The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07
suPTIlLS AU EATUREL.
Many PolygznaOus Races IneIaded in Uncle
sans Domains.

F-1= rhs fs1 FrzE-ls-o Car
P3lyEaEy s. fairly rampant within the
TZsr domain o. Eu-ie sam. nCI 0nIy IL the
cca-ileLfsl States and Territories. out II
the ueT.y-sc1girEd sand possessions
'fliz IS strictly UPON the authority o. men
who have u-1ds e study q The question
I haze Just collected opinions from
many % tn wise doctors who make
specially o. human customs. There are q
score o. them Fl Washington.
VITA very few exceptions all Indians
= TIE U1itei states who adhere al al 10
native Ceil@.s-snd few OF them 90 not
ere PsiygaElisJs &c facto or Dc furs"
II j. common when 20 10 an Indians
abode Ter Tie fsther OF the family %
point 70 one woman and say ny wife
indicating others OF the household as nv
NiIe sisters To The Indian this very
often means thaC all are wives. the Oldest
only being designated as sIcn"
he African negro when he arrived in
this country vas iastinctiveIv polvrs-
nous Plurality OF wives is the rule
among negroes n Africa. especially, those
u the west coast, who supplied al! OF our
saves IN studying negroes chronological
u ! have seen many cases Of uoIvgarrv
-a4 know that among the lover ones OF
---4 oicoa there IS much more Of thar SORT
20 -s-1-se t4-al4 any one Eus pScIS''
Fo!yssmy = the rule among many
Fi-'i'-'ite IlDfs O. The Philippines ard
among AOhsmmedans there
nat 1 have quoted are paragraphs
which ! JoJted down directly IRON, ~
many sources POlygamy among prirn.-
i've people j. d delicate question among
ethHolssists. They are all afraid Of burn7
lls tielr bridges.
cUr4- fuf-rr.fzu-a1 n EN- zr-zz
90 Indian. and CHANGED the question.
Whit DO yeu DO with your old naidsg,'
Establishment seamed on his face. He
had 20 BE- enlightened as 10 the meaning
q the two words. we have none" said
-e- Every girl is married when she Is
very Young Yes, there are fewer men
LAan women. Every woman must have
husband or she viii starye'
The Aiegts, our Alaskan subjects IN
me --eutl1n Islands. allow their pest
n-l-sTs the most wives. The reason 8
mat Inc men who can obtain the most
-cco can 5sst support large families.
Wien z wife ceases 10 attract the hus-
ssnG she IL sent back 20 her family. The
LzCEiEual commonly has two wives. rare
= more, aQd.iI spite Of tie. frigId climate
ln Wlieh th<y live hUSOaIds Of this race
are noticed 20 bestew unusual affection
upon their spOuses
Although the native Fawaiians have
been nou4.nally converted 10 CIr-stis nifty,
their marriage relations ale conspicuous
r lax, and, although pOlygamy is no.
yracticed legally, married men ant Ne
men are equally prsmlscUOgs. according
10 good authorities. The native Hawa iiaC
thinks more seriously Of his funeral than
Of bis marriage Expensive marriages
rake an cNtFayagant funeral impossible.
POlysu1ry. the marriage OF one wife
20 z TluTaEty Of husbands, - also prac-
Tlce3 uy q considerable number Of UDcle
Sans subjects. Alaska Is the hoybed NJ
this practice. In Uualsska. one Of the
AIaltian Islands, Z woman often lives
with lEo hGsbs nds.
i has been urged that pelygamy is IN
natural because Of the eguz! distribution
% the sexes. IN the United States there
re q tout l.J9eSs more men than women
= a.Cl iz contrary 20 the general syprC-
-..iGu that women are in excess. p
a.Lr- IN Alaska Is due % the minority Of
women. Among The Indians Of the United
Srgrss proper there i an excess Ct women
because male Iuaians have always SUI
Tered the greater exposure n the wars
and in the hunt There 5 a theory that
mixture OF race among Indians produces
an excess Of females IN the birth rate.