The morning times., 1896-08-16
1t Is a Region Whence No Man
Ever Returned Alive.
Almost Obliterated Traces OF a
Civilization Strongly Sug-
costing that of Europe
Among the People
Not rlongoIians.
Copyright, 1861

OF all the strange people on the face
OF the earth there are none more interest
Jug or less known about than the Mao
Use. No white man, SO far as is known,
has ever penetrated Their domain. Ger
Lainiy none have come back alive to tell
Of their adventures, for certain clans Of
the Miao-Tse are pronounced IN their can.
nibaiistic tendencies toward their enemies
and consider every stranger an enemy.
Although the Miao-Tse nation Only oc
cupies territory some 400 miles long In
the South central part of China for hum
dreds Of years it has successfully defied
the Chinese government, routed the Inn
periai armies sent to subdue IL and has
never been conquered.
And now an old man, learned and
famous German scientist. has undertaken
the task of finding out what this savage
people a re like who once were undoubtedly
highly civilized. This intrepid and veneer
able explorer is DIR. Adolph Phillip VIII
helm Basrian, director OF the Berlin Eth
biological museum. DR.. Bastian is man
OF most interesting history and personality
Past seventy years of age, with world
wide reputation as Il scientist. occupying
au enviable position AS a leader among the
German savants and possessing u large
fortune acquired by his own talents, he
has already set out on this mission which
seems so hopeless.
It is no new business for DR.. Bastian,
however No man has ever doue more
for the science of ethnology than he
There Is scarcely a country in the whole
world. civilized or unciviiized, that he
,.
written about He has written more
than thirty books about his travels aud
they are aifrecognizedas STANDARD works
DR.. Bastian succeeded Virchau as presi
den, of the Authropologieal Society In
1869 he associated himself with Prof
Hartmann and founded the "Zeitschrift
fur Ethnoiogie," which he has Conducted
ever since. Naturally his wide travels
and deep studies have made him an expert
jiaguist in many little known tongues.
There is no sealed book TO him. 1t was
DIR. Bastian who organized the society
for the German exploration and settle
ment of South Africa.
II his present expedition Is successful
there is no telling what national. inter
ests may result. The Miao-Tse land is
rich in minerals. soil and timber. and
the climate is excellent. 1t is also al
must n virgin field for the natives make
no drain upon it. No money has been
spared in fitting out the expedition. II
experience aud gold can accomplish any
Thing Or. Bastian. despite his years, will
not have started in vain
The territory to be explored occupies
The provinces of Yumau. Kcyeichow.
kevangsi aud Kevangtung. The land
is largely mountai nous. one irregular
chain extending the whole length. These
rugged Businesses have been the main
defense of the Miao-Tse against their
wouid-be Chinese conquerOrs who have
time and again sent vast armies to subdue
them only to meet overwhelming defeat.
Many mandarin general has lost his
head for these failures. Only twenty
years ago Chinese army of 100. 900 troops
was utterly annihiiated by less than So.
600 Miao-T Use soldiers.
They have nothing whatever in common
with their pig-tailed Deighbors and look
down upon them with undisguised con-
tempt. They are much taller and da rker
skinned. Their features are sharp and
their eyes set straight like a Caucasian's
in battle they show the fanatica bravery
OF savage.
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