Wichita eagle., 1888-10-23
BLACKS OF AUSTRALIA.
SOME OF TIE DANGERS OF LIFE IN
THE BUSH.

Slow Progress OF Civilization Among the
Natives - Wounded by Revengefui
'Gin"-Courtship Among the savaEes.
The Schools of Australia.
cit surprises me that your blacks all seem
90 civilized. They appear to work just like
white people. lsee that they all wear clothes,
and some Of their women are exceedingly
smart in their attire"
Mrs John r. Reid, Of Townsville, New
South Wales, Australia, rested her hands in
her lap and looked at the reporter with a pair
of eyes as black as her velvet robe About
the collar of her gown was massive neck
lace OF South Australian gold Her dark hair
curled in little rings over her forehead, and
her white teeth showed ever so little through
her red lips. She is handsome brunette,
the very embodiment of health. With her
husband and fourteen year-old daughter, Mrs.
Reid has been visiting relatives on Fullerton
avenue. Born in the bush of New South
Wales, this is the first time that Mrs. Reid
has beheld other than Australian shores
1.-The place Of my birth is upon the John
son river" she said my father was the
first settler there. He has great plantation
on the banks of that stream. He is ninety
years old now, and no one could get him to
go away from that country. And it is
beautiful country we have. You people here
know as little of us, of our ways and customs
as we do of yours. 1t seems strange, for we
are each such great countries. We have a
beautiful land, too, much lovelier think,
than America, and | have been from San
Francisco to Boston since came to the states.
Our climate Is more agreeable and ! have
looked on no scenery here to compare with
ours.
DANGERS OF THE BUSH
'My fathers house was seven miles from
that of our nearest neighbor Of cour.e, we
had cottages for our help, which, with the
stables, nnde quite little settlement. But
it was In the wild bush where grew I'D,
peopled by wild natives. If you could see
our blacks you wouldn't wonder that I'm
astonished when behold folk Of that color
who behave like human beings. We have
been able to accomplish very little toward
our natives. Yet they are far
better than when l was q child Then we
were obliged to keep continual guard against
them. At any moment they might fall upon
the settlers and murder them Do you SEQ
this scarf tpotnting to one near her eye.) A
gin gave me that. What is 'ginr The
black women are called gins She drove a
knife into my head ono harvest time You
see, at harvest time the natives loitered on
the outskirts OF fields, stole up near to the
stables and watched all the time TO make OF
with corn as fast as 1t was garncred Work
they would not. Do you think one Of these
naked savases would so demeau hinselff
Well, this day in my play I ran close to ono
Of the barns packed full Of the newly gath
cred grain From out low growing clunp
81 brushwood up rose big gin She beck
70 face her, advanced When neared her
she drove the knife into my head Then she
-an My father sent men for the nearest !
physician and for g squad Of police. Tho
znife stayed in my forehead till the doctor |
,ame and pulled it out Luck!ly the point |
ras imprisoned. The police SHOT seven Of
ne biacks 10 the bush then, for whenever any
,epredat;on is committed oil II the vicinity |
IRE shot On sight like rabbits We dcur |
adopt the kniert policy toward them that !,
earn you do toward your Indians
''Oor blacks are different in type from the |
African Their hair stands up, why and |
1ashy, like that Of the Circassian women in |
roUr dime museuns. In the bush TREY wear |
10 clothes, but when they come In town the |
authorities compel them to be clad TIE |
gins btecs n,ose streuuoukfy 70 clothing II |
vou give 'g.n' gown she Win seldom put |
,us one arm IN . sleeve, lecttng tie garment |
.ang from her shoulders and Displaying ons |
sde Of her bosom Ths blacks and a s6und- |
nee Of food, and tAsre is thus no Incentive /
or them % acceps civilization ani lean 20
YORK The coonsry swazns with kanszruos, |
rzlTarbSss IA animal similar 10 The kAoxa-
ool, rabbits and birds Then the biacks
aAke kr1s part CT their diet ot snakes and |
rorms Worms they ess raw Just As shsy |
ig them from sks s0sA Thsy 60. EnAko Ct
u kinda
SAVAGE coUn7Bzx7.
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osa having three chfid-a Toe wousa, es
ourxe, are bsueaily ah0ssd sy tie nAles aaa
sps in tia mort degrs6sd sAss R s.svieodA
oen . baAck wants wtfs - falk upca |
3rs young 'sta,' chden h9 % ahc cannot
y on: aDA runs with Ase into ths h<xA.
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,r nuC9A He aruse ruexfa - ~ 0wn |
ribo until - sxpk1tmp a 99s p01rd
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ts--fy fzasd % asppsy h1 ~ssh sz6nsscs
'orr1A kangaroo meat ADD snak1-he caa
sep ber- bu. for . yea1 10 xsass sfAy o2t of
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