The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-05
ZULU MEMORIES,
xsahue on Afrios--'Weddinas and Fun
erals Graphically PORTRAYED


ilttle tenyear,old Canton girl, who
,.ftended tle lecture 0i Rev, MT Richards,
gnisslonary 10 Lululand, AZ tho fresby.
fegian church, las written for the perlsal
~ friends, who had not the privilege OF
hearing tho discourse, The following ac'
count, which all will agree Is good enough
% prnt
WHAT REMfMHfR ABOUT AFRICA
Ylrst he showed no tho pillow They
only comb their hair about once a mOnlll
and 30 they can't afford 10 Lot u get
nussed, The pillow 10 made Of Kind oi
brass, They lay their neck down on u
aud they can roll over without lelllng
thelr hair touch the ground The least hlt
Tie pants are curious things lheS
took ! No q toks lall, ellu are lnhue eu' Gi
Uha tins Of tails, They hang the hll
around the waist before Or behind,
The women are property over mere,
Tie men work until they got one hundred
pieees Of cloth Tor cloth 10 thelr money
and then they 20 aud buy wife Ihen
they call IN some people lhul can TO-
member the nhmesl, one 81 lhnin 10 the
Wiich.doctor, And then after awhile lhey
10 on and they don't know whether lhey
are married on not, Ana " lhn husband
lelia his ten,yearOld wife "a Ret the water
anu NlNH MnNNllN MNNN We fffffH ff'fff wv
into Jelly, but she won't 10 ",
The glrl only has ono dress u ] after she
Ia ton yearh old and Then she IL married,
Then N the husband can't make her mind
and don't like her he can take her back 10
lisf father aud buy another, ana lao Keeps
on that way till hegela one that suits HIN,
The dreas la band OF beads around The
waist
i will tell you how they catch the buiia'
Ia. The men form q aemi-clrclo ana the
frat man shoots an arrow aud generally
The buffalo goes In front Of the next man
bnt sometimes he goea after the first man,
and then there ia one less 20 the crowd,
once Mr., Richards found a man that
was very alok aud he told three OF the
men there 10 tell him when lac died, This
man had four wives Pretty soon one uf
she men came running and said that he
Waa dying and that they had commenced
pouring water on him, Mr. Richards hhd
thought o. going out 20 see how the man
was and had Just got started when lhe
man came running but he couldn't im'
agIne what pouring water meant
Then pretty soon the second man came
Funning and told him the same thing
aa the first man did, and when he
cot there the third hadn't started, And
one 81 the wlyea had him around the neck
pouring water down his throat while ho
was dying.
They PIT the water In q cocoa nut she'll,
Aud when they had all OF that out they
would get more. Aud when the man died
four men walked up 70 the wives and said
shore, your mine and there were four
weddings In five mlnuich,
Then tho sons who cared fhr the father
took him OF and made their way through
che bushes for there are q great many
lherel and dug hole about big enough
for "a person ~ alt down In, and then they
jumped down and dug out q kind Of q
cave and threw him down aud kicked
him into the cave, go that hIs head stuck
out one way and hla feet the other
Mr.. Richards thought ho would have q
burial service and show thom what kind
90 q one thoy have here, Ho ho took Un
armful Of boys and girls aud thought ho
would have SOME singing, When ihcy
dig grave thoy must hC very careful 90
Htt the black earth in one pile aud the
yellow earth IN an othpr, or else the Cvil
spirits will do something awful
Aftor awhile The mourncrl came along
and Mr. Richards took Homo earth and
said, "AHhCs 10 ashes, nud dust ip duHt'
aud throw u In' Ana ihcu iho llrnl wife
picked mp some too ana niu "luu liC
ihoro, i hope you won't como back any
more 10 hothCrm moN
Aud then the second wife picked mp
somo earth and hnidi "Hou stay there,
auy thCrc. I've made muah enough for
y0u and got Knocked about Tor iL" You
sec thc woman raises iho gralu and Keeps
thc family,
Then tho third wife picked up some
earth and said, "Say there, / never
want 20 see your face again. Aud The
fourth ono did the same, and The only
Kind word that was said was hy his little
granddaughter who had been to Sunday
achool, and she said; GOOD bye, grandpa.
Toll them / am a-ooming too,'
The only necklace that the woman Is
allowed TO wear Ia a part Of a goats foot,
} don't remember Just what part A wo'
man could not kill a lion or n tiger, and No
ahc can't wear the necklace that the men
wear.
must not forget 10 say that they
sprinkle medicine over The grave whom
thoy cover H. Aud rix months after the
man dies they cook chicken, feathers
and all, and everyone In the family cats q
piece, or else they will all die OF the Same
disease the man died Of.
KATE DUNCAN.