Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-08
IVES WERE CHEAP.
Observations on So
cial Lite in Papua.
N was Very Simple and to the
n. wbi, One Jack knite Paid
All Expenses--Desf
Life Partners.

~ was Very simple and to the
II Will Ono Jack Knite Paid
All OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Life Partners.
Il in 1882 a young naturalist,
an Denton, now Of the United
Fish Commission, went to New
to assist his father in his scien-
ork. The elder Denton sudden
there. and the son returned in
\ this country. But having eyes
build see, he kept faithful ac-
of what he saw in land as yet
lden but by very few white men.
s now published some OF the in
4 and observations of his travels
book. "Incidents OF a Collectors
les in Australia, etc. His stay
the Papuans occupies about
BIZ OF the volume.
Denton travelled with his father
Younger brother. During his stay
the Papuans he was most of the
alone with his brother among
He tells most interesting
of his experiences in the village
rinuma in the interior OF New
ea. There dwelt the Coyara peo-
In idyllic tribe who had never be-
been white men.
rinuma is a village of some six
houses, besides five tree houses,
bome sixty feet from the ground.
tree houses are we'll bui t, and
In or bamboo ladders extend from
round to just below the platform
q house. These houses are used
lie natives to defend themselves
their enemies in case of attack.
he houses are stored yams and
wood and water, with ton or
pf stones to throw down at their
HES, with spears in bundles for
same purpose. A platform OF
Is below the house is used to stand
while throwing stones and spears.
the primitive methods of cutting
b trees prevailing among the ma
], these houses are almost impreg-
e to the enemy.
be village looked clean. and the
Bes tasty and comfortable. One
Be, larger and stronger than the
was the visitors house or
81, of which there is one in every
a. Here strangers are sheltered
fed free of charge. The largest
best house in every town is for the
niger.
hme pigs. with shouts half as long
heir bodies and covered with long
Nm bristles, roamed at will about
&yillage. A small species of dun
bred dog, which neither parked nor
but only howled, was the occupant
nearly every owner of the house.
re was only one cat at Narinuma
ch Loheir, the chief. had obtained
Fade from some of the coast tribes,
the animal was Il great pet.
hrly in the morning the ground
ut the house would be swept by the
men, and was as hard and clean as
ble. The Papuan women are fine
FEATURED, and many of the children
truly handsome. Age, however
erciless to the women, and wheI
i old crones sit in the sun kneading
u, or beating balls into shapelv POT
#dishes, their heads shaven with
xgments of bottle-glass and ever.
he of their emaciated bodies show
Through their wrinkled skins, the,
venerable pictures of ugliness
he old chief. Loheir, was the mos
eresting man in the village. HI
3 fifty years old. stout and broad
Puldered, and so we'll covered wa
body with scars from the man,
files in which he had fought tina
placing his hand upon him in TIL
kest night Mr.. Denton became sur
his identity. Loheir's face wa
*, but his look was intelligent
manner was that of born gentle
P, modest and unassuming.
Vnp n Law of ha fxun hnnt !, arc II N
N in Narinuma a good while an
learned enough of the language t
freely, Loheir came to then
wing by his actions that he ha
neth'ng important to say. The
re SHINING birds, and he, /
aal, sat on the ground
nt OF them, evidently not know
just how to arrive
at seemed uppermost in his min,
began by asking it they liked tt
Sara men and their country. Whe
that the white men had bee
hted very kindly, and that the Co.
country was as fertile and
lutiiul HIS any they had seen, he wi
ased, and looked as If he had game
pint Then the conversation toe
course:
is 1t warm and comfortable
erlca as at Narinumap"
NOT always; sometimes it is vel
d.
are the birds, trees and flowers
e where you livep"
mo"
are white people any happier tn