Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28

mould. The dress of the men is very
scanty, consisting only OF Il belt with
fifty or one hundred monkey tails dang
ling from it. In addition the warriors
wear an oval crown on the head about
four to five inches IN diameter, made
from certain roots and kind of cement
known to themselves only. This crown
is woven into the hair and is never de-
tached. No Zulu will ever part with
this wreath on any terms, as he
WOULD BE FOREVER DIsGRACED
in the eyes of his countrymen.
l know of cases where foreign
ers offered as much as 800 to
5000 for one Of these, but only succeeded
in everlastingly insulting the wearer.
Their arms and legs are ornamented
profusely by bangles made of brass or
other shining metal, and the indispensa-
ear. Their weapons consist of the as
sagai and huge club, with knot on
one end, and shield made from COW
hide. The assagai is their princi-
pal weapon, which they use
with great dexterity, being able
to strike the bulls eye at a
hundred yards OF more with as much
accuracy us rifle shot.
The dress of the women consists of
two sheep skins, which fasten around
their loins and are profusely decorated
with beads and fancy work. They,
like the men, wear bangles on their
strings of beads, animal tusks and
claws. Their hair they
WEAVE INTO A PERPENDICULAR Pill
LAR
About six inches high, which they
paint red or yellow, giving them most
grotesque appearance. When working
or travelling they carry their babies on
their backs in cradle formed
of sheepskin, the one extremity
being fastened around the middle
by the legs OF the skin, whilst the legs
OF the other extremity are tied around
the neck. This makes safe and easy
bed for the little ones ana has the ad-
vantage of enabling the mother to
suckle the offspring without taking it
out OF the cradle. The head OF the
child rests on the mothers shoulder,
and she ST. ctches the source of susten-
ance far enough back for the child to
reach. Polygamy obtains amongst all
the Kaffir tribes, the number OF wives
a man may have being only limited by
his means to buy them. The price of
wife ranges from two to twenty-five
oxen. The majority OF men find two
enough. Chiefs and petty chiefs have
more, ranging from five To a hundred.
| The first wife man takes is the
| favorite. In the case of the chief she is
| the queen. The second wife waits upon
| and attends to the children OF the first,
the third plays the same part to the
second, and SO on down to the last, vino
has two families to bring up. Each
wife has separate hut to herself, but
Notwithstanding this precaution quar-
! reling is common. The indava husband
does not interfere except liz extreme
cases, whom his decision is final. The
indayas generally treat their wives vel
beating or corporal punishment of any
kind being unknown. The kafiir wo
men are very faithful to their husband:
and among the unmarried portion, cases
OF immortality are very rare. a trader
however, Is welcomed among some
tribes, rs there Is superstition that Q
child born OF white man is mas
cot and in time OF war will bring vic
tory to those possessing IL. The young
est and best-lookine wife of the chief il
generally selected for this honor
Among some of the tribes twins are con
sidered uniuclsy, ard one Of the children
50 born is killed. Onc - the greatest
aud Arrest curiOsities an Albanian
Naliir. In. skin ANA hair Of these
freaks Of nature are White ne snO" Ia
pupil Of the eyes is pink and tn fea
ures have the ussai Kaiiir eharic .: