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

s,pth American continent, the Indians
rbs once owned the greater part OF
chile. and who. for three generations
with laucss OF wood and bows and ar
roWs. waged succeasful war with
the spanish invaders. They Killed
psdf, vaidcvia. the man who founded
Santiago. and then came south to con-
amer them. They destroyed Spanish
sor,. b,slsged spanish cities and only
recorded inch by inch toward the SOUTH
0shtlng az they were forced to the
rrsr. when they were finally con-
ousfed they refused to become the
a,a,cs and hlrcllngs VI their conquer
~. a. ala the indians further north.
~ today they maintain theif oWn
td.ntity. owning their own landA anu
ioakinE with scorn upon the descena-
ants 81 the whtc-Akinned lnNadeis
Who have robbed % their country. !
,.s,r a, Inc Afaucanlana. the famous
indinn aehtera OF south chile. ain
now wfiiing IN the frontier town OF
Tcmuco. on the edge OF one OF the.
reservations. and have Just returned
nom hand-car trip over a railroad
which the Chilean government
building through their country 70 open
the lands adjoining u up 10 settlement
They have long since given up Their
fght pgalnnt the whites. and the
Chilean government u doing what u
can to clvillzo them. IL has sven
them lands which they are not allowed
20 rtil, and IL has It's Indian schools
moecled on the same plan a. those OF
the United states. The proHro4l,
however q. not grcat, and the demon
u alcohol 4 slowly but surely wiplng
out what IN left VI the race. There
are. II Il estimated, only $1,000 OF them
left, aud the most OF these are scat.
tered over the hills and valleys "
southern Chile.
AMONG THE AIlAucAN1l\Ns.
There are many OF the Araucaniana
10 be seen In Tcmuco. They come here
10 trade, some on foot. some on horse
back men aud women riding aAtride,
and many Ia rude oNcartH, ridlug on
Inc loads " wheat. barley and other
thlnEs which they bring Ia TO sell.
Jaw ons today on the outskirts OF the
ely seated IN his cart ON two fat hogu.
which h. was bringing 10 market,
aud 4 took photograph OF MS ptety
daughter, who rode on a pony behind
She wore heavy Tat ear rings % SILVER
each az big al the palm OF my manu.
and upon her breast hanging from
flyof chain was great silver plate
% a diamond shape, which made
musical Jingle ~ Hhe trotted BY l
aftcrwnrd stopped a group OF indian
girls and made notes Of iholr dress.
They we're barcfootCd. but on their an-
kles bands of silver beads sewcd TO
rcd cloth stood out against the rosy
pink fiesh. Some slS Inches " more
above these came the dress. when
= N.HIs .saulAFHA hlNuNUN
mined al tho. shoulders. leaving the
arms haru. and bcited In with silver
buckles at the waist. Several OF the
rirlr mad q second blanket which they
wore much like shawl, and which Was
fastened by l0nE silver pin AZ the
shoulders. The men wear much the
same dress a. their women. save uhat
one blanket IL beltsd around the waist
whereas the second IL worn a. pom
sho. thff h.. over the upper part of the
body, the head being stuck through
All in the center. Few of the men
ewar hats, hut all lie q rcd handker-
chief or band ihout the head over thcH
forehoads. leaving the crown bare.
METER LOOKING THAN OUR
INDIANA.
The ArnucanlanH are Of the same
race family "a the North American IN
dian. They have copper compleNlonr,
a tribe lighter than those Of most OF
our tribes. high checkhonea and
rtralrht black hair. The men have 1T
he or no boards They wear their
hair cut on even with the neck and
coming down ueer the ears. The wo-
men wear their hair hong. II Il al.
Nldsd Into two hraidH, each wrapped
with a strip u rcd cloth, which "
sometimes decorated with little silver
a ans. H. IA. ass. an
tht ton ~ the skull AMI lot the ends
~ the braida stick out like horns above
their fncea Sometimes the ends are
Joined hy n string of little balls Of sill
Yer and sometimes the braidH hang
down the back Both the men ami
women are fond Of bright colora. The
women wear quantities of Jcwelry,
Their earrings are always very large.
Thty arc u many shapes, silver plates
~ tlg ns a play card. with ear hooks
attached. being comon. They wear
necklaces ~ silver beads and az much
other silver w the shape of breast or
nnmentf aa they can afford. The men
are, M rule, better looking than our
Indians. and the women when young
are plump and pretty. ! see many
rlrla who have rosy checks. we'll
rounded forms. beautiful eyes ana
teeth, and full, ripe, klsaable lips. They
look clean, their feet are small and
tlelr nnklen l noticed are very wen
turned.
= VISIT TO Al ARAucANIAN HUT.
Theue Araucanianu have curious Gus
tones Many o. the richer Indians
nave two or more wives, Each In
alan brave keeps his several women
Win him IN tho same hut, the children
or thr various wives being mixed No
Unfortunately nn long as peace pre-
VANS ln the family, This. however.
u not always tho case. AZ least I
judge DO, fur In one " the Indian hutH
winch I visited yesterday | found two
MES going and over each IRE one of
W' husbands two wives was cooking.
While about each wnA gathered her
oNn brood OF children. The hut was
o. boards with a low matched roof.
~ had no door, but the whole front
was open TO the east and so errangcd
mat u could be closed With RIina. The
!pot was u tho shape OF ridge. and
,hla gave room foriRn attic, which was
separated from tho ground room by a
,,.lllng OF poles Jet black with smoke.
,pln Nhese poles ears Of corn, atringH
or onions pieces Of dried meat and
eeNta or other eatabloa hung. The
''9u,' Mhloh was Mother Earth. was 1T
Wy win farming utensils. clothing,
..alleh ana burmese, ana lot OF other
s'eu which made the room look like
Junk shop,
Al opposite Sides " the hui two
w o,e,e,-llhe rooms had been partltloned
w. ~. " polen and Sims, IN each OF them
~ a low platform covered with straw
aNu hheep skins, They were the prl-
's quarters Of the different wives.
eaeh OF whom sleeps apart from fhe
oiher with her children.
THE OLDEST WOMAN or rrn
WORLD.
an the same hut lived Tho great.