The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-09
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of his voice was advanced by me in
magazine two or three years since. In
that article classified the various types
of voice, not from their musical pitch
or pleasant quality, but, instead, from
the mental characteristics heard in the
tones. l proved the idea to be correct
by experiments carried ON with be-
tween two and three hundred students
of elocution in this city.
The subject of the Indian voice has
interested me whenever opportunity
was afforded for hearing the "redmen"
speak. Having lived among the Chero-
kee Indians in the south, and relying
upon the voice as an index of character,
certain qualities possessed by the In
dian voices at once interested and sur
prised me. Prior to 1880 l spent four
weeks in a camp of Cherokees. There
were some $50 in the tribe, their ages
ranging from infancy to 81 years.
Pleased with the result of my investi-
cations with this tribe, pursued my
studies farther, with the Blackfoot
tribe, the Seminoles and Sioux. l
found typical Indian voice, notwith-
standing the fact that they vary much
in pitch and quality. Their emotion
al lives being necessarily simple, the
tutorage of civilization had not taught
them to conceal the real state of their
feelings, and their ordinary mental hab-
| it's were accurately revealed In the
| tones of their voices, particularly when
they spoke the languages peculiar to
~. Of Indian
is usually sad and reticent 1t is indi-
cative of a mind given to marvellng
| rather than reasoning. The voices OF
! the women are generally mezzo-so-
prano, clear. and resemble somewhat
| those of the Spanish women. the
voices of the men vary with age; the
older having wierd, strange sound,
which reminds one of the voices heard
among a certain class of patients in
hospitals for the insane. 1t is the
| voice of the early state of paralytic
dementia. The voices of the Indian
| children resemble much the voices of
| negro children. They are, however,
| less musical and much more quiet.
Even in childhood mirth seems want
| ing in the Indian character. They sell
| dom laugh with that hearty merriment
| for which the negro is famed. The
Indian voices are dreamy in ordinary
conversation. When angr ythey usual
| ly shrek without articulating words.
| One hears among the Indians very few
| Enthusiastically individual voices.
Comparing them with their more civil
| lied brethren, we find that the French
| voices show complex emotional lives.
| Those of the Englishmen vary in pitch
j a great deal, as do those of the Ameri-
can people. With the Indian voices
| there is less variety both in register
| and pitch, and the undertones reveal
| similar emotional states. Comparison
| of the Indian voices with those Of the
| Chinese is rather favorable to the lat
/ ter The voices of the EDUCATED Chin
| csc are flexible and indicative of great
| shrewdness The voices Of the edu-
! Gated Indians, of whom / have now
between twenty and thirty, are whining
and undressing.
Through the courtesy of the Honora-
BILE William Cody had the opportunity
| recently of listening to the voices of
i SOIuG Ol Tile JllIlctliS VI iiAo itiiiPNS NSAAA
| pany. I wished to delineate their
characters by their voices, so did not
/ know anything of the history of those
presented to me previous to hearing
| them speak. / also requested that they
speak in their own language, as l could
not then judge of their character by
what they said.
The first Indian, named ROCK Bear,
had rich, baritone voice. 1t was
musical, and indicated greater degree
of intelligence than is possessed by
the average Indian. The agent was
much surprised when I told him, know
ing nothing of Rock Bears history,
that his voice indicated a man brave
quick in action and clear in his logical
deductions, Of kindly temperament and
naturally affectionate. He Uniformed
me that my estimate of Rock Bears
character was quite correct, and added
| that he had always been friendly to the
whites, rendering valuable assistance
to the United States government at one
time.
The next Indian presented had the
voice of an old man. I told the agent
that ] thought him about sixty-nine
He informed me that he was between
seventy and seventy-one. His voice
was singular, Of rather low pitch, anc
revealed a very fanatical tpye of mind
together with an unstable and irritable
nervous system, I stated to the agent
that Flatiron, which was the name o.
the second indian, was moody and mer
curial, and withal not to be trusted
The agent confirr I'd my opinion of tn,
mans voice and told me that he hat
made great deal of trouble during hi!
younger days, and that he was promt
nent in the famous ghost dances, 81
| well remembered.
The next Indian brought to me haC
the remarkable name Of Last Horse
His voice was interesting. Of tenor
baritone quality, it was frank and kind
ly, but there 1urked in it's tones eau
ton, shrewdness and excletive ability
told the agent that I thought he hal
excellent executive ability and he re
piled that Last Horse was the chief O
police in the camp.
Two Indian women were next pre-
sented, and were introduced as Mrs
Highbear and Mrs. Redbear. The lat
ter held her little child's hand in he,
own. Her voice was tender and af
fectionate when speaking to her 1ittl
one, but when speaking to me it wa!
girlishly shy. Its tones were warm