Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
SLAVES OF AMAzONIA
Major Kerbey, of Pittsburg,
Tells How Young In
dians Are Sold There.
ENGLISH BOATS IN IT.
A Beautiful Girl Put Ashore Hun-
dreds of Miles From Home.
POLITICAL EXiLES OF BRAZIL.
A River Whose Waters Are So Poisonous
That a tup Will ELL.
ENGLISH BOATS IN IT.
POLITICAL EXILES OF BRAZIL.
A River Whose Waters Are So Poisonous
That a tup Will ELL.
USING THE HANCOCK IN THE TROPICS

DISPATCH by Major J. o. kerbey. o.
Pittsburg, while going up the Amazon Oh
board the Joan Alfredo in his trip across
South America:
The further up the Amazon one goes the
less he sees OF the American and Portu-
Cuese and the more of the Indian and
Spaniagd. The passengers are generally Of
that class that 90 up the tributaries at this
season to manage the stores that furnish
supplies tor the rubber gatherers. Most OF
these traders are accompanied by women
whom they have gathered from Para and
Manaos They sell or trade them off to the
bGlt-savage natives.
An English boat constructed for this
river navigation is built precisely on the
same lines as those intended Tor the ocean,
]. G. like block, as deep in the water as
high and straight above The rooms ere
seldom occupied. Each passenger on the
Amazon brings his hammock along. Hooks
are supplied both in the forward saloon and
alt, where the ships sides are open, and on
these hammocks are strung. so thickly
crowded that there is scarcely room to
swing to sleep. As far as have been able
10 observe there is no such thing as two
persons sleeping IN one hammock.
The Luxury of Hammock.
Ny personal experience is that it is as
much as newcomer can do to sleep alone
in one OF them, but, like everything else in
this country, one gets accustomed TO it, and
now I cannot sleep in bed. This piece OF
expensive furniture is only used here as a
sort OF an ornament Each house, how
ever. Eas one bed, which presume is in
tended Tor use in emergencies or in case of
sickness.
The captain, with a significant smile,
kindly observed to ME that as my room
was hot and the afterdeck was crowded, he
would have my hammock swung in the for
ward part OF the ship, which favor 1 greatly
appreciated. l slept in it not only all
night, but most OF the day time. II is only
in tropical countries that a hammock can
be fully appreciated. 1t is used not only
Is q bed, but IS G chair, a rocking chair,
sofa and tete-a-teJe- People in this land
DO not sleep or lie lengthwise, but always
stretch Themselves out bias, j. e., the head
high on one SIDE and the feet lower on the
other, thus leaving the body in almost a
horizontal position. When tired of that
they spoon over 20 the other tack. Using
II as rocking chair they sit in the center,
raising the other side for a back, and rock
themselves 10 and tlp, but to nv notion the
BIOS, charming thing is a tete-a-tete in
lam-ock with 4 pretty brown-eyed,
Laughing senhOra.
Tete-a-Tete in a Hammock.
As the feet OF bo!n occupants should
barely touch the floor each is expected in
A..
gentle kick, all the while talking and
laughing in happy way that cannot be in
uuced BY any otuer method OF getting ac-
QuaInted. Two girls or perhaps two old
ladies viii put IN an entire afternoon in
lHis nav. Sometimes one Will read aloud,
UhIle Iae otler does the kicking
There EaI been some attempt at flirting
on Tie boat, the captains pretty nurse girl
being The object. Following this the pretty
nurse disappeared Tor a day. I inferred
t.a- >he Was SEX and confined 10 her bed
The next morning rs early as Z or s O'Clock,
JuS- a, We ere making a landing, l no.
t.ced tie captain ana wi1e at the girls door.
Sul surprising aer 10 be seriously i'll | ielt
-ae cL-au- nv services as a physician,
when ] vas astOuiShed by the sudden ap-
uearauee OF the graceful little thing-all
dressed in her best, looking as bright and
lresA as IL Is possible lor yellow pine girl
10 hook.
The captain motioned FOR her to move
forward toward the stairs, and as the boat
was -2ldnE I dashed upon me at once that
Tie poor child Was beng put ashore, as is
tie custom or habit of captains who may
rAl-N d lady passenger behaves improperly
% most arbitrary exercise OF unjust au-
taar.ey that l would hardly have believed
possible had ROT witnessed ii in this case.
The Exile of Nurse Girl.
ashamed ot his harsh treatment, asked
permission To 30 ashore along with the land
1aC party, E0Hiug to have an opportunity of
TsuUl--I@t nag H ith the captain, who also
Heat ashore, bat he Saia nothing whatever
d. uer aaI feeling thar il WAS delicate sub
fect, Lg.crreJ.y soa-hJ out the girl who
MAS >;aatln- in the only house Of the place
aud a~Ec! her il she was to be left there.
YES She sal with a sad smile, and
tgusa away Ia Llde her tears.
/ said, do You want to come on to Iqui-
t0s@'
Isl, 81, Senior, she said eagerly.
Then viii you come by the next boat,
and VIII see that you get back to Para?"
''Si 81 (yes, yes), will go where you
are.
walked around the corner, took all the
paper money had in my pocket at the
tue, aud making a roll, held it in the palm
o. @y hand, and as | shoo1 hands with her,
she IutuitIvelv elt the money, and with a
squeeze OF her land and d hearty ''obrigado,
ourigaao, We parted. When 1 again
looked after her she had disappeared behind
the house.
4 Slave Pen on the Amazon.
During this time the captain had been
discussing with the uglv old Indian Portu-
cese Lag OF the place as to her keeping, in
b.issIul ignorance Of the TACT that had
quietly arranged for her escape by next
boa. VAS shown by the captain as one
the curIos OF the place, a sort of cat-o'-
nlEe-taiis whip, made from the withes of
vlneS that is used upon tine backs OF the In
ulau girls, while a heavy paddle-shaped
club hung alongside. which is used for the
tough backs OF the Indian bows It is a
TerltaBle slave pen on the Amazon, and the
vessels Of the English company who permit
en- conduct are aiding and encouraging
TIE worst sort OF slave trade, which they so
much coHdemn. These vessels carry to the
bUHmps every trip young Indians wnom the
ci1esGis all know are being taken up to the
traders, precisely as they do their cattle. 1
veutured 10 ask the captain If he was leav-
ing Jaa, girl, TO which he tersely answered:
Yes" "But," 1 continued, you will
take her up on your return?"
''E0, I don't want her any more.
'I> she no good?" 1 persisted.
NO coed, and the subj ect dropped. A
Sir. counts ior nothing st all here. Upon
c-9acr investigation l ascertained that the
Un.r cHjil nGI committed no wrong at all
Irr otieHse consisted only in the fact that
sie vas attractive aud many of the ships
COMPANY had dared TO admire her.