Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-10-17
WIVES WERE CHEAP.
A Naiuralist's Observations on so-
cial LILO An Papua.
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Eady ~ lssl a Young naturalist,
sherman pgutun. uoa of the Cuitrd
State lIsh Commission. weut t0 New
Guiuuu 90 us.i-i hi, father in his scicn-
tiaC Wurk Tho elder nentun sudden.
ly dicd there aud the san returned la
iSs3 tu tht- country nut having cy cs
that could son be- kept u iaithiul 80.
count az shat b.. -aw ~ a iand ~ yet
uulfoddru bot hy very tew white m.n.
d. hss uuu pubIisho1 some oi the ia-
oidsuis uud observations Of his travels
a. huut. "lnridrut- - Collector.
Eamh..s in Australia ete Ilis stay
amur. tHo lhpuaB. occupies about a
quarter ui thr yuiumss
Mr denton travelled with his father
and yuunrrf bruihsr During bis stay
With thr rapuaus De- was most ~ tho
time bIUu1 With bi. bruthcr among
them lig tolls most interesting
siury ~ bic experiences Ia the village
oi Narinuma in the interior of New
Ouiuea Thorc dwclt the Coyara peo-
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tee seqs y hiia ks4a.
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ID trur houses nre well built nrd
.ttan "a hnnlw.o ladders sxtena from
tho rruuHd to just below ne piatfofm
~ thc house These houses are used
by the untiyo- 81 defend themselvc.
from their oncmios Ia case 0i attsck.
a. The houses are stored yams and
tarus. voul aud uator. with a ton 90
tNu ~ STONES 90 throw down NJ their
onomics. with sp-ars IN bundles for
che same purpnse A platform oi
sticks ts,Iuw the house i used ~ stand
upuu hiir thro sing stones aud spcars
With thu primitive methods # cutting
uowu trcvs prevailing among the ma
uyvz. these houses arr almost imprcg-
uahlo io thr enemy.
Tho VILLAGE looked clean. and the
houses tasty sud comfortable. Ono
huuso, iarHoF and str.-s.s than th.
ru=l was tha visitors hou.. OF
hul,A oi vhich there is one IN every
tovu. lirrr strangers are sheltered
and iai 'ruo ~ charge. The largest
and hr-' HOUSE in every town l. Cor The
stranger
Tame pigs. with suouis half ~ long
bs lrIr hudius and covered with long
brown hrisiIos. ruam.d ~ wiil about
the 'Iiiagr A small spociss Of dun
rolursl dog. which neither harkod nor
bat hui unly ovlod. was the oCcupant
vlth nearly every owner 81 the houss
lherv was uuly emo cat al Narinuma
which lohsir. tho rhioi had obtained
in trade irum some oi the coast tribes.
Hud tho animal vas groat peL
Eariy in the morning the ground
uloui the HOUSE would bc swept by the
vumcu. aud Was a. hard aud clean a.
table. The fapuan womcn arr fne-
ly-iosturcd. and many oi the children
are truly handsome. Age. howcvcr.
BE- mcrCiloss to the womon, and whon
The uld crunos 10 In the sun kneading
clay. ur beating balls iuto shapoly pots
~ dishes. thoir heads nhaven With
fragments 81 bottlc-Rias. and every
bonu ~ their rmaclated hodles show.
ing through their wrinkled skins. they
are venerable pic,uros Of ugliness
Tho old chief. Lohclr. was the most
intsrrtiug man in the village lie
vas nfiy years old. stout and broad.
shouldv-cd. and 20 veil covered was
bis hudy with scars from the many
batilos in which be had fought that
~ placing bis hand upon him In the
darkest night NJ. Denton bocame sure
" hls idcn,lty. lsohcir's face was
iark, bot his look vas intelligent;
biz manner was that of boru Feutle-
man, modest and unsssumlng
One day, after the two brothers had
ooon Ia Narinuma = good while aud
had learned enough ot the language ,o
lAlk freely. Isoheir came ~ them.
showing ~ his actions that he had
something importaat 10 say. They
were skinning birdA and he. as
usual. sat on the ground In
lront Of them. evidently not know
lng Just how to arrive at
shat seomed uppermos. In bis mind.
He hegnn by asking II they liked the
Coyara meu and their country. When
bold that the white men had bssn
treated very kindly. and that the Coy
ara country was - fertile and AZ
beautiial a. any they had sesn. he was
pleased. and looked as u he had gained
point Then the couversation took
Ghla courses
Ia a warm and comiortahls st
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