The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-30
BETTER THAN BLooDHc...s
The Unteachable Australian.
Ability as n Tr.. on9efghl

l Ahe OhIeacnaDie Austraiian,s -.
Ability as . Tracker. =
1t is fact that it il hara
the Australian aboriginea eash
: useful. They are naturally ~ = lning
indolent, unsettled, and a - and
disposition, says a writer IN -. Vslns
fornian. They will not stas, al
any place. and if raised from sb ,oas 4
graded position into more ce s,.sal q
BILE conditions, necessitating thu ~
Ing with their natural mode Il ,s.s
they will most Invariably refn,a slag
at their first opportunity Az y Il
same may be said of the halt q
who otherwise are far suner,ss
their sable parents and 9th. 4
atiyeS II.
1t is an oft-repeated occurren.
Australia that a half-caste cbs y
been removed, when or 10 yes.s - -
to the surroundings of ciyili,.s.
has been given an education eopss
any white child of the better 49,
OF the community, and notwithassa
ing this, upon coming into co.,
with his own race, has returnas ].
the black fellows camp, icnns.s.
book learning, fine linen, ana i
comforts of civilized life. In =.
capacities the black fellows have NJ.
found satisfactory-as tracgers ~
in the native police. I can onlv s..
a correct expression for their na-~
Of tracking by calling it instinet
have been with them searchlnp /.
men whose every trace had been -.
tically lost, but the black tracker ~
found them in spite of all.
They are more sure than hloaa
hounds When the track ceasss
through some mysterious agency ~,
seem to know where to 20 to Hnd
again. In the native police thew l.
very useful as crackers. This nolls
consists of small troops OF mounts
uniformed black fellows under II.
command of European officers. Tbs
act as gendarmes in the outlying al
tricts and are principally used for ii
purpose OF bringing maraudinp blark
to account 1t is not uncommon thai
the upcountry blacks spear the caftls
on the station, or murder travellers Al
settlers, and 1t is principally In sncb
cases that the native police becomes
useful.
The manner in which theysurnrise
a camp of savage abOriginese ID char.
acteristic Having ascartained thar
they are near a camp some or them
dismount and strip to the skin. Then
they fasten their carbines to their
ankles by means of piece OK rope or
a chain, and, trailing it through the
long grass, approach the camp. The
blacks come Co meet
their sable brothers, when, quick a.
the trooper scoops, brings
his carbine to level and sends death
Ind destruction into the camp. The
lboriginal thinks good deal more Oi
lis dogs than of his women. Dos
ire always found about the camp IN
arge numbers.
They are OF mongrel breed, and
generally starved to ferocity The
black fellow in most places Is polyg-
Imist, and his wives are used FOR
carrying everything from their babies
10 their husbands weapons--lnclud-
ng all their camp paraphernaliA ~
ions, or whatever else they may
wish to transport-while the lOr0ly
master marches along with perhaps 4
Vaddle or boomerang as the only
'urden TO impede his progress. But
I, as in many instances the blacks
e savage the white men with whom
hey come into contact are no less 50
The life of black fellow Is counted
s nothing and the depredations per.
etrated on them by settlers are nun.
rous and often particularly cruel
he spearing of few head Of cattle
q a station. where thousands are
raZing on the runs, has often cost
he lives Of many black fellows and
know OF several instances where
le camp had been ralded and tie
omen carried away by white men
bile 1t Is fact that there are set
ers who have made it a point ID
Oct any black fellow found on their
Ist domains, TO ayenge some murdef
in the first place by The
acks.