The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
soStDs OF MOROCCO.
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LET ~ suppose that the Winter
rains ar orer- ard that fle p.ains
ars green with The young rising corn.
PIowing and u0rk are finished for
The year and within the circle Of
/ brown tents-soLe fTo dozen 10 num-
iez-al : lie and activity Men and
women are safherias together The few
Household goods rLey possess. Or pull
Ing up the pegs that hoid their lent
dwelling in place. Pots and pans of
timed copper d rough red earfhen-
ware are piled about and sirips of
mating are being rolled up. Tie
children are chasing the fowls 20 ald
fro in their eudeaF0rs 70 capture them,
the hocks and herds browse near by.
fenied b. suuburst shepherd boys and
everything speaks 81 an early move
Then the tents themselves are sfruek
and rolled Up. and the loading 81 Tie
beasts 0f burden commences. Every
animal capable OF bearing a load IS
pressed into service. Cows aud bul-
locks. mares. mules. and dOnkeys-
even men and women share 1OTfuily
il the labor. Tor spring Is come and
the shade Of the giant cedar trees
awaits the shepherds and hunters
and cattle thieves Life Tor the Ber-
bers commences then. and fof a few
months. IN the impeneirable hills and
forests. they can pass their existence
unhamDered By Arab neighbors and
far beyond the reach of graspiug on
cisldom Then q move is made and
one and an. singing as they 90. the
procession starts Oh Men on horse
back-their wiry little sreeds as mud
stained and ragged as the saddles they
bear-lead the way Fine little
creatures they are. with an the grace
Of movement found only in the savage.
Their long. toga-iike -haiks" and
straight heavy white cioaks add not
a little 20 their picturesque appear
ances. Nor are their features devoid
0f beauty. for though the runs OF
summer aud the tempests OF winter
score and mark their faces at an early I
age. they fail to Obliterate the pleasant I
smile aud gIltteriBg eye that are 80 [
typical Of the race The woman fO'- /
low On foot. OK perhaps on donkey /
back strange. undergrown. huddIed I
Up figures. wrapped iu long striped \
,hawls. and with their heads tied in 4
landkerchiefs Or many c0lOrs. and 4
saiters Of knitted wool or leather on I
heir legs What little beauty nature
las bestowed upon them they manage
most successfully to conceal under the
.trange dlcta Of Berber fashions
Their c0mplexions are stained and
.triped with red -beuuar dye their
loses and chins are fat.0oed in pat
erns Of dark blue. and even the anti
n0ny with which they eucirclc their
yes is so carelessly and coassely pat
u as 70 give the appearance Of q
eceHt scrimmage. Untidy nnkempf.
nd none TOO clean. the Berber women
ner few Of the attractions apparent
D the men. who. though often sadly
d want OF a washing. are handsome.
rank and full Of spirit. with q mirth
bat is infectious With the women
NJ the children. half-naked little
aEsSes some tied on 10 the back Of
friendly COW SOME running races By
le roadside. ana others. again. sdN
the breast
And 50 70 the forest From THE
erbers Of Morocco. by Walter Har-
$, III Scribner's.