New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14
THE PYGMIES OF AFRICA.
AN INTERESTING STUDY OF THE RACES
OF DWARFS.
STRANGE DISCOVERIES or MISSIONARIES
AND ANTHROPOLOGISTs.


From Figaro.
The pygmles Of Africa formed one Of the mos,
interesting discoveries OF Stanley, me csIeoraasa
right. This was kind OF glory that ne d,h b no,
seek but. after ALL 1t is not the first tims mat "a
voyage undertaken for commercial interests turned
To the profits OF science. 49,,
The tribe of dwarfs that the energec Ang,oi
Belgian sayant found in his African travels excited
the curiosity OF Europe and Of the New Morn;;
The pyEmics Of whom the poet Gt t siorka are
no longer TO be- classified among MYTHS: They are
be found in the mysterious regions or the upper
Ne. at the precise place where. five hundred
years before Jesus christ the father Of history };
craturc OF Greece receive more brilliant triumph
The impulsion was given. The learned men set
70 b wSrN e sG STANLEY reVeaed The pygmes
who were Interesting only to a small number OF
professional anthropoosisis' nave no" become IN
The Wamboutts. whom the celebrated explorer
encountered on the shores OF the Arouhouml. are
evidently the brothers Of the Accas; of me Batouas
Moon and of the Bushmen OF the cape
Colony The later by ntermng ;b WiIh StheT
is not wonderful to find members Of family for
ages disseminated in many regions OF Africa a lar
more curious thing Is me discovery OF the'r couS'"s
I'm other portions OF the tartn A., ,.,;,
Dr. Ernst Haeckel professor Of the uniysrsi,y
Of Cevion published in the Deutsche Rund;
schau points out NOR that one var add on ANN, IN ny
ir,,ncyetrabI, forests of the Island of Paradise
and the tribe OF dwarfs recently discovered In the
iI Thanks to the patient Investigations Of modern
science the Wamboutts OF me MGpnou',' hanpy
chance has restored their ancestors TO thenl ne
nyestgatons @ SG"r of
have led to the discovery of skeletons o. our p
fossil men Nine were OF Grdm Buchrer in an in
tsrestng article which appeared IN tht ~,
imnortance of this revelation 1t Is now impossloe
70 denv that a race of dwarfs existed III r;u'ol ,
during the neothc period. the name Mici, 81
no second
enre CIV nyCm I are represented to-day only by
sma ,s nmber of tribes in Africa Threatened with
early Ht rnvon whom the British Government
Is about to destroy HaSF dWsrs we're advance
euord of the human race. Iney ,, ~ All Africa
la ap %' of MOOD Good Hone sahara and finally
we ind them during the St9nG axe IN bnfore the
OF i ~ the men Of tall stature VINO ahhii"'e"
them mat, roo has not entirely los, the recolIec-
THIS H i! lime grandeur The Missionary re"
tiom saws that In 1893 the Rey Dr a. oos y;
while ou' o1i FAR from the German colony OF am
~oons found on his way vli'aSep w mis-
cordng 70 n,ric ne they We're Extremely mid ana at,
ways disposed 10 fly wh hdn any rSsl1c"d to sort of
av@rv by the Mabeyas, powerful t ib fat Was
Of tail men According to pr; TD yo They claimed
NY they We're the first tribe IN the A rh nvemies
nent to discover he Ata mbHn he western coast Of
Wsrica M "A time when the other na'S Shsse sane
,ha interior. buried III lnf ~. ,h,ougl,
IN we're the first trace out footl.tnS m M
NV. Ointment of which they we're me m ast, st
!, III 4, certain that \ great hummer Oh 1891 ~
IL IL C Canas borrowed from their language. o,.
pr .,.onge IN say these little explorers hn IL,
-, ~ right to approach the sea wnic" Nv wa" Col
100. - nv their ancestors Tne he' III, NO., 49,
Lo,'',no asked SOME of the dwaris Oh lie
m.h,nh no frequently visited. why they ~ Mahanas
mn,ord tho ocean was told that ule HauuS,a s
.ooid never hermit them 10 90 SO Inc y. ST.. ,hay
Wou not the slaves OF the other tribes Dut tmsy
live in sort OF collective yassaage ann uhe.4
~ nv services TO the races of the territories w"p
h hr Mich their camps. Nevertheless they 90 i,v
ahoyndon entire,y their liberty Inei' wa ~ anS
10 his do not permit them to remain ioS ~ ,h y
ono region and in changing their psny,a
e;mniv change their masters. Inc onysdanca
nisalonares Of Cameroons thanks 10 tl'e nno ~
h,ob they have been able 10 inspire diiionh VIZ
nynmies Of West Africa, have peeii , aose ~
aadd Immensely 10 the rather supernela ' IF
,,nns Of stanley The Rev: Dr. GILLESPIE, IA ,h III
MMas,onarv Review Of the World SAYS tuat i tn
ns in ingeniously constructed nuts maug VI rSy
v S lea YES and that they lead nomade ne, Lnes
anu anltivate the soil and their FOOD supply -
n sp,sb by hunting. Whenever they nave AN OBJ
nnrinity they will willingly exchange rnei S as
~ ~ the vegetables and fruits whlch are drought
" sality these dwarfs. that one insnt De III
lived 70 look upon monkeys OF tne MOS, ua,t,
u, n.n,,s type have commercial instimrI Inat Is
~ COMMENCEMENT Of civilization; me missiom-
.I ~ the western coast OF Africa nave uiscov
sreJ that the dwarfs are able to carry on con-
tsIiigent manner when they are not patay.eu ny ~
The Pear with which white men inspire mem p Lne
vnung pygmies who are at present ia sne ~
yrt.n mission school established amonB INC HAs-