Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-10-07
aFRN4S PIGAY TRIBES.
BEARDED DwAzPS INHABIr IaE
DARK CONTINENT.
The Tribes OF title People Ire wrie
ly Separated. But Have striking

l;ar.1 not ou.v that ,ae ancient writers
we're dealing with fact AMI not tIJte
vaeu they wrote ot tue warts OF Cs1t-a.
Africa, buE also that the world derived
important geographical tscis from tnsse
awlris. They beiieve, E did m
.4,e CaptaIa StlIrs, thas dwa-ti found
their way in ancielt times into Egypt.
i2d thas they dCuctl=s gave some .ntor
nnt;ou ABOUT the Mountains OK the
Moon" and the sources Of the Nile. The
.heory tlas dslris from the upper Nile
regions did reaca Egypt IS fortl1ed i 1
striking nnaaer by The recent i-cpvery
on in 0,t Egyptian mongmea. Of the
picture 0f iElEf With zee lame AKA
beside .s, vl.ch Is the anne 81 :he mos
famous Of taa CeG--l. African Flri
,ribes; 5us .l.er centuries had III .A-a
il dwarf tribes; ald tie testimony of
more than 0Ge recent discovery vas
needed bel;re the Interesting sTo .ecs
attracted much Attention. Some d.teau
explorers aave within tie past few wears
added many iacts - our knowledge II
he iwlrt4, Ind though our acquaintance
with chem IS sti.l .lconplers, enough
.lc8 have been obtained - enable u -
take genera view Of these curious l:-
s.a people.
Oae group 1t these pi-g-a.es, he
Dokos, aAve not YET oeaa v:sltsd by aa7
explorer, lai get .r IS certa!l IA: ;tav
i1labi-, Approximately, :ae reg'on a.
signed % them N our uap pGth Of
Aoyssiaia- Z i hoped ;t1s 2e.ccs .on-
some explorer vi. Visit them Il :he.c
l0ue lad -eil us uors about item
Avlacaers, A-agt All i'A0badie, J..
travellers 7t lGchor..T, have met many Of
them, lai, ,a4!ependln:ly Of 1ne another,
la7e bcrGe tasrnou! - tAeIr eIlstecca.
They we're described bv these uea IL
aav,lG :de sane CHARACTERISTICS that
na.S :ae EGlaS5r;L. iSEts wao we're
cot known for TeAsS l.ser :he D3k1s Ia!
excited the curiosity u ethn0,oxists,
Professor Hartman IN 1875 collected On
:le east coast trustworthy reports ABOUT
:ae D9Sos, cUuirrulI sle ea:!ler -gp0rrs.
The DlSls are aii 10 be iarS br1wl IN
color, extremely u! Il phgsiQIe, lad
about four !ee5 digu. Thay - enarsl7
w,-a1Gs clothing aad bu..d most Priuli-
ave duts, which they cover with sN.as
or caves. Their 0Giy occupation 3
hunting. TAev chalIs their quarters A
soon ~ -ane becomes scarce, use ouiy
7ols8u ~ Arrows, lld ara ez pert II catca-
.ag animals II traps aai ptctL8. They
10 not Know the $50 1t ira Inl sas cle
iesl x ier-eG.s lat other animals Nv.
Dr.. Henry Sra..cIter, wl1 Las c0I.a-sd
A.. lie evit!elce u aa1t -eil-.lg "a these
ucr!scs iavIyGs, says, that lIraoG-l
;aelr country laS never been VISITED. e
can 4aie.v De 3a.i ;l1c '.east Of TIE y e
lad 10 :le iouih Of klfa n the lneI-
Dlorei territories 20 the souta OF me
RIVER Ou0 -leFe exists 4 pIg-ly -2ce
similar q s.zl, Appearance t2d aa2.3 -
The ivarts 1t cae upper Ne All Congo
ragions.' L Il probable tnaE tAe! are
scar5erei anour other tribes Of dl.fersu.
rnce Aaj customs Ike :lelr re,a-i7.4 !
VT lad Cea-rai Africa
7: - nov possible TO divide :ae yl-ts
Of Africa MO four -r0ups-tha pl-m.es
Of West Afr.ca- Known ~ tae O1Gu-O, ,
Axda, l1d BAo9ugO, wao we're irss met
n recent zines by Du CaA.lI; tla
lwarIs 1t he central regions, kloyl IS
cac AKA, WlnoItcI, lld BLEIa, dis
covered lad described oy Greniel, F1u
Tra1cJls, LEM, Wolf, WLsernaa, AMI
others; the East African pi5nles, z10w1
l the D0ko4, though they PrlOa1ty
compose several tribes spea6ag se7era.
Iif.ren5 iia.ects; anu the dvaT.s south
Of the Congo 0asIa wlo are the ousAnea
aad taeIr relatives Of South africa.
Some TINE arc Mr. Ha.Iburtoa repocsed
the discovery OF iwlrt5 lsnnuy the Atlas
Mountains of Morocco, but the reports
about these alleged pigu.es are ao5 YET
sufficiently authenticated 20 De accepted
As fact.
Among al these widely separated
dwarf tribes exist resemblaaces 30 'tr,S,
ing that these little peoples are &c v
believed % DO shG branches Of the sane
great family that by oaa cause lr Another
WAS separated perhaps centuries ago,
until to-day its parts are divided oy
hundreds OF miles Of territory in ~licn
40 dvarfs are found. They are l.l nj.
Zratory, never remaining ,0Gg in QUE
place, though they 60 noe often wlader
/ far out ot their own district. Although
III OF them are sA7a-es OF the very low
ast type, their cunning aud skill Is hun
.ers are most remarkable. They live
among tribes OF ordinary stature whom
hey supply with dried meat lnd Dish IN
exchange for vegetable food, kGivas, and
other articles. They in-ernarry only TO
4 small extent with their larger neigh
1ors, and rs 4 rule are very say IN their
intercourse with other peoples, wllcl
accounts for the fragmentaCY information
We ut present POSSESS about them.
Boards are developed among them mere
largelY than among other African tribes.
AL Of them excel their larger ne ghbors
IN iextarity Is archers, in nImoieness,
lnd in ingenious DEVICES for calcnin1
game. Every schoOtboy has seen pic.
lures of native Africans dIs y,lising shem
selves in ostrich skins to get within bow
snot OF these shy birds. It is only tie
dwarf bushmen who practise this device.
Livingstone said that the dwarfs he mel
killed many lions with their insignii.
can't looking arrows. We know very lttl,
as yet about their languages and dialects
but the incomplete v0eabularies collectea
show that not a few Of the words Of these
widely severed tribes are identical.
In a number of respects the variou,
dwarf tribes show differences of some
importance. In Central Africa tht
Tiki Tiki dwarfs are little taller