The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07

Buenaventura, Colombia, Jan. so.
II some Of the tribes Of Indians in
remote parts of Colombia succeed
in maintaining the laws and Gus
toms in force, they viii certainly not
meet the fate OF their North Ameri-
can cousins, and become extinct. They
welcome white traders but they won't
let the paIefaces remain in their coun-
Try over night. AS soon as the trad
ms is done the visitors must return
10 their ships and sail away As long
as they do so, they are not noiested,
but If they manifest a tendency to
hang around and get sociable. after
the business is concluded. trouble is
certain to result This is because the
Indian women like white men and VIII
run away with them if they get "a
chance. The native women are rather
attractive as girls but they age very
quickly. The universal NODE of dress
among the women consists of one
sack-like garment. reaching from the
shoulders to the knees. with holes for
the head and arms. It is one place
in the world where the styles do not
change. Most of the men wear trOds-
ers. and some OF the more progressive
and prosperous among them wear
shirts.
Woman's Right Discouraged.
They have interpreters who can
speak English. and their standard
money is American gold While the
men are good traders, and lean to-
ward civilized ways In their money
and their dress, they are quite bar
barous I'm their habits of living. They
reside in shacEs, and have three or
four wives each. They select their
companions while they are very young.
q girl rarely reaching the age OF IL
before she is claimed by some brave.
There is go marriage rite. One trader
among them insisted that the high con-
tracing parties TO one Of their jungle
matrimonial alliances acknowledge the
solemn obligation by running around d
banana tree three times, but one of
his companions secuted the idea, and
said they never thought of putting
themselves to 50 much trouble The
men insist upon being the head of the
house, however, even if there is lack
of formality in establishing the same.
favOrite method of furnishing DISC
bedient wife is to tie her to a stake
over an ant hill and let the insects
nibbIe at her toes for an hour or two.
IT is said she viii always be good
thereafter, Some such drastic measure
might be used with effect to check the
spread of w0man's rights in the United
States.
Lifeless Sentinels Stand Guard.
The manner in which these Indians
guard their villages from the intru-
sion of outsiders is very ingenious
They string dry calabashes ON ropes Oi
vines ali around their camp, and hide
them in the grass and hang them In
trees. Anyone proving about viii be
almost certain to disturb some of these
lifeIesS Sentinels. The least jar makes
a rafting noise that can he heard
FOR quite distance, thus sounding ar
alarm OF the approach OF an intruder
They are ugly customers if trideC
with and as q rule are left severely
alone by the whites. It Is undoubtedly
hest for all that they insist on being
- exclusive. IL would seem that there
should be some dark corners of tht
earth where the crude children Of ua-
tUre can pursue their rough ways II
peace.
Colonel Jesus Christ"
The Indians living more adjacent {.
The conteTs OF population have bec0m,
less dangerous and Objectionable a
uCighbOrs. but their proximity 10 civil
izatiop has taken away none of thei
1arharic love of display Many of then
have embraced the Catholic religion
its forms and cerem0niaIs seeming T.