The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-10-27

tan is no missioner hereabouts.
OF the twelve million people now oc-
cupying Brazil, not quite one third are
''Caucasans, y and in the majority of in
dlviduai cases they are so largely ''miX-
ed' as hardly to deserve the name. An
other third are negroes; less than one
tenth are Indians; and the rest come I'M
der the general head of Metis, or mixed
Gated, generally wealthy and comparative
ly white Portuguese Brazilians, Spanish
Brazilians. and Saxon BIazilians, whether
planters, politicians merchants or gentle
men of leisure-are naturally the ruling
class; as in all nations of mixed races, the
whiteSt. though in ever so small minor
ity. are the controlling element. To these
should be added the soldiers, for though
the rank and file shade from blackand
tan to ebony, they are differed by white
men of commanding talent and influence.
1t was they who wrought the recent revo-
luton which overthrow the Empire, (real-
ly against the wishes of the majority of
Brazilian outside the CapitaD, who GUST
ed the tirst President in the beginning of
his term, and are capable at any time of
any sort of political overturning.
OF the negroes there is not much to be
said. They came originally from the
same west African tribes as other Ameri-
can negroes; and as they have but lately
emerged from slavery, their capacity for
self government under the Republican
system can easily be judged. There are
many names to designate the different
shades Of colored citizens. Scientifically,
quadroons, octoroons, melarioids, leuco-
melanoids, etc. and locally, those dark
ct than mulattoes are known as ''metifs.'
and ''gritfes. They are found in every
walk of life, from highest to lowest on
the Judges bench, in the Cabinet, under
prestly robes, as college professors, au-
thors and orators; some of the most cele-
brated beauties of The country are ne
crosses, who ride in emblazoned carriages
and fill their opera boxes with blaze of
Jewels
Brazilian Indians are said to be about
the ugliest human beings on the face of
the earth, not excepting the s'Diggers'
of Lower California and the tribes of Ter
ia del Fuego. The BOtocudos, who are
most noted, have advanced far enough to
till small patches of land. live i'll h'lts,
raise cattle and weave mats for sale
The Portuguese gave them their singular
name from the word bot0gue, meaning a
barrel bung-irom theil habit OF wearing
large round disks Of wood in their ears
and undcllips This fashion used to 90
50 far that in middle life many OF them
had Stlt1 mderlips projecting tive or six
inches, holding plug as big as the top of
mostly discontinucd hut both sexes still
60 perfectly naked, except those living in
the near neighborhood of white settle
ments. The men valnislt themselves all
oven with bright yellow paint made from
the bark and gum OF a species OF palm:
and the women dress up as some civil
lied ladies do, by applying few streaks
OF white and red to their faces AIMS and
bosons. Though many OF the Botocudos
are now partially civilized, we are assul-
ed that those of the far interior are vet
cannibals to the extent of eating their
cdptiNes taken iii the wal. Like the
Greeks Of the lIomeIic aye, they consid-
el IT the greatest of evils to lie unbulied
after death; 50 they delight in making
flutes and trumpets Of their enemies
ZONES. have the questionable pleasure
of owning one of these CHASTITY trophies.
which has live holes and is ornamented
with tufts Of red and yellow feathers at
tached to the bone 10y strings; but it re
qrires somebody more courageous than
your CORRESPONDENT to test its value as a
musical instrument by personal expert
ment
There is another Brazilian tribe, whose
HdiiiV Wv lot remember W no are tl al
most exact counterpart Of the Pueblos of
Mexico and Arizona simple. peaceful
and industrious. They live near the coast.
and are doubtless descendants of those
Pinzon and other early voyagers first en-
countered But, unfortunately. thew are
few III number and rapidly dying out; for
among their fierce neghbors the 'turn
unto him the other cheek also piinciple
is disastrous to life and property There
are many scattered tribes OF unrecaimcd
saVages. most OF whom are wandering
cannibals and all implacably hostile Per
haps the most interesting among these.
Cat safe dstance), are the Mundrucus. or
''Beheaders, who, with their allies. are
said to number between twenty and thil-
tS Thousand. They live up the Madeira.
Tapajos. Rio Negro and other tributaries
OF the Amazon, i'll palm-leat huts set
around Il central malocca: the latter not
the dwelling of chief, as might be sup
posed. but rather a grand council cham
Der, fortress, arsenal and general pow
WOW room. In it are deposited those hor-
llbe trophies the preserved heads OF
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