Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-14
AMONG The PIGMIES.
O,,,f Inhabitants In UItIDlOTtd Re-.
gIoTS Of Guatemala,
REPORT or A CHICAGO PROFESSOR
Ips1haustiblc silver Mines In Mex Co
Mineral Resources Of that
Country.

~
gnr. professor Of anlhr1yology In
the University OF Chicago, has just
returned from three months trip
through unoxplorod portions Of uuato.
mala aud Mexico. Prof. Starts object
10 making the trip was TO visit all the
ruins In the two countries which, Ia
bic "trip last summer, he had heard 10
hishly praised, aud TO IND the pigmy
Tribe which WIS supposed to live some.
where about there. Tue professor
spvnt ton days among the Mixes, the
fletctsi tribe known. who arc supposed
i5r,taln some OF the cnnulbal Instincts
OF their ancestors. Tho professor aud
bis companion, "a German political
refugee, had no trouble In getting along
with them.
ln speaking Of HE trip, PROT Starr
was very enthusiastic. The results he
saiI, TAD been 20 tuccusstul AMI the
fields ~ promising that hu expects g.
return there October let. lie eays.
"rno slate Of Chiaras II attracting
much attention NJ present on account
" ~ coffee, aud American capital h
lowing In at great rate. Every
plantation OF piece VI ground available
iofcJliur growing IL bviug seized upon
by invrttUp."
Prot. Starr said the country offered
SPECIAL fncilitirs fot research In bic
line. IL Oaxsca 100 different languages
are spoken, thirteen Ia Chiuupts AID
tWUnty,ouu In Guatemala. rhiu indi.
ratrs d. many different tribes OF people
ami the opportunity ~ study them IL
extraordinary, Concerning the pig.
mics aud whether tue small muu Of the
country lght not BE- descended from
tue mountain idl' h., the professor ,al
~ found lot OF iGiJtH In the county,
hut Ia no case was there any u0nuCc.
ton between them anu tho little
people. Cfotinr, o. the iIi0ts are
uullu1t are dUsuunIauis Of gUiit0us
people. Goitre IL disease that h
caused by tho water the people drink,
uud the defendants VI thc gOlttOuH
people nTe usually deaf dumb AMI
i1i1tic. Tho small people arc not
diaeiBeI anu retain all thuit faculties
There Afu 90 many Ui them that II h
impossible 30 call them freaks, but
could not hnd any pigmy ttile from
which they uesusnlod, but | believe
there 10 tucn tribr."
Prot. o. G.. Farm ton, euatAtor OF
geology OF tue Field Columbian
Museum, mas Just returned itOm n
three m nilH' trip Ia Mexico. The
object ui his trip was 10 study the
mineral resources Of the country aud
~ col Get specimens OF the same
und others iliu'tTating vOlCAuO
aud glutefihl phcuomenn. The
famous silver mluun OF GuBnajuato,
Pachuca ana ZtcateCas we're visited
aud valuab 81 oclmens obtained from
them. Prot Harrington ssyri
"Allhuugh many OF these mines
have been w0tkoi for more than
yChfp, they still seem iuCXhaubtibIr
lhu nOisling, crushing anu sorting h
rill, done ny hand, nnI the silver IL
extracted by what n called the patio
process. In come o. the mlnos con.
tTlllrd by Americans OF Eugllshmun,
machinery hns been Introduces, "a
owing to the cost has net alWays
proven profitable.
"lbu M,XiObns impress me a.
ihrrwl, patient and mid m tnnrfei,
.ureuub peDpl,, VINO under the table
government VIII Ch they now enjoy
Eud with more widely disseminated
means Of education, VIII become me- OF
the strong nations VI the Americas.
They are cordial 10 tue A ueficaus
anu expresses admiration for our oOun-
ny aud its Institutions"