The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-31
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BETTER T6AN BLOoDHoO"DS'
the unseacha able aud lazy Au,traiiln's
Wonderful Ablilsy as a rraeksr
LISA fact that Il Is hard 10 teach
he Australian aborlgines anything
isoiul They are naturally lazy
and indolent. unsettled aud Of
eovlng disposition. says writer In
the Californian They will not stay
tong az any place. and Il raised from
their degraded position into more
comfortable conditions, necessiiating
the breaking with their natural mode
Of living. they will almost invariably
return TO Il az their first opportun'
It's. and the same may be- said OF the
hali-castes. who otherwise are far
superior 10 their sable parents aud
other relatives II Is an oft.re-
peated occurrence Ia Australia that
a halfcaste child has been removed
when or 10 years OLD, s. the sIr-
roundings OF civilization, ha b. N
given an education equal 70 am
white child Of tho batter classe. 81
the community, and, notwithstand
ing this. upon coming In contact
with his own race. has returned %
the black fellows camp. ignofing
book learning. iine linen. aud the
comforts Of civilized life In two "a
pacit.os the black fellows have been
I found satisfactory as crackers anl
| In the native police. can only end
a correct expression for their power
OF tracking by calling Il instinct /
I have been with them searching f,r
men whose every trace had been
practically lost. but the black trackor
has found them Ia spite Of all They
are more sure than bloodhouuds.
| Whom the track ceases, through rome
mysterious agency they seem to know
where 10 go 70 lind Il agaln. In the
native police they are useful as
crackers The police consists 81
small troops Of mounted, uniformed
black fellows under the command Of
European officers. They act a. gem
darmcs In the outlying district aud
are principally used i.r the purpose
Of bringing marauding blacks o ac-
count II Is not uncommon that tho
up country blacks spear the cattle on
the station. or murder travellers of
settlers. and u Is principally in such
cases that the native police become
useful
The manner IN which they surprise
camp Of savage aborigines Il
characteristics Having asccrtaincd
that they are near a camp some OF
them dismount aud strip 70 the skin
Then they iasten th ir carbincs "a
their ankle b. means Of u piece oI
rope or chain. and. trailing II through
the long grass, approach the camp
The unsuspecting blacks come 3,
meet their sable brothers. when
quick a. lightning. the trooper
stoops, brings his carbine 10 a leve
! and sends death and destruction int
! the camp The aboriginal thinks I
! good deal more Of his dog than o
, his women Dogs are always foun.
, about the camp In large numbers
They are Of the mongrel breed. an,
generally starved 20 ferocity. TIT
b black fellow In most places Is
} polygamisi. and his wives are use
I for carrying everything, from thei
8 babies to their husbands weapon -
, including all their camp parahernalia
{ rations. or whatever they may wisl
20 transport - while their lordl,
4 master marches along with perhap
! waddie or boomerang a. the onl
= burden 90 impose on his progress
But II, as In many instances. On
! blacks bc savage. the white men Wit
whom they come into contact are NJ
, less so The life Of black fellow I
counted as nothing aud the deprcda
: tions perpetrated on them by tn
settlers are numerous and often par
ticularly cruel The speariug Of
few head Of cattle on a station, wher
thousands are grazing on the run.
has often cost the lives OF man
black fellows and know Of severa
instances where the camp had bee
4 raided and the women carried ava
+, by white men, while Il Is a fact tina
I there are settlers who have made
( point 20 shoot any black fcllor
found On their vast domains. I
I avenge some murder committed
A.. the first place b., the blacks.