Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-03
DBSBRBT EVENING NEWS
Friday. october !. Isso.
STORIES Oh QUEER CREATURES TOLD
BY AFRICAN EXPLORERS.

SANKEY'S celebrated race OF dwar,s
Is question that, on one side ut
east, seems likely to Je disputed
viii warmth. Il does not appear
that either N. js Chlilll or Mr..
Stanley can claim copyright in
these interesting little pe1ilc.
Travellers powerfully see strange
sights and tell t1ugh slo,ie-, and
Africa has ia pIss times been
prolific Of More wonderful tales
than ever AIr. Rider Hag-
gard has told. Some Of Them
We can not qgite ACCEPT. The
tailed men which were OF old re-
ported t. iufest the African forests
may possibly be iientified with NJ.
Paul dc Chaiiia's old friend, the
gorilla. The cyu0ceIhai. az dog
hea -ed men tbIt they were Asianl.
have not, unfortunately. isceu heard
90 curing iat-- yca1s. nor. j. DO 10 be
regretted have SIR. Stanley or other
mo-ern explores suceeeled ia IT,
discovering probably me mast iiItUr-
csiing race O. the dark cJntiueEt-I
The one-legEed man whose sirzie
tout WIS - iaIssi,e. Sir John " n
aevi.ie esurgs u, that when las.
p-sseszlT, lying Ola his back. helG j.
aiuit, ''i- shiel1cth Eis whole BODY
aneut tie sonue.3
The cautious Tra;ler would p7sb.
ably hesitate uowaIays 10 accord
uufe-s'IvtL CreJeuce 60 stories such
- thee. lat hs Cauuat fail % bel
-iruyH 9TH the fact that g a-srfs have
always iigB.ej ~ Ike narration. az
the African Traveller. IA tiie mex
p'orcd lcrt5 ~ AlysSiLia Tradition
reported the existence OF a race four
feet high, who climbed tres ikel
alv=, uere destitute Of clOthrs, reli-
Eipu, civil gg-eTnmett and a. mmon
dScebCy siid & tntir livi-g iy eat
ing lave sua sts, ants and s.Miis,r
small deer aEiElh'si eserip-
lion Of the dsarf, 4 the iatesiC. l.
a seriu4s rruiFi ufs1G Co. the
know ledge al ih- su jet, and
comedies maTe c,1=ely with
Mr.. SJau'ey :. Il, uwl.f- srr,
he say-, active ami skiiiiul
bunter-, Int are cauuitals aud not
= te trusted. Tales q wild men,
The missing link VI Tie DaIWiui-
sE sysieu!-haye always fascinated
the muitiiuJe, and the pogGilF taste
hes, without doubt, been very riiyc-
tive in stimulating tie imagination
En1 enterprise % the traveller aud
tae Snowman. The occasional dis
every Of mute, savage and wholly
Uncuiliyated hrmau beings even
Inspired Liuu;eIs VIII a belief ia l
the wild m.n ani LEI q his diyid-
ing the human race IL his system Of
z1aicEy mo .wo aI.cc!gs-hCmOsapi- !
rii-. or man susceptible 81 civiliza-
Jiun, and homo fr.us, q JeinS which |
lie describes a. -'mute. Hairy and |
going on all fJurs." Science nova
DAYS recognizes Lat ore spcciuS Of |
human tsing- the lowest sayages
showing traces ui culture and re-
fulmeut, which separate them ali
syi.tely from the brute creation
Il was not a!ways 20. The cape
men. % Southern Asia were Grniy 1
believed in at The beginning % lie
present century. TINS discyvety Of /
tEo Of these creatures among tile 1
isi pTers on \ coffee plantation j. |
actually recorded IA the Journal % |
the Asia-ic Society, % Bengal, ia
lSsi, and this circumstance, no !
doubt, encouraged several travellers Z
l. report subsequent encounters
with these singular beings In ui- 1
fereut parts, WHICH grow more cir
cum-lantial as line s.ruiOu. Fla
ally i WIS announced that tup
Slmatuau forests were the home %.
two distinct race, called Orang
Ko1bcs and Orang Gagur, both
naked and covered with hair, ard
tire latter pusscEsing many char
acteri-tics II tbs Rgg :ribe-!oag
arms. nccciing f11eheals. Fro,mi-
ing jaws, WIN lille IN tie way 81
chin and nothing ia the way 81
cali.
Not macy years a-o & was said
that Wild creaulIg-I girl seven
- eight years ClG-had iHen cap
tured IN the forest Of Laos. 4 Whole
family. indeed, had been secured,
bat some died. and The father was
detained in the county by order Of
the king.
This child was krao, who was
artsrwarl exhibited rather ex-
tensively in EuglauA aud America
The, giri's body was cniireiy covered
with hair, but Nirchow anl other
scientists y ho saw her pronounced
her 70 te n true Sismese, anu in
formation afgerwari came from
Bangkok that her father was 4
uati ~soficiai, anu that the Parents, |
who differed IN no respect frUm
others Of their ncer had taken
VI the child's abnormal! !
to let her cut on advau-
.sgeOus terms o. = smart Snowman.
Most recent accounts OF the dis !
eovery Of the Wild people have,
when investigation was POSSIBLE,
been proven 10 be equally f3liaei0us.
Fouror FIVE years ago tine Berlin
A uihropolOgical Society received a
report o. the existence IN the Pafu-
an Islands Of q race Of people with
,ars six inches long, and q othens !
,ritb white skins and red hair who ]
'iv.a in trees and made noises like I
,..csfs. but the other nsnves seemed :
- inclined to claim cCusinshipi I
Tith heseeccentTicies,a and declared
',,en, 10 be descendGnts Of Europ-
- ,yr-ckesi uton the coast many
-. ago. The fair complexion
nj rel hair point TO possible I
r I;.r origin: and it may be that
he GRIT disosverers Of these moe .'.Ii :
re- ne dwelIers dill not understand !
German. At any rate 10 subs us si
Iight vas thrown UPON 'He
~ ,,s.c Existence ofraces Of Sild be
- -, the whole, been dis
iD eytd retty conclusively, but casts ,,
1T ..so Q. ~ t'S various times and places J
AVE srS run wild and cOnsor TED YIN G1I.
he beasts. According to re ~ s gu !
IeHlasJs there are sixteen o. sueH