Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-21

| How TIE Sith nv ffrbt'ts
his queer sensation. 20 those not used
10 II. 10 H. the center Of attraction TO hun
drrils Of people, To b. surrounded by a sea
OF fnccs, and all staring hard at you with
dllisrnt expressions Of wonder, curiosity
and nuuacnent Bat then was the flrst
i white woman that the Dnallas Of the Cam
ero9ns river, West Africa. hal ever seen,
and 40 /. was no wonder that they were ~.
tonlshed nj my appearance In their village.
Eyeryboly ieft on their different occups-
/ lions and followed ~ wherever we went,
shouting and laughing. aud all struggling
10 get near me. Crowds Of them ran on
10 front, and theu. turning round 10 stare
for few seconds, would rush on again 10
keep up with ".
But my embarrassment nc being the
cause Of such excitement soon worc OF. for
| 4. IN my turn, had much TO see and wonder
| al in a Wet African village. The people
weru about tho same height ne Europeans.
their skin very dark and sometimes nearly
black. Neither men nor women wore any.
thing but awaistoloth, which In IN. case
Of chlefs was Of rich material and bright
color. Most Of the people were tattosd. 81.
pecisliy the young girls. whose cheeks,
noses and foreheads werr strongly markell,
and thought very beautiful.
The most fashionable Of these girls wore
their hair (which was crisp and woollyl cut
Into the shape Of circles eliminating at tho
top Of the head. and bctwcon each two Of
tho rows were bright colorcd bead. and
brass ornaments. Huge brass pins were
stuck into the wool Just behind the ears.
They also wore very long aud large bras,
earrings. and quantities Of colored beads
round the neck aud wrists.
TnE rEoriR.
Tho streets werc straight and spotlcssly
clean. and tho little b,mboo houses with
palm matched roofs on either side the
road wcru very noat and pretty; and here
and there were lovely palm trees and hugo
eottonwoods.
"Thc families cook and eat under these
trees" said Mr.. A., who acted M our
guide, "for you sec the houses have neither
windows nor ilreplsces. Just peep In here,
and you will zee the only furniture II tho
bamboo bed and these fow stools and Gala.
bashos.n
BUST then slim, good looking girl broke
through tho crowd. and rushing up TO
Mr.. A., seized hold OF his arm and be-.
gan talking very fast and earnestly. ns n
begging some favor. Her great black eyes
looked 30 ssd and wlstful that my heart
went out to her. and | felt 40 glad 10 SEQ
Mr.. A. smile as II willing to do what
she asked. She Just gave him one look Of
thanks and then was gone.
"who is that girl; and DO tell me what
abe Is wanting you 10 do" asked.
"sshe says her mother IL very III, and she
wants me To make her well. You know |
have studied medicine for some time, and
tine people hers think cure by magic. Tho
Duallas have horribly cruel custom with
their sick. II the patient does not get well
In week or two he or she Is taken out into
the bush about four or five miles from thu
town. placed upon rude bamboo bed
stead, aud left utterly alone. q woman
coming bnce day to give the patient food
and water and TO light fire. The ,oor
wretch Of coursc soon dies Of fright at
being left 10 the mercy Of the Wild beasts
whose gruwls and yells alone break tho
monotony of thu long drenry night.
THE SICK AND the DRAD.
"Bnt tho Baptist missionario. have near
ly got the Dpls To do away with thi,
wicked Gust, u, and the more horrible one
Of beating " icath tho unfortunate person
who Is said by tho n'gambl man (fortnn,
teller TO have bewitehed the sick person
|
fish IL Is wonderful how much infuenc,
We get over these people. But the Dualia,
have some sentiment In them, for they
bury the dead under the houses which the,
occupied when alive, and they would thinl
II most cruel aud unfeeling to cast the dc
ceased out Of their homes"
A large, fat, Important looking man
with striped waist cloth. now came up Il
US and asked us II we should like to SEQ
dance. lilo possessed four European chair
tfor he was great chieD aud We sat dowt
under the shade Of beautiful COTTONWOOD
and the dance began.
A ring was formed Of boys OF all sizes
who, with their elbows drawn close TO thei
sides. walked slowly round, twtchnl
! every muscle Of tho body. while tho womei
and girls. forming an outer ring, stoo,
around clapping their hands to u sort o
measure. This dance WIS curious, bu
neither beautiful nor insplriting.
PRIMITIVE rLLkPHosR.
! Wcwere next shown u big wooden drum
> which Mr.. A. called tho Dualla telc
phone. and he explained TO u.s. how by dlf
fcront ways Of beating IL n conversation
J could be carried ON by natives two mile
. apart.
Just as we wcrr about tn 40 (for the sui
was settling. aud we had TO get down to tn
! river where our boat WIS waiting for us
! Mr.. A. motioned 10 mo to look at tw
s. girls standing close by. one OF whom wa
! doing something 10 the others eye wit
, what looked like sort Of hodkin.
"she Is taking out an eyelash," laughel
9 he. "llaye you not noticed that none o
0 tho Duallas have oyelashes' They thin
: they destroy the sight, 10 they pluck GU
the hairs As soon rs they grow"
Crowds OF people followed US 10 "a
: river, and found II very mortlfying I
i my dignity to be snatched up and carrie
u to the boat like n baby. Two other boat
. mon took Mr.. ker and Mr.. A. on thel
: backs and carried them also on board, foi
z 10 say nothing " the orocodlles, chill 1
s west Africa means fever. and We had ha
l. too much OF that.
9 Tbs natives, however. came wadlng on
o by dozens, struggling 10 get the last shak
q OF my hand, with the latterlng eompl
mcnt, "Now that we have seen the whit
woman we can die contentel. Mrs. Dayi
her In Iarpcrs Bazaar.
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"a Literary iads u Hundred Year. Ago.
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