The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-16
SAVAGE Is NOT IN AWE
CONTEMPT HIS SENTIMENT
FOR WHITE MAN.
Why the United States Stands High In
Chlna-Our Customs as Ridiculous to
sAvages ~ Theirs Is To Us-some
Queer suporstitlona.

ClFlllLeu people Inlnk luaL SdNdBes
look up to and admire them. Never
was there a bigger mistake. When
white men first went to the Queen
Charlotte Islands the Indians mistOok
them for cannibals and we're Mortified.
They were afraid to eat salt junk be-
cause they thought it vas human flesh.
Rice was mistaken for maggots; tea,
the very sight Of It made the people
sick with horror and disgust. The
Chinese have always thought white
men a low kind of barbarians, and the
ambassadors who first found their way
to Picking strengthened the belief Of
the m%andarins that we were beneath
contempt. The Dutch envoy actually
performed the kow-tow, crawling
across the throne room toward the en-
peror, and humping his head on the
floor at intervals. Only the United
States ambassador refused to humilate
himself, and insisted on treating the
Son of Heaven as an equal So the
United States has always been most
successful in getting good terms for
American merchants. Even while
France and Great Britain had to make
war and lombard fortresses to win
decent consideration from the -Celes-
tials, the United States envoy vas at
Peking getting a treaty signed Oh
terms denied to the armed powers.
The Nairs Of Malabar have always
looked down upon civilized people for
loving their own children. A Nair is
considered an unnatural monster If he
mourns for the death Of his own child.
But if his sisters child were to die he
would be distracted with grief. He
considers his uncle a much nearer re-
lation than his father, and his nephew
is dearer to him than his son. How
white men can stoop to a display Of
affection for their children is to the
Nair a sign of utter inferiority. Afri-
can negroes often have a very poor
opinion of white men. Poor white
trash" We are-pale, bleached, washed
out, with nc complexion whatever.
Moors, Arabs n Turks are shocked
when they see an English woman ex-
posing her face. She does not wear a
veil; she allows her face to be seen by
low people and the slaves in the pub
lie streets. We have therefore no re-
ligion; we are shameless. A Moor, II
he ~condescends to salute a white man
at all, mutters d curse, which sounds
quite polite, but really expresses his
contempt. The news that we neve
thrash our wives is a dreadful com
ment upon us in many parts Of Asia.
A Tartar woman will complain bitter
ly II her husband does not thrash her.
He never whips me- she walls. He
doesn't love ms at ALL" The idea OF
obeying the orders OF a oma and
being ruled by a queen excites many
savage to bowls of derision. A few
tribes here and there worship Queen
Victoria as q goddess. making saeri-
fees to her picture as taken from some
illustrated newspaper. Many barba-
rians suppose that the British queen
is at least nine feet high, and muscular
besides. But this Idea OF the terrible
white man Obeying the orders Of a lit
tie old lady with silvery white hair Is
too silly for belief. The Indians of
nilAAan GpAuAAbAAt q noAhD@hgu ANSet
absolutely 6isbelieve in the queen and
call the English King George men.
Plenty Of Indian chiefs wear King
Georges medals round their necks who
would scOrn to own obedience to a
"squaW." But savages despise civil
lied men most for being useless per-
sonally. White men can not speak
their language any more than II we
were babies. Compared with them
white men are short-sighted, deaf, can
not smell things at any distance, and
are such wretchedly poor hunters that
but for our shooting sticks We should
never get any game to eat. The saw
ages who live on horseback say we are
poor riders; those who live In canoes
will scarcely trust a white man with
a paddle. As TO our manners they are
deplorable. and our ignorance OF er-
quette Is pitiable. We are atheists
because we do no carry our gods about
for purposes Of worship. A Chinaman
makes his loss" obey orders, other
wise he smacks It. starves Il, hangs II
down, or puts II out IN the rain
to get wet. That makes his little god
behave itself and provide him with
food.
savages often have nothing but con
tempt for our up-to-date doctors. They
liked the old doctors. who drove ava
evil spirits with something nasty. like
black draught or rhubarb. The old