The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-05-04
ABARBAROUS PEOPLE
PHYSICALLY. THEY ARE THE
FINEST IN CENTRAL ASIA.
nat. Morally, They Are utterly Es-
graded -shoohing Brutality TO Their
Women aud Cruelty to Their
Children. v

Women aud Cruelty to Their
children. VI
One Of the most barbarous people In
the world are the Slfans OF Thlbot. al
though. physically. they are among
the finest races to be found In Central
Asia. They are not uniform in color,
some being black and some brown.
But they are uniformly thievish and
lazy.
Among their bad traits are ungoy-
ornable hostility to one another and
love Of warfare. Each tribe Is always
at war with It's neighbor. and gcner-
ally upon the most trivial pretext
Two men may quarrel over the posses
sion Of a knife or an equally trliling
article. The aggrleyed party returns
70 his tribe and reports the facts OF the
case to his chief His right to the arti-
Gle In question is never considered. II
Is enough that he should have quar-
relied over IT, War is Immediately de-
clared on the tribe Of his rival by
sending messengers with arrows
dipped In blood and the head Of any
unfortunate prisoner Of war who may
have been captured prior to the out
break Of hostilties From that mo-
ment the quarrel becomes deadly. No
concerted action is taken. the strife
being In the nature OF gigantic feud.
When a man OF one tribe meets one
OF the rival tribe combat takes place
until one or the other has been killed,
the victor cutting OF the head OF his
vanqulshed foe as trophy Of his
rrowess. Poisoned food and the poi
soning OF wells are stratagoms which
either tribe feels Itself quite at liberty
90 use to compass the downfall OF
rival. This sanguinary foud may last
for months. or even years. until. both
sides firing OF the loss OF life, a settle
ment is effected through the media
ton OF some powerful chief, who is not
a party to the quarrel.
The lives OF the women arc one OF
horrible abasomont. POlyandry Is
generally practlced, Increasing the
horror OF the woman's position, for
she Is required to be a slave to a num-
Der OF masters. who treat her with
most vigorous harshneas and brutality.
/ From the day OF her birth until her
death. and sifan women seldom live
TO be 90. her life Is one protracted
period OF degradation She Is called
upon to perform the most mental and
degrading services and the entire
manual labor OF the community, II be-
ling considered degrading for a man
TO engage in other labor than that pro-
vidod by warfare and the chase. The
right to her possession among her nu-
merous husbands 10 determined by age
When the oldest lord and master Il
not engaged In some expedition which
keeps him absent from his village, he
places his boots and weapons over the
door OF his dwelling. and until he has
gone the others are Obliged TO koeT
away when the next In age takes az
the ownership OF the Joint property
Y Should the eldest husband die. how
Ner. the rights OF succession are de
o'Nsped by force OF might, which Gus
ermnes rise, not infrequently. e
.Vm H long.protracted feuds. TIT
n,oouy an Sn. being held in little ol
llle OF Wom aken without the leas
no esteem. lslAa suicide among tn,
conjunction. IN, q Of frequent oe
female population
currence Nn,vare raeea
Among nearly all sS, oifsprlnE 4
certain affection for theiiVl ,mong tn
manifested by parents, KN,bstrac
slfans, however, such an ANRAjrel,
moral quality as affection Is onA N
unknown. and when one has witnss.dN
the hardshlps attending the early NE |
OF the children OF this strange race
one cannot help wondering how they
manage 10 survive. When a child Is 10
be born the mother is driven from the
village In which she lives. and is com
PEELED to take up her abode in some
roadside hut or cave In the open coun.
try. scanty supply OF food, furnished
by her husbands being brought to her
by the other women OF the tribe. |
When the child Is born. the mother |
romans with II for one or two months, |
and then. leaving II In the cave, re-
turns TO the village and Informs her
eldest husband OF It's birth and the
place where she has left IL. II the
child Is male, some consideration Is
shown to her; should It be female.
however, her lot Is irightful, for. aside
from the severe beating to which she
Ia subjected by her husband. she suf- |
fers the scorn and contumely OF the |
rest OF the tribe II Il Is a male child. !
the husband goes to the cave and |
brings II back 20 the village; II It IS
OF the opposite sex he takes one OF |
several courses sometimes he returns
with the female infant as often he
Ignores II entirely aud allows II to per-
'sh. or he may dispose OF It to some
other man as a prospective wife.