Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-10

morning and evening with heavy
pitchers of water on their heads; they
sweep the houses and courtyards.
clean the dishes and pots, watch at the
door, or are in attendance on their
masters.
A boy feeds on what he. can, or when
his master remembers him; thus,
from the pangs of hunger, he soon
learns how to be thief, and often an
outcast. He is generally employed in
herding goats, calves, ETC., or to do
mental work at home. If he has the
good fortune 10 win the favor Oh his
master, he may become his personal
attendant, carrying his blanket, his
food on journey, or even his gun,
which is greater honor to the little
man. At home, in common with the
little girls, he pounds the corn for the
meal; but if, perchance, he flags in
those various duties, or gives the
master the slightest offense, he is
throttled, anG not infrequen tly swoons
away to wake no more Before their
masters children never smile, although
everybody else may laugh. Any grown
person they meet they salute. as is
becoming, kneeling down and clapping
hands; but if you salute them they
seldom reply. They think it is a mis-
take, poor little slaves. In that dark,
busy childhood where is there room
to play.
Fortunately some are the personal
attendants of the children of their
masters. and to play with them, and
even to come to school, is part of their
duty
Let US follow them. Their games,
as you will see, are not much varied;
to us they are rather dull, and any
thing but intellectual. Very few are
those which are played by boys and
girls together.
See them yonder singing, dancing,
holding each other by the hands; they
form a circle out of which a prisoner
tries to escape. Perhaps this is not
quite unknown to you. Farther on
there is another circle, squatting down
this time. Having sent off one of their
number they name some object and
call him back to guess it. TELL, what
do you eat? Is it a head?" and the
diviner touches the head. mo" SIS
it the hand?" He touches the hand,
shakes his head "No" And so on.
Meantime some one plays an instru-
ment of music, and, when the guess
is right, alters one of his notes. or
moves very slightly his big toe. If
the diviner perceives these signs the
guess is easy and he makes room for
some one else. This is the malipa
game.
The boys have more time to play
and consequently have more games.
In herding the cattle, they have many
opportunities for swimming, spearing
fish, boating, etc. They ride calves and
pigs, and as many times as they are
thrown they get up again, and on and
off goes the calf or the granting pig
They are very fond of wrestling. fond
OF war, too. Boys with pot clay will
roughly make each a lot of soldiers
and by turn each throws arrows al
the army of his opponent until the
last man on one side has fallen AND
thus lost the day. They have some
thing like a football, but they use
STICKS instead of the foot. Interesting
it is to see foot-races, boat-races, but
most amusing to witness their obstacle
races. Do you see those boys all
squatted down with their left leg over
their neck? Well, they must drag
themselves as best they can to the
winning point
Like children in all lands, they imi-
tate what grown-up people do. Boys
and girls play husbands and wives,
chiefs aud slaves, and all the scenes
they witness at home or on the
lekhotia-the forum.
The little girls will have their dolls,
which they carry tied with skin on
their backs, and lull as if crying.
These dolls are made of a piece OF
wood a foot long, no arms, no legs
with a roughly chopped head, with
marks burnt in, by red-hot iron. for
eyes, mouth, nose, etc. There is
however, something better than that
1t is bottle. Oh. what a beautiful
doll it Isl Girls have cheerfully
worked two days to get bottle.
Knowing how fond they are of
modelling, l had an exhibition for the
school. On the appointed day | was
surprised to see not only the number
of competitors, but at the variety OF
their works. They had really done
their best. The girls had made pots
and dishes of all shapes. The boys
brought all kinds of animals-oxen
running or grazing, lions, elephants
crocodiles, hippopotami, horses, etc
They had also boats and boatmen
herd-boys, policemen, and also carl
catures of white people. 1t betrayed
a great deal of observation and skill
The whole was divided into four
groups, to each of which, with the as
Sistapce of the prime minister