Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-30
RED AFRICAN NEGROES
ALSO oGNsELY BLACK PYomlEs
FROM the DEEPEsT FORESTS
HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE
METEOROLOGICAL coLLEc-
TIoN.


than n collection of indian trlukpls
and Egyptian models in plaster
should visit The tent OF The South
African pyFmios. ihu latest arrivals
to the great collection Of living cu-
RIOS There are many other peoples
represented iu the reservation lying
60 the south of the Model Indian
School but the little black men are
The most noteworthy. because thls ls
the SECOND time in che history of tho
world that any of their race has been
induced to leave Bis native land.
As long ago as tho time OF Hero
dotus % was known that Co the heart
Of Africa there we're people of small
stature. and the great historian tolls
us that the Egyptian soldiers feared
them because they were fleet crafty
OF deadly aim. and made use of poia.
oucd arrows His account Of che
I black pyrmios was looked upon either
as q fable or oa a story Of some
| long extinct race. until Paul Du
/ Cha.llu. fifty years ago. ro.discoverod
/ them as the Bushmon or iottontots
I IN his report of The inhabitants ot
/ south.central Africa. this French tray.
| olcr obtained for himself the name
/ Of Manchausen. the Second, because
he told not only OF small people but
l of large monkeys Tho stories OF the
gorilla wore considered the widest
kind OF lies However. later oxplor.
ers proved that an of nu Chanms
accounts were based on actual fact
The man who rrat verified bis
stories was schwCinfurIh. the great
German explorer Some fifteen wears
later two of the pyrmies we're taken
30 Italy. where they lived as faith.
fm servants and wore studied hy
many autbrupolog.Hts. They never
returned 90 their native land. and
when Mr.. Vernon. the industrial mla.
slohnry. went among them he had a
deopsoated prejudice 90 overcome.
. Three years ago hc brought over a
member Of tho Batotola tribe. who la
not a pygmy bot belongs TO the arts
tocBtlc cor fun grown Congo race
This man. whose name Ga Kundolo
studied at Tuscaloosa college and re-
F, turned with Mr. Vernon both az in
torprotor and as a guaranty. that ma
A. lives who came Co America could gg
back alive The Baluba language d.
common 10 an the Congo natives. al
. though each tribe has its peculiar ala
3 loct. and Kondolo can converse with
an OF them
In the section from which the grouI
=, nc the Worlds fair was brought. thor,
. are three distinct classos of natives
Tho first OF these are almost a8 tai
as the average American, and ar,
very black They aro aristocrats an'
!. of their number is King Ndombo whD
/. is recognized by the government %
Belgium as paramount chieftaln AN
der King Leopold. and who. In
country whore Belgium could Dee los
a hundred times ia oboyod as Hu
. prone monarch. Tho other variety
OF fullslzod natives ls tho most "a
marlablo In an Africa Their colo
"a Ear moro nearly rcd than 10 tina
OF the North American Indians. 30
many years che red African uegr
was considered work of fiction,
y hut Mr. Vernon really found him.
The third class is composed Of Sc,
, oral wild and tame tribes Of pygmiel
Among the wild ones are the hair
p creatures that rarely grow TO b.
p more than three feet high. and an
q only one step removed from mon
d keys. Az the Wild pygmios arr
j. hunters. killing even lions and ol'
plants The tame ones are farmer.
"a aud the chief articles OF trade be
tween the two classes Is salt. whic
y % given De exchange for anything
b The tame pygmiea occupy the pos
a tion OF servants or vassals TO th
* taller Congo people. and few ~ theI
ever grow Co be more than four fee
.r high. They are called Batwas. an
u they have many of the characteristic
J., of the old.timo darkcy8 whose bloo
was comparatively unmiXod with tina
3 uf The Caucasian. Their noses ar
8 fiat and their lips are thick wit
8 their relrearng fnrchead, incossan
lahbor and ready imitation of an the
" see and hear they remind one q
& hairlosB monkeys.
% Mr. Vernon had sixteen OF the Ra
h wa people. including men. women an
/. children. ready To- bring to AmerIc.
- bat while ho was waiting for or
.s steamer he was seized with malari.
,f aud this gave to the natives the Doe
d precision that he was under the di
favor oft the evil spirits. $50 that b
ID vas person 10 Dee dreaded Tho
Il they were so terrified at the sight ,
the ship that an bat four ran ava
90 tho woods Those Who RENAME
are ull mon. One of them, Artibl
who Is a cannihal. and has the shar
onod teeth of hls tribe. has loarno
90 say 20 tho visitor "OIm nick. sho
I. ttof" This morsol OF English b
I, accompanies by nn Impressive on
" stretching OF the hand that usual
ollclts the coveted coin. Ina Btatu
i, he is mo- longer than the ordinary uo
" az seven. vet he Is 2S years old. an
has VITO and two children who "a
y, away 90 the woods. iust before On
steamer sailed for America. One
his clever tricks in hegg.ng Tor mo-
" oy. "a that Of addressing tho ladi'
as mamma" a compliment that
y is not always appreciated by the fer