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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-02
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Chicago, Sept. 29.-S. A. M,Canna
for whom the town of McCanna in
North Dakota was named, was found
wandering from farm to farm near
Elgln and proclaiming himself the
richest man in the world. He is
wealthy and owns large land and
mining properties in North Dakota.
He came to the city to participate
in the centennial celebration. He
was taken in charge by friends and
placed in a private santorium. He
is unable to give any account of his
strange actions, and is supposed to
have become temporarily dera iged.
Washington, Sept. .30.-The
commissioner of the general lanl Office
has sent out an order which requires
all afidavits, proofs OF oaths of any
kind to be made by applicants and
entrYmen must be made before a U.
S. commissioner or before a Judge or
clerk of any court of record in the
and district in which the land is To-
ated.
Manila, Sept. 2S.-General Ala,
who has been giving the government
considerable trouble in the province
of Albay, Luzon, by a guerrilla war
fare, has surrendered and turned over
all the arms belonging to his bands.
He has had but few followers, but the
| depredations they have been commit
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-02

Inc First National Bank will NOT
SCH your horse notes, but will grant
extension IN case of crop failure or
o1ner mlsfortunes, and you all know it.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

the house was a long line of skulls
suspended on the walls. There we've
! skulls of monkeys, pigs, fishes, jaguarS
and many other animals-and also,
among the lot, there were eighteen
which were Enthusiastically the skulls
of human beings. 1t was evident, too,
that they were of them had gold fill
ings in The teeth.
1t would be absurd to say that this
sight did not make us feel queer, but
| we were not so frightened as might
be imagined, because we had heard the
story of those eighteen men from the
othr tribes along the river.
The Fate of the COIOmbians.
They were eighteen Colombians who
had fed from civilization to escape be-
ing pressed into the government army
to fight the revolutionists. Four months
before our arrival, they settled among
the Yari Indians. Being well armed
with guns and revolvers, they cowed
the tribe for a while and started to
collect rubber. They were men of the
lowest and most brutal character, and
before long they began to fog and
shoot some of the Indians.
One afternoon baby cried in the big
house and annoyed the leader of the
gang. He coolly drew his revolver and
blew its head off. The Indians, who
were SlllllS dIOuIlut DuSy at luSlI Va
rious occupations, did not say word.
They showed no trace Of emotion:
even the babys mother suppressed her
grief. But that night they arose from
their sleep and slew the eighteen Co
lombians.
Next morning, by wireless telegraph,
they invited the neighboring tribes to
a ''barracoucha"- feast of white men.
At "barracoucha" all tribal feuds
are sunk, and the chiefs sit together in
an enormous hammock which holds as
many as forty men. They do not eat
human flesh for food; they have plenty
of that of all kinds. Nor do they eat
it because they like it. The motive is
religious, or, rather, superstitious..
They believe they will acquire the
qualities-courage strength, endur-
ance, cunning, skilh-of the enemy who
forms the dish.
The Yaris and all the other tribes
we visited hate South American white
men, for they have suffered much at
their hands and they kill and eat
them whenever they get a chance But
they readily understood that we We're
a different kind of white men. They
are always ready to behave well to-
ward Americans, Englshmen, Ger
mans and others whose motives and
deeds are good. There was never any
suggestion of making a "barracoucha"
of us.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

That the inner bark, next to the
wood, on a standing dead cottonwood
tree is thin and dry like tissue paper,
and will start u fire nicely when ev-
cry stick i'm the woods is soaked.
That a pile of driftwood heaped up
by high water beside a stream is al
ways a good store of firewood, and that
some of it is always dry.
That dried roots make an intensely
hot fire and no smoke. Get them out
of your driftwood pile. They hre sure
to be there and on top somewhere. be-
cause they are almost as light as cork
and porous as sponge. They make
the best camp cooking wood in the
world.
That any gun will shoot about four
times as far as you think It will.
Therefore be careful that nothing is
in range beyond your target.
That high ground is dry ground and
the best to camp on, even If you have
to carry wood and water some dis
tance.
That the woods are full Of good
things, and God gave you brains so
that you might find them. Therefore
use your eyes, ears, nose and hands.
That the only thing to do when you
get lost is to sit down and figure out
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

if he could only have that knife. he
would do anything for 1t. signed to
him that we wanted big fish, and
then gave him the knife Among
these people 1t is always the custom
TO pay in advance.
We returned to the Yari house, ex-
pecting to to see the fish; but about
midnight we were awakened by the
playing of flute on the river. 1t was
our friend coming up with an enormous
fish which he had captured for us.
The business methods employed by
the rubber collectors are a striking tes-
timony to the honesty of these tribes.
The white merchant goes to the big
house of the tribe, and throws down
his stock of barter on the floor Each
Indian takes what he desires-one
looking-glass, another a machete, a
third pair of scissors, and so forth.
The merchant then departs to his sta
tiOn, having disposed of his stock-in-
trade and received nothing for it. He
does not even know what each indi-
vidual Indian has taken; indeed. he
does not know one Indian from another.
But he can rely on their good faith
Three months ar six months after
wards, according to the season, the In
dams begin to arrive at his station,
bringing rubber to pay for the goods
they took. They tell him what they
had. and he weighs the rubber and
usually has to give them something
extra, according to the scale of b rter.
Sometimes a few Indians will not ar
rive, but the chief of the tribe says,
"So-and-So was killed while hunting.
Here is the machete he took" or, so
and-So w9s sick and could not gather
any rubber. Here is his looking-glass."
The YarIs Are Dudes.
The most extraordinary thing about
the Yaris is their dandyism. They
are the greatest dudes under the sun.
No man on earth thinks more Of their
personal appearance, or devote more
time to it. Yet the result is by no means
enhancing.
The men are absolutely bideous in
face with pronounced, protruding
teeth. Their complexion is a bilious
copper color. In stature they are
stunted, but they are well formed,
1.-THE, agile, and hold themselves very
erect. Their expression, which is
ferocious, bellies their nature. They
cut their hair short at the neck and
straight on their foreheads. Through
the cartilage of the nose they put
stick about an inch long and quarter
of an inch thick. which raises the
nostriIs. They put a similar stick
through each ear. They paint their
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

graph any message they wished. All
the tribes in this region were con-
stantly communicating with one an
other by this wireless system. Next
day we saw a man of the tribe to
whom we had thus been introduced
sending back a message to the Orte-
quasas by Il similar apparatus. Every
tribe we passed after that sent an
introduction ahead in this way, be-
sides giving us two "bogas."
Travellers among savage tribes in
South America, as well as in other
parts of the world, have often been
puzzled by the rapidity and accuracy
transmit news to one another. Here
is one explanation, at all events. No
doubt there are others.
The CannibaI Dandies.
At last we got to the Yaris, who are
named after the river on which they
dwell, which is a tributary of the
River Caqueta. At 1880 o'clock one
morning, while we We're having break
fast, we heard strains of weird, bar
barrie music, when evidently came
from native reed flutes. We pushed
off our canoe from the bank, and pad
died out on river twice as broad as
the Hudson at New York.
Around the next bend we met a
number of canoes filled with scores of
painted Indians. They padded along
side, gave us a warm welcome, and
were very eager to help us with the
canoe. Never had we been received
more cordially. Our two 'bogas''
from the last tribe, of course, went
back; and the Yaris took us up a
tributary of the river to their home
The tribe numbers between two and
| three thousand, and all the members
of it live in one enormous house. This
house is more than three hundred feet
long and over forty feet wide at the
base, sloping upwards in a triangular
form. The walls are made of thin
fern sticks and leaves delicately and
beautifully woven together, and very
solid. 1t is a wonderful piece of work
manship.
Inside the house is supported by a
great number of posts, between which
hammocks are slung for the men of
the tribe to sleep in. On the floor.
beneath these hammocks, are small
squares of bamboo, on which the wo-
men sleep with their children. Each
family has it's own cooking fire and
domestic utensils, and lives it's own
family life in this vast house, sur
rounded by all the other families.
We were conducted into this house,
and the Indians crowded around US
men, women and children-all over
flowing with hospitality and curiosity.
The first sight that met our eyes in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

gan to feel much alarmed, and looked
at Mrs. Fox out the corner of his eye
every little while to see if he could run
away from her; for, surely she must
be terribly strong and savage to make
all the animals run away in such
fear.
OF course 1t was the tiger and not
the fox that the Wild creatures were
running away from; but Mr.. Tiger
was so stupid he never thought of
thatI
Mrs. Fox had been watching him
slyly all the while, and she saw how
frightened he was getting. Finally
she pretended to be so interested in
something that she saw afar off in the
woods that she had forgotten all about
her companion, and Mr.. Tiger bound
ed away, running faster than ever he
had in all his life before.
Then Mrs Fox hurried home and
told Mr.. Fox and the children all
about her adventures. AS Mr.. Fox
had brought home a very good dinner
they didn't mind at all about losing
the fowl.
1t was Mrs. Fox's turn to laugh
now. and the family Joined heartily
in her merriment. Ever after this the
foxes were very safe in the woods;
for all the animals were afraid Of them
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25
The Quest of the Chief

me OueSt Oh the Ch1efs
AS soon as we got inside the big
house. the chief inquired by signs
whether we would eat. and led us TO
his fire, which was the largest in the
house. His wife, who was particular
~ attentive, no doubt under his or
ders, gave us two clay bowls and
filled them from a stewpot simmerlng
on the fire. She used for a ladle a
dried shriVelled human hand. The
bony fingers were close together, and
curved like the talons of an e,lgle. The
sight took away my appetite, and
made me wonder what might be in
the pot. But the portion served to
us consisted mainly of pigs feet, so
we concluded it was all right.
The kindly, generous hospitality
with which we were received was
continued during the whole of our six
weeks stay among the tribe. Apart
from their unpleasant habit of eating
their enemies, the Y'ars are a fine
race of savages, who can give points
in morals and manners to many civili-
zed men. There was much in them
to admire.
The men had only one wife apiece,
and were always most kind and faith
full to her. Marriage was by consent
of the woman-a thing rare among
saVages. Adultery was hardly ever
heard of; If it happened, it was pun
ished by the sure divorce of death.
The guilty man and woman Were each
put, alone, on one of the thousand
little islets in the river to starve to
death or be slain by wild beasts.
1t was plain, even to us, who could
not speak their language, that the
husbands and wives were deepely at
tached to one another, and fond of
their children. Family love was often
charmingly displayed, and the men
took great pains to teach the young
sters how to hunt and fish, and to
train them in the myriad points Of
woodcraft invaluable to an Indian.
Honor Is Great Among the Yaris.
They were honest folk, too, and men
of their word. The Yaris and all the
neighboring tribes never fail to car y
out an engagement If they can pos
sibly do so. They had it in their pow
CT to rob us of all our possessions,
which, be IL remembered, consisted of
articles they coveted intensely. But
they stole nothing.
One day we went down the river,
about five hours journey, to enothsr
small tribe, an offshoot Of the YlIis,
which comprised only about twenty
four people. An Indian there fell vio-
lently in love with big lnire 1 car
ried, and intimated by signs that is
earthly happiness would be complete
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

Id overtake her. Instead, she
ked up the plump fowl that she had
led and which lay at her feet, and
dropped it into the tigers open jaw,
It was q juicy mouthful, and Mr..
Tiger chewed it with great relish,
keeping an eye on the fox all the time,
however, that she might not escape
him. While he was eating, the fox
told him that If he would walk with
her through the woods, he could see
for himself that all the animals feared
her and ran away from her, because,
if she chose, she could kill any one Of
them.
Mr.. Tiger laughed at this, but, as he
did not feel quite so anxious for food,
since eating the dinner intended for
Mrs. Fox's babies, he told her he
would walk beside her, and see for
himself. Not for a moment did he
believe she was telling the truth, and
he thought it just as well to have an
other laugh at her expense before de-
vouring her.
So they walked together through
the woods; and, when the animals saw
them coming, how they scampered
away; Painters, big, gray wolves,
leopards-in fact, all sorts Of animals
fled from the pair as fast as possible.
Mr.. Tiger was astonished. He be-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

We stayed three days with the tribe,
until the chief was quite recovered.
During that time they found out from
our Spanish-speaking Indian what we
wanted to do and where we wanted to
go. AS soon as the chief was con-
WINGED that we were not there for
gold or land, or to enslave and murder
the Indians after the Colombian fash
ion, but only to look for butterflies
and such-like things, he was eager to
help us.
He gave up two picked men to act
as our "bogas," or guides, and take us
to the next tribe. Our own Indians
went back. The etiquette of these
tribes direct that men of one tribe
must not pass through the territory
of anotehr tribe to third. Travellers
are passed along by different guides
from each tribe-unless they are killed
by the first savage Indians they meet.
Our "bogas" conducted us to the
Ortequasas, a tribe numbering about
400. Hearing a flattering account of us,
they naturally received us well, and
promised to pass US along with all due
honor. The Tamas then returned to
their tribe.
Wonderful wireless Tclcgraphy.
Now came one of the most re-
markable experiences of our trip. The
Ortequasas sent a message introduce
ing us to the next tribe, and they sent
it by wireless telegraphy. That is the
only name 1 can apply to their method.
The transmitter was a felled tree
trunk about twenty feet long, and one
and one-half feet in diameter Down
the center Of it a groove was cut,
about three inches wide by six inches
deep. One end of the trunk f1oated
in the river, and the other end lay on
a sand bank. The operator had q
heavy stick about three feet long, on
the end of which was ball of crude
rubber weighing about twenty-five
pounds. He got this by the simple
expedient of cutting the back of the
rubber tree and twisting the sap round
the stick as it flowed out.
He struck the end of the trunk sew
eral time with this heavy ball. 1t
did not make much noise-indeed,
hardly any--but a very powerful con-
cussion or vibration of the air could
be felt. 1t was just like the sensation
of being in tunnel when shot is
fired. You felt the sound rather than
heard it. And the next tribe, several
leagues farther down the river, could
feel it equally well, and could read
off the messag &c as a telegraphist re-
ceives the dots and dashes of the
Morse code over the wire.
Evidently these savages had code
or their own by which they could tele-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25
WHY THE FOX FAMILY
is INDEPENDENT.
A Pleasant story.

one day, very long time ago, a
tON was walking through the woods.
SAe was feeling exceedingly happy,
.'r she had caught a large fowl. and
,'''s she was taking home to her chill
N'en' who were very hungry.
. M heh about mile away from home
. i tIIe and terrible tiger rushed from
ticket and seized the fox. Now,
n ,,otner Fox, being ever so clever,
aaiitThIended to be not at oil frightened
dr['doHgh her heart was humping
sb. Fray let so Of me, Mr.. Tiger!"
NV. reclaimed. "How dare you attack
yo,,-s 80 much more powerful than
pe as ~, me tiger was many times big
Fem. man the fox, he thought this
helm o tx SO ridiculous that he couldn't
openeS SuLshlng, and, OF course, when he
let so ms mouth to laugh. he had to
avs. 90 OF the fox. She did not run
Tor she knew how easily he
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

little tunnel under the drive another
glove Of different make. A third lay
on the grassy slope of the lily pond.
Three letters were picked up before
reaching the tennis court, besides a
couple of handkerchefs, a pink satin
satchet bag. and a little silver pencil
very much battered by the many feet
that had passed over it. Further along
some one had dropped a worthless lit
tie watch charm, and not far from
that lay a very gaudy hatpin, resplend-
ent with rhinestones. A chatelaine
bag, containing the bridge tickets, a
handkerchief, a receipt for making
walnut fudge, a stamp book, and
small silver glove buttoner reposed
peacefully on bench close to the
Ninety-sixth street entrance. A bam-
boo cane and a baby's red rubber rat
tie came next, closely followed, by a
cigar cutter of no particular value.
Last Of all was a lady's hat floating
slowly along near the shore of Swan
Lake.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25
PICKED UP IN PARK.
Queer List of Articles Found by n
Stroller Who Preceded the sweep
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The heedlessness of evening strollers
in the parks may be inferred from
the following list of articles picked
up during a very early stroll in Cen
trail Park on Sunday morning. En-
tering at Eighth avenue, and One
Hundred and Tenth street. and passing
down the walk toward Fifth avenue,
at the earliest flush of dawn, before
the Park sweepers were aboard. the
writer found first, a baby's lace cap,
and on the seat before the boathouse,
book, unmarked. Close to the rustic
bridge lay a lady's glove and In the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

your back trail-fiind out how you got
to where you are. Above all, don't
get panic-stricken and go it blindly.
Keep cool and use your wits.
That you should have a. change OF
dry WOODEN clothes always in camp so
that you can keep comfortable. A wet
man in the wilderness represents the
extreme end of human misery, unless
he knows just where he can dry out
quickly
That you should take even better
care Of yourself in the woods than at
home, because YOU are not used to ir-
regularitles and are more apt to get
sick unless you watch yourself.
That every one should do his share
of camp work willingly, and that a
lazy or helpless person in camp means
bad tempers, cuss-words and general
mutiny. Do your share and don't
grumble. BE cheerful, no matter what
happens, and If you can't be cheerful.
than take the back trail, for you have
no business in camp.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

when they heard how even the fierce
the tigers didn't bother the foxes be-
cause Mr.. Tiger told them how dam
gerous the small animals really were.
And this is why the foxes are so in
dependent and do just about as they
please,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

Miss Stafford, who recently resign
ed the pastorate of a Unitarian Church
in Sioux City, held il fourteen years,
her congregation being the largest oe
that denomination In Iowa.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

From the Field and Stream.
That when all the woods are wet
you can get dry wood from any stand
ing dead tree.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-11-26
THANKSGIVING RULES.

Thanksgiving Day is at hand, so be
thankful. Be thankful that Vermont
is the home of good cooks who know
how to roast turkeys and make plum
puddings and pumpkin pies. Be
thankful that the fruit crop was not a
failure and the Sugar Trust permits
enough sugar to be sold to sweeten
your coffee. Be thankful that you
can eat as much as you can instead of
repining for the blissful days of child
hood when you could eat with ease
three times as much as now. BE
thankful that you don't live in Siam,
where Thanksgiving Day is unknown.
Be thankful that you are not the
President of any Latin American re-
public, but can eat your dinner in
peace without fear of rev olution
that may end in the loss of your head.
Eat, drink, and be merry. Never
mind about the morrow-tnere Will
be trouble enough with big heads and
dyspepsia, to be sure, but don't worry.
Go to football game or a. bowling
match, and enjoy yourself, and if any
oroaker speaks of the Pilgrim Fathers
and the sacredness of the day, tell HIM
that George Washington, and Ben
jamin Franklin and John Smith and
Pooahontas who came over in the May
flower are said to have played bridge
whist on the first Thanksgiving Day,
and that is good enough precedent
for you.
Don't for minute think of any
Thanksgiving proclamation which
some deluded statesman has issued as
a guidance for you on the day. Don
worry about who your ancestors were,
where they came from, why they hap
pened to come, or how they went tt
church and observed all the proprie'
ties of the day.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-11-26
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