The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-12
WHERE WIVES ARE CHEAP.

~ stU ~ DtnaS Et8n
sion, went to New Guinea u few years ago
tai assist his father i'm his scientific work.
The elder Denton suddenly died there,
and the son returned i'm 1854 tn this cotn-
try. But having eyes that could see. he
kept a faithful account OF what me- saw Ina
N land as yet untroslten hut by very few
white men. He Inns now published some
of the incidents and observations of his
travel in ~ book, incidents OF u Collect
Or's Rambles in Australia which makes
most fascinating reading. The Boston
Globe. which has seen advance proofs of
the book, gives some of it's contents. His
stay among the Papaans occupies about a.
Mr.. Denton Travelled with his father and
younger brother. During his stay with the
with his brother among them. He tells a
most interesting story OF his Experiences
ia tin. village OF Narinnn,a. IN the interior
people. am idyllic tribe, who had never be-
fore seen white men.
houses, besides five tree houses some sixty
feet from the ground. The tree houses
are well built. and the rattan or bamboo
ladders extend from the ground To Just be-
low the platform OF the house. These
houses are used by the natives to defend
themselves from their enemies in case OF
attack.
tasty and comfortable. One house. larger
and stronger than the rest. was the WISH
tors house or hotel. of which there IL one
i'm every town.. Here strangers. are shell
terttI ana IeI IrNe oI ciiifkt u X
and the best house i'm every town IL for
the stranger.
Tame pigs, with snouts half as long as
bristlcs. roaned at will about the village.
A small species of dun-colored dog, which
neither bssrkcd nor bit, hut only howicd.
was the occupant with nearly every owner
of the house. There was only one cat at
Narinuna, which Loheir, the chief, had
obtained i'm trade from some OF the coast
tribes, and the animal was "a great pet.
Early i'm the morning the ground about
and was IA hard and CLEAN ms a table.
The Papsian women are hneiy feitured.
and many of the children are truly hand
some. Age, however, is nierciless to the
women, and when the old crones sit in the
sun kneadinG clay, ar beating balls into
with nm OF bottle glass and every
hone of their emaciated bodies showing
through their wrinkled skins' they are
Tn old chief, Lohcir, was the most in
teresting man in the village. He was 50
and 40 well covered was his body. with
scars from the many battles in which he
had fought that by placing his hand upon
came sure of his identity. Loheir's face
was dark. hut his look was intelligent; his
modest and unassuming.
One day. after the two brothers had
been i'm Narinnma = good while ana nlS
his actions that he had something impor-
iiHnd 70 ah Say Soy ara m mega" an3 their country.
When told that the white. men had been
treated very kindly ar,,. a n"d ' as hs .n9 SSa na
any they had seen, hc seemed pleased.
Then the conversation took this course:
..Not always: sometimes il is very cold"
Al white people any happier tina"
Perhaps not so happy. Their land is
not so productive and they have I" work
.Arc white men very numerous"
white men y"
"Do they wear h same kind OF
.No; they wear p~ctticoat-."
ID white men have Oh" wife. or
"One wife,"
Shave you a wife in America"
chow do YOU like the Coyara girls p"
"Some of them are very handsome and
"Woaia! 70" like to get married i" New
well, that depends nm circumstances"
Have you seen any Goyars. EiTi" AS
ayes, some fully as handsome"
"How much do 20" pay for " wife in
'Some are very expensive and Others
very cheap. Generally the expense comes
after they are married; The parents OF
~
their daughters that they buy husbands
for them"
The chief laughed and rolled on the
How do the girls of Narin"m" please
you
.They were very sociable."
Would you marry any You have seen
here 2"
"Harily. You sec, Loheir. we came n
long, long distance to get to Nariiluniii.
and as we are very rich and very good
looking, we ought to nave the best the
country Affords
lin started Lohcir with IA whoop and "a
veil that echoed through the town and
was OFF.
The two brothers had "a laugh at his
curious a~liestionings and at the manner
he left thelu, but, thinking no more about
II, went on with their work.
For several days the chief was NOT to tie
seen. He had gone away. to be back soon.
One afternoon. as the two white. men
were preparing their dinner. they heard
tittering and gi90linR. Looking around
they saw Loheir in the midst of "A group of
girls, some twenty i'm number. A broad
smile lighted zap the chiefs dnsky face.
and many of the girls. OF great. beauty.
were laughing and peerin9 at he white
men over each others shoulders. They
ali wore flowers i'm their hair and bands of
green leaves adorned their arms and
ankles. Each maiden had ON her best