New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

and certain men with long boards and bodies
| completely clothed. These strangers will sever
| men In twain with one stroke Of their swords
They viii bring fire and ashes, drive forth an
cient gods and destroy the customary rites OF
the people They Will shed blood and carry into
captivity" Thus spake the "zenp' to the pro-
genitor Of Guarionex.
| The prophecy OF the "zemi" has been so COM
pletely fulfilled that It IS wellnigh impossible
| to paint a complete picture reproducing the
| life Of these prehistoric dwellers of this Amer
| lean possession Jesse Walter Fewkes, of the
| bureau Of American ethnology. has been at
| tempting TO gather up the fragments and piece
| together a portrait Of the people the eyes Of
| Columbus and Ponce de Leon looked upon The
result has just been presented IN the twenty
| fifth annual report Of the bureau Of American
| ethnoiogy.
Setting fish to catch g fish was one OF their
methods of supplying their table The eel-uke
| sucking fish. the remora, doubtless attached to
| some kind Of leash, was utilized. Poison served
| the purpose OF q net when they wished to catch
| q large quantity OF fish The water OF pool
was poisoned.
HOW WIVES WE'RE SECURED.
The method Of Jacob In earning his wives was
followed by the poorer natives. When q cacique
had made his choice Of wife he sent present
every day for a month to the brides father.
When the dowry agreed upon had been paid
then the brides hair was cut as a sign that she
was matron- The poorer persona those who
had difficulty in keeping g1rdle their waists.
SO to speak. they were SO poverty stricken
worked out the dowry by becoming the
want Of their prospective fathers-fn-law. Some
times the wives practised immolation upon the
death of their lords by permitting themselves
to be buried alive when the body inferred.
Whether salt scarce not is uncertain.
but the method used In catching parrots would
suggest that it was too scarce anyway to be
sprinkled on birds tails A child ten or twelve
years old bearing tame parrot his head
would climb a tree The hunters. entirely COW
cred with leaves. would approach quietly. At
the same time the boy would cause the parrot
on his head TO cry out shrilly This would at
tract the attention OF the parrots In the neigh
borhood and they would flock to their crying
brother. Then the child would skilfully throw
running moose about the neck of Of the
birds and throw IT to the ground
Chicanery, faith. superstition and on the med
icine mans part al incentive to save the pa
tient from deaths grip aIl had their part In Sc
curing relief for the aching primitive Porto
Rican- II almost much as the medi-
cine mans life worth not to effect cure.
PREPARATION OF PHYSICIANS
When the doctor was called upon a case there
more to his preparation for going to the
prospective patients hut than picking up q
medicine case and rushing out to his automo-
bile Before departing from his office he must
take the SCOT from a smoked pot some
pounded charcoal and blacken his face. Then
there were his patent pellets for jaundiced gen.
try to be prepared. AS usual IN the manufact-
ure of patent medicines, there something
secret about the concoction which the Porto
Rican doctor mixed He took a few slivers OF
bone and a morseI OF meat and wrapped these
about with something which would hold them
together The whole lump then inserted In
his cheek beside his tongue Ready for his task,
he now sailed forth
Upon arriving at the patients home he ordersd