Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-08

4 grand-mothcr-ln.law Of the two wo.
men. This woman IN. | am told. 100
years old. She 10 the olduat person
In Chile. and, " the records OF her
family are correct she IL perhaps the
oldest woman OF the world she IN a
slender little body. not over four feet
high. and ~ wlthcrcd up with age TINT
she does not weigh more than nfiy
/ pounds. with me at the time VI my
! visit TO her was Herr Otto Kohrpu. n
1 German connected with Don Angus.
tine BAHIA the Inspector general OF
| colonization OF Chile. who was ais, Of
| our party. Herr Kehrcn II one Of the
finest looking and best formed men
have ever met. He IA over six feet tail
and he weighs go pounds. 1 stood
him up beside the little great grand.
mother-in-law and made photograph
Of the two. The contrast was that u
sian, ard pigmy. " old
age and youth. OF life and death. ~ dry
bones and rosy flesh The fact that nIae
and conditions have little to DO with
/ longevity seemed % me apparent IA I
looked al this dricd-up ccnienaflnn.
| She was small al her birth and she had
| lived more than century and a quar-
Ter IN a saualid hut. half fed and poor.
/ ~ clad She was. when | saw her
/ dressed only in rarEcd navy blue
blanket, which was fastened by n pin
| Of silver over her skinny breast bone
| Her lean. shrlvclsd arms were bare o.
| the shoulder. and her wrlnkiod legs
were naked To the middle u the calf
She was deaf and blind. Her eyes wera
/ grown over by what seemed 90 me ilhe
two little rcd buttons OF flesh and her
face was corrugated with lines like q
/ wlthcrcd apple. she was led out nf the
hut by one Of her grcat-grandchildrcn
n plump. juicy little Indian maiden
of eighteen. and the contrast between
eighteen and $50 was striking In the
| extreme. I was told that the old woman
/ SIN had the use ~ her mental faculties
and that she was able 20 do much u the
spinning for the family. Her great.
/ northumberland ferfnd proud 81
her, aud they smiled and were grateful
for the money we gave her.
SOME DAINTY INDIAN DISHES.
In this hut. Ms have uaid, there were
/ two Arnucanlan women cooking. Thrlr
/ utensils were several iron pots aud they
/ had neither ovens nor stoves. The fires
! were built IN holes In the ground In
side the hut and the smoke WIS 80
thick that l almost felt u closing be-
! hind me aH I pushed my way through
/ h ThS women were roasting Potatoes
ard green corn In the Goals. and am
/ told they make Htcwn % various kinds.
/ Much Of their food IL eaten raw and
this II - az times wiih both meal and
meat. Raw mutton, and beef cut up
/ In small pieces IL one of the chief
| dishes of an Araucanlan feast. Rod pep
per In used NJ an appetizer aud raw
/ alcohol IL drunken between the courses,
| They have. IL n said. way or taking
4 a living sheep and peppcrlng and salt
| Ing H. lungs while u IN dying lhlh "
done by hanging the sheep W BY ~
1 NNa asIIn NfaN all
4 salt and red pepper While the sheep
IL gaHplng under this treatment 50
| juruiar vein IL sigiiifuily cut. pulled out
and the stream OF blood turned Into
| the wlndplpc. This carries the salt and
| pepper down TO the lungs and the
sheep at once Hweils up and dica' The
| lungs are az once taken out OF the sun
/ qulvsring animal. are cut In slices and
| are served with warm hfe blood. having
| thus been aearoned 20 taste. ~ all
/ fenrta the men are served first, the wo-
' men acting a. the walters and taking
| what In LETT.
HAS TO FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE.
These Araueanlans hnve queer GUS
toms Of love ana marriage. \ father
| always expects 20 Eci a ctr,aiu price
Tor his daughter. In the shape OF cattle.
sheep, horsoa or other presents, ana
the deal IL made beforehand, the
4 groom paying as lisile a. he can. The
! young man then comes with his friends
! 10 the house % his 20 be father-in.law
and kidraps his bride. a dark night
n usually selected. but the time IL
oftsn known anu ghe glrl has her fe-
male friends with her Tor the occasion.
n u a matter u wedding etiquette that
abe should ngn aEains, being married,
and all the females and women N ihe
family Join with her In repelllng the
groom. The friends of the groom help
him, and there ~ a lively skirmish In
the brides home, which ends In her
being dragged out by her future hua-
band. lie swings her onto his horse
aud goes on on the sallop, making Cor
the nearest wood, The women pursue,
bu. the groom OF course soon distances
thom. Having reached che forest, he
takes hia lady love with him Into the
recosses and there spends the honey
moon This lasts but = few days. when
che two return 10 she house 0f she
groom and are considered married.
Then the husband takes the presents.
a. he ha1 agreed, b the father OF hls
wife ami the ceremony IL over. N later
on the husband wishes divorce, ne
may, under certain conditions, aend
back his wife 20 her father. and II che
proves unfalihful 20 him. he has ihe
and goes back home OF her own accord
nothing Is said. but II she should mar
~ again ,he second husband muat re-
imhurse the flrst one for the price he
originally paid TO her father for her
QUEER CUSTOMS or BIRTH AND
DEATH.
The Araucaniaua ne their papoOses
on boards and carry thon upon their
backs. much as our squaws do. The
babies are tied 10 She carrying board
~ soon ~ they are born AM are Kept
fastened there until thy are old enough
to BE- taught - walk, 1heyiAre bright
eyed, heanf.hy-l0oklnE children ami
they stand trratmcnt chat would kin
an American baby. Take the birth, for
Instance, when an AraucaDan baby
Is expected iiH m her goes alone into
The woods and mps there on the
bank OF aircan, until her child "a
horn. After the blrih has talfon plaza
she balhes che baby In the BROOK. then
dries n. wraps u up IN a skin or cloth
and ,les II 20 the board. She sllngs u
on her back by q strap Or rope tied
about her forehead and thus carries II
home. For year or % thereafter she
carries the llttls one about with her
wherever she goes, taking Il 10 the
fields with her when she goes there 70
work.
They have queer ideas OF death. They
do not believe IN the Christian religion.
a. 10 90 4 certain extent the descend.
ants of me incas and The other Indians
farther s1ulh. The Catholic misslon-
aries nave worked among them wiih
hut little success, They are like our
indians IN q belief IN a grea; father or
a great good spirit and an evil splrlf
These two they think are always Grht.
Ing one another and the evil spirit Il
supposed 60 follow man even into ne
grave. For 9hla reason they stand
about the grave az me ;lme Of denths