The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-02-18
". II. FreShwater,
Hardware and Sporting Goods,
MANY POLYGAMOUS PEOPLES.
Others Than Mormons Practice Plu-
raiity Within Or Domain.

polyqamy is f9irly rampant within
5our vast domain of Uncle Sam, not only
N the continental States and Terri
todes but In the newly acquired is
land possessions. This is strictly upon
me authority of men who have made a
study OF the question.
have just collected opinions from
|m,ny Of the wise doctors who made
speciality OF human customs. There
are score of them in Washington.
"With very few exceptions, all In
Idlaus who adhere II. all to native be-
|iIels-and few Of them do not-are po-
|ygamisls de facto or de jure."
1T is common when | go 10 an In
dian's abode for the father of the fam
lily to point 10 one woman and say, My
|wfe, indicating others of the house
bold as Ny wlse's sisters To the In
dian this very often means that all are
Eiyes the oldest only being designated
hs suchn
"The African negro, when he arrived
IN this country, was lnstinctlyely
bAygamous. Plurality of wives is tie
lule among negroes in Africa, especial
4 y those of the west coast. who sup
Piled all of our slaves. In studying me-
groes ethnoogi,ally l have seen many
cases of polygamy, and / know that
Amnng the lower ones OF full blood
there is much more of that sort OF
hlng than among suspects
n "POlygamY is the rule among many
primitive tribes of the PHILIPPINES, aud
among Muhammedans there"
A What have quoted are paragraphs
(Which ] jotled doIn directly from as
mapy sources. Pok Eamy, among prim-
live people is ET5deicate question
among ethnologisis. They are all
airad Of burning their bridges.
| once interviewed a iull-blooded Pa
pago Indian aud CHANGED the question,
Wbat do you do with your old maidsT'
Astoulshment beamed in his face. He
had to be enlightened AS to The mean
ing OF the two words. 1--WE have
none" said he. "Every girl IS mar
Fra when she is very young. Yes
E'here are fewer men than women
Every woman must have husband,
NJ she will 81 arve."
The Aleuls. our Alaskan subjects. In
.ne Aleutlan islands. allow their best
hunters the most wives. The reason
= that the men who can obi ain The
most iced cnn hest support large fam
ll'ss. When u wife ceases to aClrac
uer husband she is sent back to he
family. The Eskimo commonly has
Two wives, rarely more, aud in spit'
Nv Tue frlgid climate 10 which they
I've, husbands OF this race are noticed
~ oestow unusual affection upon thei
|fpOuses.
although the native Hawailans hav'
pen noml1ally converted to Christian.
w Their marriage relations are con
1peuously lax; and, although polyg
my Is not practiced legally. marrie'
Dsu anu women are equally promis
suous' according to good authorities
no native Hawaiian thinks more Sc
I,oasly Of his funeral than Of his mar
age Expensive marriages make al
F4,s4Vagant funeral impossible.
me Bagobos Of the Philippines ar,
fa'sRamlslsi also The Mangyans. Tn
alter primitive people OF the islam,
Il A'naoro, marry plurality Of wive
n0sn they can afford il. Prolesso
a u 'Sp =. Worcester, who has been i
'asuington this week. and who ha
'@"ue z personal study OF the Mapp
a"'' found that both men and wome
s~Aln True 10 their mates. All tha
u'uid learn q their marriage Ger,
~ Was that .lhe old folks get 4
y .'uerand lalk," One OF these peopi,
a ,-eso ~ priest TO adop, Christ4a
SECS q life. replied that II he pecap