Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-12-05
NOS.
Scenes in India.

The following is an extract from a letter
written by August Schmuck. now in India.
to his father in Emlenton.
At fenangyaung there is q magistrate
who deals out justice to natives and
Europeans alike, not that they both get
justice. There is no jury will give an
instance of how Dacoits are dealt with.
Last May six Dacoits were captured out in
the jungle They were brought in before
the magistrate who heard the case or cases.
After hearing the witnesses he condemned
the SIX to be hanged by the neck till they
were dead. The clerk wrote it down in a
book. This hearing was held on Sunday
morning and they were hanged on Mon
day. The magistrate was hanpman also
de did not know how to make hargman's
knot and Oliver and Colonel Mays tied If
Tor h!m. will tell Oliver to give Won am
account of it.
Inc Burmese buy or steal their wives, or
at least so | am informed When a young
Burman finds a girl whom he wishes 70
marry, the girl of course being willing, he
goes to the girls parents and asks them
now many rupees presents they want for
the daughter. If they can make bargain.
all well and good, the parents giving their
piesslng or saying amen. If unsatisfactory
the young man goes to his loves house.
calls her out and Immediately embarks for
another cline, stays away for a short time.
and then returns with his wife. So Won
see we have elopements here as well as at
home. A police. inspector at Yenaney.
aung has got Burmese wife for $50 ru-
pees. This is about as high as ever heard
OF q man paying for Burmese wife.
we don't hunt game in Burmah the same
as IN America. Yesterday myself and four
others went into the jungle hunting deer.
We always take our food and water with
us when We hunt. We had three coolies
10 carry water and food for US and we took
about eight gallons of filtered water. twelve
loayes of bread, one can Chicago corn beef
one can OF maekerel and fried chicken.
we mad three Durwans, two of them with
rines and fixed bayonets, and five Bur
mans. The chief or head man we furnish
ed with short shot gun (muzzle loader).
30 you see we had party of thirteen.
Sandy Miller, the old Scotchman; Frank
Weller, Elmer Reighner and myself left
the house yesterday morning at 8 o'clock,
taking three coolies and three Durwxns
with us, and went to Bhema where we
met Igwoch and his four men, and then
started for the jungle. Christ was ready
to go the night before but did not sleep
well during the night and thought he had
better not go. We travelled from 3 o'clock
till 8, when we halted at the place where
we had previously sent the coolies with
water and food. We had been hunting
in the jungle since daylight. Reighner and
myself, Darwan and Burman went in
one direction, Miller and a Darwan and
Burman guide went in another, and Weller
with Igwoch and another Burman and a
still in another. We all came together at
O'Clock for food and water, W Weller having
seen one deer, which was all that was seen
all this time. We ate and drank with great
appetites, having had nothing since the
night before. We also shared with the
coolies who ate nothing but bread and
sugar, it being against their caste to eat
our meat. The Durwans would eat moth
ing at all nor drink drop of water because
it had passed through our hands and was
against their caste. The Burmans brought
their food with them, also their water
which was filtered. Their food was rice
with curry, and we gave them two loases
of bread Breakfast over we started off
into the jungle again, this time my Bur-
man followed deer track a mile aud q
half and only lost it in the grass. 1t is a
wonder to me how he followed it over the
sandy ground. About o'clock we met
again for rest. None had got a deer or
even a shot at one. Reighner was near
ly played out and went home with the
three Durwans, who were weak, hungry
and thirsty. We hunted till about o'clock
and then started home without firing a
slot the whole day, let alone getting q
deer. We were in sight of the derrick at
Rhodaung and l had just remarked that
would not shoot deer if saw one when,
coming suddenly to the brow of chaung
overlooking an open bushy place, saw a
small deer running to the bush and fired
just as it was entering the jungle. giving it
death wound in the hind quarters. The
whole party livened up. The deer crossed
small dry bed of creek and was endeav-
oring to climb the opposite bank when
Miller and Frank fired, one ball taking
effect in the deers head. By eating
sparingly We made two meals fit. Could
have eaten it in one meal. got one two
weeks ago yesterday.
AUGUST ScHMUcK.