The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-30

the water holes They go into the water
win bushes about their hcq Is anil sneak
huon Inc ducks and cranes which are
swimming there. They also c.,tch nsh
WIN nets and sometimes poison the wafer
WIN certain plants and capture the hsI
Us they else to the surface, They ..atch
cuI ish ~ trqmping through lha streams
una getting the ish under their feet. III
Slch cases me native Kills The fish hy bit.
Ing deeply into its flesh Just back If rho
neat lie then throws IL )u1 u1an mo
bank. knowing that 1t will not .sliggle It's
for more. "''"'
The Question Of Cannibals.
Inere Is no doubt but that the Australian
aoorlglnes arc more or less cannibals. The
records show that they have always bear
So ana that the caring of human flesh ex
iS'S IN some parts Of Australia today. Carl
Lumholtz' to whom I am Indebted for
S writte OF tne lnfornation in this letter, has
NIltlen book entitled ''AInong thn tTa,
nIna.S' nlfiuring his trayeIs t6roroi, -.
amps or the Australian aborisinns. ny ny
81 'NtnIngni records also contain Instances
81 canhlDaHsm About twelve vears' 80 ~ -
man named Edwards saw no nst 49, aSp u
1871 a. lhtant In one Of their ovens. Hc
MaLIchea the blacks open the hodv onS
him him. 81 eS Sais NE fat, hut the sight ,aaJe
llnuc MS observations ""ie I" con-
t,o " a,nuppllz says the natives espccioIlv III,
Of = hiip oi u hlack man, and tliat any SORT
MlcacT. There are parts ~ M sSnulNcst
yueenSIahd where children wiz d1itate q
tiatS nre roasted and there arc nrnoFs
iSod In Western Ourensiond ~ hl'teu Tor
We pure h1cks is preferred M MI ues 'i Or
bo ,gISn are roas ed ana eaten. If is sSid
white mans pa' e IeS people DO not care for
,tnn t'''"n III adverse to rare hi Of Ch,na
tny, ~. Lnero Is one instance rccorGel ~
ara the stafcr,ooeeith g eaten at one dinner
rr,r t ~" statement Is made that the nref
NtraVH Tor such meat over that az +bn ,Iihtta
~ ~ because the white man eote ani,anT
largely ~ r, sne IRlnese tonhne themselves
'7'' " rice ana vegetables
Throwing the eoomerano.
,n bought several boomerangs the other
NJ ~, paying ABOUT 90 cents apiece for them
49, e.e merely little nat bows made OF
49,, oi, each about two inches wide ana from
a aa. inenes 10 yard long They have
s,a ','' ul'i twist In them, and ARE so shaped
err The b 1atiGwn they return to the own.
throvin" haIifes display great skill in
pcs WING them, but do not. rs bag s,, ~
IF w, use them 70 any extent MS 1yaa,,nn
hunting tbey nghung and for all heavy
1hav oHeg prefer spears and iances'
fcpr any o nave ~ spears which weigh as msc5 Se ..
niue feel p e R enr,5 and which are eeht OF
with bone nintou some spears are barbed
then, y,ith nlnt or iron The natives throw
oI,s " WIN great skill and are 81 tres Inv
watch o tneir use that the explorer has u
IN NJ ~ thaI he does not receive n snosv
,so ~ uAth The boomerang lie sow. Sip ,,s
inrra ior kllling small birds. but n IL .n ies
'1'hV extent playthlng. 40 W
Ghosts and Witch Doctors.
as far as eau learn the aborlrInes ho,a
no Great Father like that Of our Tno,ans
s.'noush they believe In future state ana
a aa hunting grounds They have ,.reo,
Serto J OF ghosts and demons. ana ,hir', 49,
sre piaeest such as caves ana tht n tnat
doctaresu nled by them. They bav .uiv ,la,,
fhipG Mno cure their diseases MI M .tsecn
nrets,S one from the spirits me ~ dad 10y
niecesHu 20 locate the demon ana ~ u"vLor LOTS
min OF Wood gu; OF the hodv ,v w. SUBJ 1S
woas y, ihey believe thar rnosV n ~ ,t ne
men can e sus 70 sorcery, aud chat eeetsin
h thew ~ eause others TO fall slek and Az
cine men Wish. They believe their nall uhe
snonsihia can make rain, and hold tbe ,aV VI
have ali aer ali their sufferings Tbav
ward w SORTS 81 charms Ia hri5g Ansa
nfrnced ~ ,efil spirits. ana Of Int az az hnu
ara 49, tnelf belief that the Svbita n sns.,un
Tint tSan natives come 10 Ilfe o,ai 't.siss
appear ~ ,nsmselves win after destb AMI, apn
~, Queer Methods Of Burial.
io,s III future state Of the aborigIne d.rera,
a.. s, Wy. o. aow he 10 buried. and the men
'Ss' careful ts int.s tAeir dead after .