The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-16
UNCLE SIMS NEW NEIGHBORS.
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Lowest Existing Type Of MoD-Whers Many
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oned with very seriously from thi,
point Of view; but there are othsrs. All
through that vast watery region are
found the Papuans-superb negroes OF
purest type. wearing huge bushy mops
of hair. which are sometimes helped
out with wigs to add to their size. The
island of Paqua. or New Guinea. which
has an era enormously greater thar
that of all the Philippines put together,
is populated chiefly by these mop
heads, who likewise furnish most of the
inhabitants to New Caledonia. New
Britain. New Hebrides. New Ireland.
Fiji and various other isles ard groups.
The Papuans are counterpaits. one
might say. Of the fine looking. big me-
groes of the Congo. just us the Negritos
Of Polynesia correspond to the Atkins
and African dwarfs.
For reasons very obvious, however
Uncle Sam must look for his trade in
Polynesia and thereabout chiefly to the
Malays. who In comparatively recent
centuries have spread all over Oceanica
These are brown people. ind the
handsomest savages on earth. OF SUI
perior intelligence. they have driven
out the Papuans to great extent. and
have well-nigh exterminated what the
latter had left of the aboriginal "littlc
niggers." One finds the Malays all this
wny from southeastern Asia to tine
Hawaiian group. which their navigators
were first to discover. In some Of the
arshipelagoes which they inhnbit. na-
ture has SO accommodated conditions
to human wants that the people do not
have TO work. They adorn themselves
with bright-colored flowers, and live on
fish and the easily grown "taro. the
familiar big-leafed elephant-tar plant
of our own gardens. which has tuber-
Gus edible root. The origin Of the Ma
lays is mystery. but there is good
reason for believing that they have
some Aryan blood. and are therefore
related to ourselves. though distantly.
If this is to be true, we are newly ac-
quiring population of remote cousins
in the eastern seas, Since time imme.
mortal these people have been great
traders, and there have never been
more inveterate pirates. Some Of the m
pursue the latter trade even to the
present day. There are land Malays
and water Malays. who deserve to be
properly differentiated. The former are
agricultural and Of the degree of civili-
zation termed barbarous; they are
very warlike and use the serpent-like
sword called ''kreese" and other
frightful weapons. Head-hunting is II
fnvorite amusement of theirs. the head,
of enemies being hung up in their
houses. The head-hunters Of Bornec
are Malays. This. by the way. is an
ancient. and therefore most respect.
able. custom. The Tart6rs Of Central
Asia take heads; the Indians If North
America take scalps. In either case the
purpose is to give undeniable proof OF
the killing Of man.
The development and spread Of the
wnter Malays has been due to three
great inventions made by them. The
first of these was the sea-going cano.
with an outrigger, which rendered long
ocean trips practicable. In boats of this
kind they made longer voyages tina n
those Of Columbus. The second inven.
tion was the sail that could be shifted
in such way as to make II possibl..
to tack against the wind. The third
was compressed food-dried and grated
taro root-which was nutritious, pre-
servable and easy to carry. This was.
in effect, primitive hard tack. With
the aid Of the three discoveries named
these people spread over and conquered
the greater part of Oceanica. even unit G
Hawaii. And before long their descend
ants, from the Philippines. will con.
tribute largely to the manning OF
American ships of war. Sailors by
birth and inheritance as they are, they
will make admirable "jackies."
One theory advanced by science to ac.
count for the fact that similar black
dwarfs and similar big negroes are
found to-day in Africa and in Polyne.
sia is that there existed ages ago a con.
tinent in the midst of what is now the
Indian ocean. Here, according to thi,
idea. was the earliest abiding place OF
man. From this Atlantic of the east
ern hemisphere. which subsequently
sank beneath the sea. spread westward
and eastward the primitive dwarfs. to.
gether with their congcners, the great
apes. This accounts for the presence Of
the dwarfs and apes in Africa and also
in the region recognized as bslonging
geologically to southeastern Asia, but
now represented by islands, such as
Borneo. In subsequent times, and in
obedience to natural conditions. the
large negro was developed from the
small negro, and he survived because
he was better able to cope with the
everyday difficulties of existence.
1t may be true, perhaps. that the Ka-
lang of Borneo represents what is near
est to-day TO the missing link, yet his
brain capacity is about twice that Of
the highest existing ape. 1t is fact
worth mentioning in this connection
that the name 'gorrilla" was first ap-
piled by the Carthagenian Admira;
to the ferocious animal dis
covered by Du Chaillu. but to certain
hairy women seen by him In Africa.
Probably these were dwarfs Of the race
still found surviving at the pre~ent dny
in the Ogoway Basin.