saw some very oId persons here ohs
dat on going dovp-tbn read 'oNiind' ing
castle / saw "A veEorabie nokulg spit'rC
lifting in q wicker char, bareheadel aga
.tJlv exposed 10 ,the fierce rays OF the
an Jt.was about noon, when TIE sun
= very powerfil, and tic old fellow
.l,,,ll vas devoid Of wool, bare and shiny
stepped ~ speak 10 himi fiacin'S ny
aand on top of bis hoad. and nadlng 'ht
leat excessive. lie spoke IN treinHlols
ones. telling me he was nearly lVV Se'ns
Il ace. and that his blood was coldi 80
', 10 had his chair placed IA The sun So ,i,a'.
NJ, systoin could be warmed. Thoroughly
me houses are made OF sun baked
tricks. or adobe, which material IS an
Jolt during the dry portion OF the year
nit las an inconvenlent habit Of tum'
ling about your Devoted person during
ronfinuanfe II ram. The w4Hs OF the
noises are thick, 10 keep the great hea,'
,ut. and the roofs arc matched WIZ
lria1 prrsss Two ii US occupied me ~.
hese houses lfulf waybctwoen therastle
md tho Lighthouse. The untler StorS
xas 4 merchants store and we occppieH
he Ton floor. we hid been exPerieHc-
-ng rather heavy rain for week Wheeis
me night the wali facing the direction
he wind came from collapsed, piinSing
lowiifle roof with it. Fortunately onf
.ots were on the other side, otner"lse
,ur earthly globe trettng' would nafe
cen brought 70 an tintiinels ana sadueh
md -- .....-
The burials Of the Gold coast are very
.,ecrsiar. Most of the people own their
houses. and the family have JeIhals
ived In them for generatians lie Gus.
ON doubtless arose from cOnsldertlolls
If security, fefieSr the graves might bc
lied. They always bury tAcir df3G
yiihin the walls Ot the deceased tesi.
leuce. The house where we were lodged
vas ecparated from the adjoining one Us
, narrow aalcy. Tire window az oar M
YER room, .lo6le,tiiao siie lower story o.
.6e n.ber hOufe. a3 aGO0f was. ltLss oppo
tie us Niawara thus enabled 10 we"
he whole proceedings The wife 81 Tie
'jcn6r, n Young wOIa3l about - NeaE
? Il age. had died Of puGfpcral fever an,
-vaR. laid.cut on II trpstie covered WIN.
Jack cloth, attircd as IN bfe. In tic
enter OF the room trench was dug the
ZENITH Of which we could not exactly de
.elfniuo. The body was literally covered
with gold ornamcnts Gold beath f9uho
lcr neck in 4 double row gold beao
ardle. earrings, rings pms, Diaceiets--
III of massive fprm ana chaiad, -batno,
gery finely. The Norkman5MR - ho'
II the highest order.
.Arich mulstto lady, widow OF a white
merchant and niece OF the ruling King OF
lshantee. was among the mourners
She had a gial filled with gold dust III
ler baud, which she empied into tic
mouth Of the deceased woman. scatter.
ing the oYerplUs on the face. Some wo-
men then took the body and wrapped A.
carefully Ia q white sheet; they then
lowered it with cords into the grave. q
oraMer was burning in The apartment,
which was large, and usually tile parlois
Onto the hot coal they thon threw some
,dorirerous gums, whicltpave out an in
tense smoke. This had the effect doubt
less OF driving away any evil spirits th@
night have been l0afing around see kim
iOmething To deyOur. Under cover o.
his smoke, which WIS too dense for ils
20 see through the earth inlst have been
He'd nj. Tor when we could discern OBJ.
,ects again the floor was even ans
stamped down, looking rs before. 50"
10 men present during the interment !
was informed thdt during little diff.
Guilty between the French and native
king, men were landed from war ship
who, after driving away the inhabitants.
had Kro6 boys to'dig up the interiors Of
the chief houses, and secured far
amount Of the precious metal as booty
The Kingdom Of Ashantee adjoins III,
Fantee country inland The people OF
dis kingdom arc not SO tall Or athletic
race, but are 1.-THE and clean lunted, &C
tive and intelligent, preferred them to
their neighb0fs, the Fahtee5. went up
az far as the Prah, pleasant enough trig
.Of several days. rs there are ms horses
nor niult9. nor even the humble JerIsa-
iom pony, we were ea,ried in hamm[eks.
a bod imitation of the Indian palkee.
These eontriyanees are made Of canvas
aud slnng to pole, which latter 81 cal
ried.on mans shQlsdeTs fore and ait. Ii
is very juppy, jalfing method Oh loco
nOtion / heard Of one poor fellow who
was'being carried in one Ut these vehicles
Of little o;sse, beiug sick with coast fever.
The ialdng iFritated him 90 much that lie
called. out. To thoiu to 70 SLOW. The
bearars, thinking he called out 10 them
80 20 faster, through ignorance OF the
language, literally jolted him 10 death.
He was quito dead when they reached
hisresidence.-COr. san Francisco Chron-
'icle