Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-06-30
AMERICAN MONKEYS.
Some Varieties Found in the Bra.
lillian Forests
HAbits and Psealiarities of the Intere.s
Ing Little Creatures That Amuse
he laitors 1T Our
Aus~umA

and menageries in this country ar,
chiefly from South America. although
Africa Is fairly well represented. Euro
pean naturalists who have seen ant
studied h American monkeys only il
captivity in the countries of the writer.
invariably refer to them as less intelli
gent and less playful than other mem
bers of the great family. These writer.
appear to forget that Judah canno'
sing the songs of Israel in n strange
land. These children of the wild wood:
OF the American tropics never fully re
cover from the pains and terrors of ar
ocean voyage, and they are shocked out
OF all gayety by the chill and damp nil
of Europe. He who has seen then
rollicking, leaping, ~riotously playing
chattering, and grinning in their nativ,
wilds, and who has observed the acute
ness. intelligence, astuteness and Sc,
cretiveneSs with which theys make a
raid upon plantations and orchards /:
ready TO swear they are the most mis-
c~hievous, playful and sagacious crea
lures in all the earth. Their rcsem
oiance to man is absolutely startling
h baby chimpanzee, not the adult
alone OF all the old world group Offering
anything 10 compare with them. Thi.
resemblance becomes more striking
when, as consumption advances, Tho
face grows pensivc and melancholy and
seems to ave the agony of n sou,
written upon the wrinkles and lines o.
the countcnnnce. The writer shot one
only, n coaita tatelcp paniscus), in q
big forest n few miles distant from Para
in Brazil, and the memory of the deed
still broods as an avcnging Nemesis.
These creatures, says the Chicago
Tribune, are found in greatest numbers
along the upper waters of the Amazon,
but they range nearly or quite to the
Atlantic seacoast. They have long.
coarse, glossy black hair, while their
faces are a reddish flesh color. They
are thumbless, like the African colobos.
and exceedingly agile.
The most curious of all the American
family Is the genus ofhowlcrs (mycctes).
Ihese creatures correspond in q meas
ure to certain of the gibbons. which
appear to sing in a sort OF unison, while
the howlers really do so sing. They
make q chorus whose swell runs ont
three or Tour miles in every direction
and causes IN imaginative person 10
think that every beast of the forest is
engaged in adeadly contest and putting
forth his most t~ircless effort to Brighten
away his adversary byresounding cries.
The lngothryxes offer n species. the
caparro, Whose features are startlinplv
like those of u negro, the head being
round and large, while the face is cbon
In ITS biackness and entirely naked. II
Is scarcely more tnan III h length of
the bowler, but it is said. unlike all
the South American MONKEYS. tn fro.
quently stand upon its hind legs. and
when II docs its resemblance tn the
negro is complete. Indians hunt md
Kill it with u blowpipe, ont of which
'hey shoot little poisoned arrows. The
caparros travel about q great deal.
chiefly IRON tree TO tree, and on these
Journeys the mothers carry their young
upon their backs-not in their arms, rs
Is the ordinary practice of monkey
mothers.
Probably the mo- intelligent and
certainly the most tractablc of nil the
American monkeys is the ch..nccl,. :.
native of Brazil. II soon learns 10
recognize and love its master and is
capable of superior training. The
creature Is striking, and, indeed, very
pretty for n monkey, the fur being long
and falling down gracefully over tho
body and limbs and being nearly uni.
formly black in color. Like all tho now
world monkeys thus far named its tail ;s
its fifth hand, and. indeed. is far morn
usetul than any one of the other four.
Representatives of the large families
OF spider and capuchin MONKEYS are
what one sees most in collections In tho
United States. They offer great Va.
rie'y in coloring and size. bu; are bv
no means the handsumcst or mos. ~.
teiiigent types. The capuchins are rcd.
faced, round-headeA. small. .ct;ro
graceful and long.tailed. Tbev co,'
Gode the prehensile tailed p~roun;ny
AID are followed by the dainty md
exceedingly pretty squirrel monkcvs
The bighesttype Of which is the golden.
haired t~chryscthrixL The night mon
EeTs are those queer-looking~ creatures
b 5~naTTooEetos, and the list. the latte,
always q faForiie among monkey fan
saers because of their winning. geutl.
md pfsrtinuate vays.
Monkeys are-well, noukers The,
iooE ake Tnsn, often act like men, apt
III of them behave better than Ger
thir members Of human society. Ur
less one hare u deep-seafed fellow
Keeling Cor All the creatures of God n.
tad better be content with oScasiona
VISITS 70 The monkeys in the garden,
tnd roustptns. Too constant associstjor
H1ih them Is -sther tryins 70 ones IA
tienct ind THE suIusinrness of ,heI,
tricks which nre Usually repetitious
docs MOI repay one for the inischie.
They do or the Petulance they exhibi,
Take ben nil In all. man has no spccin'
reason for showing pride in trying 1,
trace o family relationship with them
The monkey opinion Of this matter /,
yet 70 be RInrnSaRd hn,rnrnr