Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18

hottest parts have made US all quite similar
that Mr.. Carpenter is Of judging Ecuador
accurately from his one stop on the coast.
Here where I am located, away from the
coast, we employ several hundred working
men. They com from everywhere-from
the West Indies. Jamaica, Satigua,
Martinique and st. Lucia, from Barbados
and from Mexico on the north; even from
our own country, for. one day, hearing one
Of the workingmen speaking a dialect Diff
ferent from any Of the other English speak
ing people. l asked: "Who are you? What
part Of the West Indies are you from?"
me. sab. whose 1? Use de fust coon dat
cher came up dis yer riber. Ise firm V'glny,
sab" So we have men here from "V'giny"
on the north to Chill on the south. and a
more motley crew it would be difficult to
imagine.
Training Of Indians.
But 1t is Of the EcuadOrian I wish
especially to write you. l only mention the
foregoing to show the opportunity l have for
observing and comparing. We get four
types Of characters from among the
Ecuadorian. The coast "nigger,'' who Is
about on a par with the negro who lies
around our southern river towns. From
the interior we get the pure native descend
ant Of Spanish blood and the native Indian.
the latter Is the more interesting to me. He
comes to US clad only In a breechclout and
a loose-ftting, coarse, white cotton shirt.
but he can work and work with an INTEL
ligence, too, and stick to 1t; and ask him II
he can read and write. Isl, senior, camo
no." (Yes. sir, certainly. why notO All
| the result of the labors Of the hated Jesuit.
II Ecuador is. as your travelling correspond
ent wishes your readers to believe, 800 years
behind us, there are some things we might
60 back and learn from 1t to our ad-
| vantage. for no one. native nor partial
| foreigner. has yet found cause to write Of
It, "a Century Of Dishonor.' This SELF
same Indian may and usually does wear a
rosary about his neck and is likely to
make the sign OF the cross before him when
he steps out Of his house to 60 to work in
| the morning. All Of which is his own
affair. But VIXEN at work he works a
steady gait all the time-this cannot be
| said Of our Indians nor Of our freedmen OF
the south. II one Of this num-
Der happens to be killed on the
works or dies o natural death
and in bringing the remains down for
| burial the bearers for any cause place the
| bier en- the ground, the spot is marked by
a rude cross. This, l believe. was a GUS
tom followed in England, and even to this
day such places are preserved and well
| marked with crosses, viz, Charing Cross,
| Kings Cross and New Cross In London, and
many In the provinces. Should any one at
| tempt to modest these, at least respected
| spots In London today, they would probably
fare badly. and yet no one would think of
| applying the term "priest-ridden" to Lon
don. Is not respect for the dead recog-
nized the world over as evidence of civiliza-
ton? admire the old-fashioned custom
OF standing. uncovered and bowed while the
bier passes. In Europe. where there Is
| royalty, this Is the etiquette of today when
a member Of the royalty passes. How much
| more fitting It seems to recognize evidence
Of the will Of the Greatest Sovereign.
Influence OF the Church.
Today our native people are celebrating
All Saints day. The Indian and interior ma
tive sits quietly In his house reading. re-
fusing to work. You should see what he
~reads-pious books and Castilian classics.
no yellow covers. The coast niger" and
some from other countries. are satisfied to
20 of ON a beastly spree. and such vile
stun to get drunk on, but the "priest-rid-
den," pure, Ecuadorian behaves himself and
will be ready for his work tomorrow, and
who will say that he Is worse for his rest,
meditation and prayers Of today? have
seen our Jamaican negroes celebrate theit
feast day. as they call It, August I, In
commemoration Of their emancipation, FOR
the past two years. Tit celebration con-
sists simply Of one continuous drunk for an
entire week, and then another week sober
Ing up before they are again At for work.
II the Jamaicans which we have are q fair
sample Of the race. and from what I have