St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-13

h,,t tfe tn1,r;sts are vet here / left
home in 4 blizzard and hurried down
here. but the chilly blast beat me and
has lust passed over and gone. Bill
Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
GIVE WAY TO GAUCASlANSs
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Aborigines of All Lands 2ulckly Das-
appear wherever Waite
MAN Settles.
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There ~ fraditlon among she Aa-
iayo-poiynesians innaDitlng the Iois-
nesian groups that their ancestors,
coming from the southeastern Portion
OF Asia, warred with and extermlnafed
the original owners OF the iana, pursn-
ing them SO reientsessiy that fo-day no
trace OF them remains. Inns must nave
been many thousands OF years ago, long
before the dawn OF history. From me
hardy niarauders OF the primeval days
age has 30 softened the nations 1haI
when the islands they had rayaged MSS
became known to the european expior-
ers, all united n describing them as the
gcntiest OF sayages Inls much had
civilization dome Tor tribes WHICH, u
their legends may be trusted, were once
the fercsst in the eastern hemisphere.
The weaker, II not gentler infabitanta
were by them Tuthessiy siain4 Ehe
strong, It not nooie,s caucasian, IS EN-
ploying toward them the same merci-
less tactics. The survival OF the httest.
What man can say how often this storY
has on those same Islands been re.
peated2
In she Interna-ionales Archivfeur
Ethnographie, one y. Hahler, cele-
brated German scientist, lays before o
critical pubic his theories as 10 the de-
population OF all these loose groups
OF islands, both u the Atlantic ana IN
the Pacific From almost every island
on which Caucasian has obtained
foothold the 'aboriglnss, oy which ID
meant those races lnhaDiting them
when European naVagasoTs nEsS als-
covered them, are slowly put surely Gis-
appearing. In cases where fne disap-
pearance is nome too rapid nut htsIe at-
tention ~ attracted. me case oI fSoiy-
nesia proper y 100 rapid 70 escape ~
feutiorl. MANY pI tne ISLANDS nave iUst
their popuiation aisoasegner, Wnaie from
the reminder the total externlna tlon
- Q question OF . IeW years. Nhy y
TINS
MT. Manners conception OF 1ne case
IS on tae order one sVoald sui'Pose neg
essary 70 secure 9 nearing IN 2 1ournaa
50 erudite as the insernatlonaies Ar
chivfeur EfnnograI,h hle. no traces many
causes interesting Only % sne scien Ils.,
although possinly g interess 20 ~
men. ln substance, however he 8t-
tributes the iamentapie conultaon ga
TINS once noole race 70 nve uis.ahcs
causes the introauctaon q con saglous
diseases Dy the WniIes, the nSfoauc tioh
OF spir1tuous liquors by the same, 'n-
ternecine wars, wars Wltn or against
the whites and lnvolun sary expofta.lon
as iaoorerss ssfnalipox, enoiera anu hill-
dred maladies, utterly unknown 70
these chiMren OF nature, VINO foaneu
with but little clothing ~ the open ar
Of one Of the most saiubrious climates
ia the world, have dec1mafeu fhels
ranks Ter more apprecianiy than even
the wars they now carry PIP. epiratsions
liquors have ruined their once heaitny
morals. And, although theJy, OF courses
knew civil war before they Were Gus
covered, the simple weapons tnen IA
use preciuded tho possibllify q sucn
wholesale slaughter as has Iateiy
marked their petty feuds.
When warring IN company with she
whites the latter with aracferistic
i shreNydness, invariably push them TO
the front, generously allowing them
tbs posts of honor fzl q dangerous pancns
although their alter sflsres of N tiie sPoils
Of war are anything but generous. iet,
despite these seemingly unsurpassabie
means OF woe, the last cause assigned
is by far the most deadly iI its tenden-
cies. Although nominaliy system OF
labor, the tactics employed 70 secure
these PoIynesians as WorKinen on tlits
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II 1,a,, ,,,y,,ss ! ! ,.,,lx Il, central Afr;-
t.,s,. Il l,,e, 81, ,.,,e,,
a ,s,yll b,,ndle. fhara l;lre cattle ;atc
sa,v,a HI, Z, ~ s,,s I,,., ,tF III M.
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head. ne so1ass'sl ls.acssas a1ss ss'o hs''