The Clifton clarion., 1888-11-14
A Group of Strange Beings Landed ss
 Castle Garden.

One of the strangest groups of hu- man beings that has ever reached the shores of the United States sat on the floor in the Castle Garden office. These people were representative of the N'Chubba tribe, which resides in the Kulahi Desert, in the interior of Africa. The Africans wore barely anything except blankets of great warmth and remarkable gaudness. The leader of the party, which mus tered six strong, is Conqui. He was the chief of the N'Chubba tribe be- fore he abandoned that constituency for the show business. He is B years of age and has light mustache and imperial. His hair, like that of the others, grows in punches little more than quarter of an inch in length and suggests small shrubbery which springs up unevenly on poor land. Conqui is only 1 feet inches in night, but he was the tall est man in his tribe. On each side of his brow a small sea shell is fastened to the hair by way of ornament. The ex-chief carries a long bow, but lest he should do some harm with this, the string has been taken away from him. He uses the bow stick as staff and also as corrector for the young of his party.
 The N'Chubbas are not nearly as dark as ordinary Africans. Their color, in fact, is almost as light as that of the Indian. They have small features, with high cheek bones and little dark eyes. Mrs. Conqui, nee Arbecy, is F years of age and has an ugly, wrinkled face. Under her gaudy blanket, however, she wears more clothing than do the other vis- itors from the Desert of Kulahi. Her arms are bare, and are quite shapely. The pair have a bright-looking imma- ture boy named Arby. This interest ing child, like the rest of his tribe, has strong passion for tobacco. He will, when nursing, abandon his mother for a pipe or cigar. But, although the N'Chubbas are all smokers, they are strict tetotalers; nothing stronger than coffee ever pass es their lips. In addition to his own child, Conqui has three young peo- pie whom he probably borrowed from former neighbors with the privilege of not returning them. These are Miss Icy, an interesting maiden of 12; Co, stripling of 19, and Finmon, the dude of his tribe. Finmon. al- though 24 years old, does not appear to be more than F. His tastes are decidedly aesthetic. On his brow is small imitation sunfower, which is kept in position by piece of brown string. Finmon shows other evidence of giddiness. Instead of the conven- tional desert smile of his countrymen, he giggles and shippers.
 The N'Chubbas, when at home, wander about in families. Rocks and trees are their only shelter. They are not at all particular what they eat. Anything handy will answer for dinner, no matter whether it is q quail, d snake or few roots. They are not cannibals, and apparently have not energy enough to be mur- derous. When invited by his man. ager to stand up, Conqui rises with evident reluctance, and seems to pro- test humbly but earnestly against the unusual exertion, and as soon as pos. sible resumes sitting posture. The N'Chubbas do not talk like other Af- ricans. Their language seems to be a series of clicks in the hack portion of their mouths The words evidently have no formation. The people have only mastered two or three English words. Before they were allowed to land the Commissioners of E1ligra- ton obliged their agent to give bonds that his curiosities would not become public charges.-[New York Times.