The Washington times., 1901-10-27
MAN And HIS HISTORY.
Novel AnthropologieaI Exhibit for
the st. Louis Fair.
Primitive Peoples TO De Groupea
With the Enlightened Denizens of
the Globc-scheme Proposed by
Prof. w J McGee for Exposition

| If a proposition of Prof. w McGee
| of the Bureau of Ethnology. be ac-
! quiesced in by the directors of the
| forthcoming st Louis Exposition of
! 1903 that worlds spectacle will boast a
unique and appropriate feature Prof.
McGee has been asked by the directors
of the st. Louis Fair to take charge of
the anthropological exhibit that will be
made, and he has consented to do so
on condition that the exhibit be rlan-
ned upon a grand scale, enabling the
bringing together of the primitive peo
pies of the world, showing their meth
DDS of life in their native wilds. their
relation with what in civilized com
munities are domestic animals. and in
other ways showing the gradations of
humanity as they have never before
been displayed.
1t is unnecessary TO dilate upon the
wonderful interest that such an ex-
hibit would have. AS Prof MCGEE
says, there have been shows upon the
"AIidways" of other fairs of primitive
peoples, but, although the professor did
tured that these exhibits were not got
ten up by scientists nor were they ar
ranged with any definite scientific OBJ
ject. What Prof MCGEE designs to do
is to show to man the story of man as
told by the conditions of the primitive
peoples of the world today. This grand
scheme will embrace the bringing to-
Df nf ha
interesting of the human family-such
as the Pygmies of Africa, the smallest
people in the world, and the Seri In |
dians of the extreme western part of |
the United States, the largest of the |
human denizens of the globe
THE obtaining of specimens of the |
African Pygmies win probably prove to |
difficult operation" said Prof. MCGEE.
in discussing his project recently.
Very little is known of this curious
people. as they have only been discov-
cred lately, and are not described in
any standard work with which L am
acquainted. They are undoubtedly the
smallest people in the world averaging
little more than three feet in height.
They are called, by surrounding tribes.
men monkeys, and an instance is act
Ially recorded of an English travellers
aking aim at one. mistaking him for a
Notwithstanding their di-
ninutive size the men are very muscu-
ar and powerful, with massively de-
'eloped limbs, hairy chest, and
crubby beard half way down the body
Their movements are indescribably
gile, and they jump from branch to
ranch of the trees exactly like mon
,eys. Their manner is very shy toward
trangers, though they are apparently
iospitable and good-willed enough.
heir principal weapons are bows and
rrows, and it has been suspected that
hey poison the latter. sj-...
1T has been said that these Pygmies
ave no sort of religion, but this state s
1ent has been disproved quite recently
y a daring English explorer named
Ibert B. Lloyd. Mr.. Lloyd says that d,
OF only do they wear a kind of charm r
r fetish, but they have, apparently. /
ONE sort of superstitious idea with ref /
renee to certain trees. AT the foot of t
ertain large trees, which they surround t
18th n clearing, they build q series of
tile devil houses Frequently the =
'aveler through the Pygmy forest, that h
md of eternal twilight, comes across $
nall offerings placed at the foot of t
little parcel OF diff "