Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-04

/ .AuoroAAaR Cu dADCs VI Uouc TWO lucue8 anu more
in diameter. Naturally, when there 10 tight,
these queer ornaments afford . hold for the I'd
versary, and IL Is no unusual thing for one of
them TO be torn out, SO that the victim = dis
figured for life, being no longer able TO sport
an ear plug. These people are particularly eel
ebrased a. makers Of the famous "wocrarf'
poison for tipping arrows and spears.
| FACE PAINTERS.
The Cunivos are among the most fierce look
ing Of these Peruvian savages. They wear
coins. through their noses and their faces are
painted with brilliant stripes of s'arnatto. ~
| This pigment il q red powder which covers the
seeds contained in the prickly burr Of the bixa'
| plant. It is an article of commerce on the
| upper waters Of the Amazon and its tributaries,
being exported in large quantities to Europe,
where IL Is usek for coloring butter and cheese.
The same sort Of face painting is practiced by
the Campos, most ferocious and treacherous Of
| all the South American Indians, who wear neck
| laces composed of birds dried whole. OF inter-
| est also are the Canelos, who adorn themselves
with beautiful earrings OF beetles wings ending
in tufts Of bright feathers, and with strings Of
precious toucan tails dangling from their shout
ders But most surprising Of all from another
point of view are the Quiehuas, who have q
peculiar method Of communicating intelligence,
by which they have been known to convey in
formation over distance Of 240 miles in less
than two hours by taps of drums from hill top
to hill top, a sort Of Morse code being EMPLOYED
in making the taps, like the dots and dashes of
the telegraph
As GAME HUNTERS
these savages of Peru have certain arts of
their own which are not understood elsewhere
in the world. They catch fish, upon which
the migratory tribes chiefly depend for food.
| by shooting them with arrows The smaller
kinds they capture by throwing poisonous
root mashed into pulp, into stream between
| which presently rise to the surface and are
| readily gathered in. For killing birds thew
utilize blow guns, made out of species Of
palm. This sort of weapon ia ordinarily about
| ten feet in length the pith being removed
| from the stalk and leaving n smooth and
polished bore. For arrows the leaf stalks Of
another kind of palm are employed, each one
sharpened at the point and vrapped about the
middle with silk cotton, obtained from a tree
The dart is introduced into the blow gun like a
cartridge, filling up the bore, and puff Of
breath sends it on its deadly mission. So great
| is the skill Of these wild marksmen with this
noiseless instrument that they will kill an en-
tire flock of birds one after another without
frightening them.
cnocon,,r uuxr,ra
~ 'n"' p"f'oi 'ne "oIio Ii
70 stay the crocodiie by stratagem. The mighty
| saurian, especially II imam eater" needs no
other bait than is afforded by the hunter him
sen In Mno - ar'neu only WIN staxe snsrPened
inc ouctiv aside when Tho Iatter ienH
at him. and finally planting the stake hstSean
the jaws of his adversary, which is thus rem
dered helpless. A strong rope fastened to the
middle of the stake is then seized by the Spec
| tators, and the helpless monster is dragged
| about in triumph until his prosecutors decide
that it is time for him to die.
/ The warlike Jivaros, who wear the gorgeous
feather ornaments have NJ
nary customs besides those which have been
mentioned. They commonly exchange their
wives with one another, deeming UNMARRIED
domestic joys unsatisfactory. The women,
when about to be confined, go to the woods
alone and there give birth to their offspring.
aed INV ,he nosnanu IN eacn case Iakes TO
for s;obt davs to uo;tinr ,nnn H., s,,,,In;ea,
him with ali possible dainties. Another strange
thing about the people Of this tribe is that they
eat no salt 1t is said that the women Some
times reduce their cOnsorts to q condition of
idiocy by dosing them with an infusion of fori-
pondia, made from the seeds of Q plant allied
to the ''stramony," which was utilized by the
priests at Delphi for producing the oracular
frenzy. Having thus disposed of her spouse
the Disconnected female selects another one to
fill his place, and instances are recorded where
the husband thus deprived of his mind has
served his wife and her new lord as a slave.
-
Among these sava8es OF Peru the women usu-
ally carry their children slung upon their backs
In shawis or otherwise. Those Who neither
proouce nor wear any textile fabrics convey
Their b;ns 6ns entra the - t,otaa w;.h
very extraordinary skin disease which pro-
duces sores. When the latter have healed the
skin in those spots is left white, owing to the
destruction Of the pigment cells locally, Thus
all the members of the tribe are more or less
speckled and individuals are frequently seen
who have become almost entirely white. It is
favorite passion with them to weave cloth out Of
the hair OF their enemies, and belts of this ma
terial are worn around the waist for trophies,
Mu,x,ps
.l 81 -.
e o'.0i 'nnes Dfoukn' o"cA run feru
by Commissioner Stafford are seventeen num-
mics of ancient inhabitants. They were OBJ
tained by the accidental discovery Of 4. subter-
ranean chamber. in which the desiccated bodv
of female doubtless dead for many Centuries.
was found seated on a tbrone-iike nlatform
IN caiabash were the remains OF some small
nsnes, ana IN an open powi were several sea
GRADS PeIfecty preserved; There were also
Jars, Whlcn had presumably been niled with
wafer originally. grouped around TINS strange
ngure were the otner mammies, their knees
arawn up Deheatn tneir chins after the manner
peculiar TO the early Peruvian method OF burial.