The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-10-08

rs's' ana during the road building Nv
Drown met the death .dealing -,
D I' Chunchoos. A tribal war had
,, u'. euued and Samuel and his brother
we're Ieit orphans. A white mon
"uop'eu Samuels brother and viii
p'iHs 'he lad up as a man soryart.
out Brown was determined 90 ,,,'
civilize Samuel. ~ Wy "
Every ihstinGi for hundreds of wears
past inherited by Samuel the son -,
cannibals, is in the direction ~ ,ha
wlid life of the jungle. the froodor,
oI peak and plain. MIR Brown realized
the dlticulties of his task. but was mo,
deferred "' uo'
ror one thing, 1t is only a short time
nee Samuel donned his first clotha..
zone OF the Chunchoos from time Inn
memorial has ever known even So
nnuch as the use of coat or trousers
he women live the simple life after
.he trae style of the Garden of Eden
ouch intensely important feminine AZ,
versions as matching the color of a
nat TO the hair or coffee.colored com.
pieXion, of serious concern to AMER.
lcan bellies is unknown in the Chm.
choo country.
Brown first took Samuel As the lad
was christened to Tirapata. the outfit.
ing town for the mines in that mart
or the country, and Headquarters NJ
the Inca Gold Mining Company. owned
largely by Pittsburg capitalists AT
Ilrapata Samuel was taught the Cetch.
way language, the gable of friendly
natives that work in the mines and
also show astonishing skill spearing
fish
After two years with these semi.civ.
liized tutors the young cannibal was
taken to Arequipa, an important city.
and here he began studying Spanish.
IN which he made rapid progress.
vi English he still knows little. He
says fluently Good morning" Good
evening, and recently at dinner. after
tasting delicious soup, remarked no.
llteiy that it was very good chupee "
The word 'chupee" is tribal lingo for a
! dlsh that corresponds to American
soup, and the little savage was Quick
to associate the terms.
Samuel spends much time amusing
himself with other children. is n gen
eral favorite. and is making fast
friends. His temper is sunny, his dis
position even. He l. Iilite a mimic
ard recently was o. = lawn indulg
ing in all sorts of boyisA pranks. such
rs swelling out his chest. initiating a
policeman, taking bit of palm leaf
and pretending to shave his face. roll
ing on blanket and cutting didoes
to the delight of American boys ant
girls.
He also is learning rapidly lessons
in politeness. He gets up briskly ii
the morning, when he is called. IL
will soon have private tutor, and
when Samuel can speak English he
will be placed in the public schools
He shows exceeding fondness for frui
and meat. AS might be guessed, he IL
IA pronounced meat eater, and it alst
seems that he never can get enough
fruit. His own people live largely OF
these two articles
How Samuel will develop remains t
be seen. Already he shows unusua
interest in mechanics On shipboar
he surprised everybody by takin
pieces of wood, rags and strings an
building an excellent reproduction o
a boat, He also draws pictures quick
ly and with some originality.
In physical appearance Samuel ha
round, intensely black eyes, a chubb
face, coffee-colored complexion an
raven black hair, and each particula
hair stands on end.