, 1897-10-20
An -yN1cSou,N COUNTRY.

An sUNKatoWN COUNTRY.
The Home Of the siyo.s 1t the Topmost
moa Corner Of MonsofiA.
FAr avau TO he nortff Of Tie desert
Of Gobt. where De Saisn range 9poits
die tributary waters OF the rfsRng Yeni-
sci and the Chinese Empire merts into
Russian Siberia. right at the topznos.
corner Of 0ongd1la, hes the territory OF
the httls-known Siyots, says uAe Psh
Mall Gasette. Thfee hundred years ego,
when ne pale-tAced Ranmians broke in
to SIb@9a, the Siyots fed before them.
They sbone would not bend the knes
to Russia Southwark they fed over
the Saianski passes into the kingdom Of
the Oregon. donned the ptgtail and be.
came Chinese, daspossessirg in their
hurry a fine ace Of people.
The Styots Of today are divided into
two otasses with diverse occupations.
Those Of the north, i~nhabRin9 the seopes
Of the Satan. are hunters, worshfppers
Of DEVILS, eating meat and even carton.
Those Of the south, WHO dwell upon
the plains. are herders of horses and
cattle. Btddhists by religion, men OF
cleanly habits. eating only milk and
millet seed.
So Wild and desolate il the region of
the Siyots that even The government
maps are utterly wrong about 1t. Rsv-
ers are omitted, misplaced and trans
posed; errors Of 70 to 100 miles are
common. Even the intrepid PsJevahky,
who passed through Unlassutai, Kobdo
and Urga. did not turn aside into this
graf northern waste. "A strange face il
never seen there, and life goes by queer
ancestral customs.
TIE siyots live in round 'karals," or
tents. btk5e OF movable lattice, with q
fe~lt-oovered confcal top. Inside IL . neat
hexagonA arrangement Of boxes Oh
cuubords. wherein the stores are kept,
Very scornful are Kheg ds the barbaroIs
TWhets. their nearest nelehbors, who
have no boxes in their tents. and are
otherwise uncSvilized. What manner of
boors are these?" asked a Siyot, on
ooming to . Turbet encampment; "they
tsrfer their horses to their tents, in
stead Of erecting q horse-stkck! They
deserve 10 have their tents pulled about
thsA ears" Dven less complimentary
we're bis remarks upon the Tubet wo-
men, who wear bque snocks Instead Il
tho Gay sreen knickers Of his own girls.
and do no plat their hair.
As touching the pkits of the styots,
the custom y a. follows. When a youns
man woos Q maiden he calls at the karal
Of her father with presents Of oxen,
sheep or goats: from that time the gtra
divides her sfnse phit into two. sia
months tater he repeats The visit. and
ths sta; then the plais are Increased
to three. Six months batter the marriage
lakes place. and the madd. now wife.
surrounds her head with o glory Of many
pAtts. The dress IL the Htyot youth Is
simple, consisting Of reindeer skin, hair
in"afo, "lcn o>es OF "an1oh 'aEueey.
an oanc,Ai'. % ID eo,ses' are oss@n-
eusneo " 'ot'ons OF oolofea eass up
On enet cap INC comAnone@ ounctaa
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plpe "i.n fs men "o"un-
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