Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-27

1 erty in the villages nearby has ma
terially increased. they seem stu sat
isfied with their 800.
but Is not that an undlgnifed way
NJ keeping the peace2" | asked.
Yes, but In this instance II Ia tho
best The only other thing We could
do would be To send troops into the
territory. We should have TO fight all
the time. and without We wiped out
| the savages II would mean Continu-
Gus loss of money and life. The coun-
| try rs a Jungle and our men would be
shot with poisoned arrows from be
hind the trees. The savages could kill
them. and tho game does not seem TO
be worth the candle"
THE BACKwoODs or INDIA.
This talk gives one peep into the
| backwoods Of India. This pensinsula is
| a world In Itself. Hindustan has more
| nations than the continent OF Europe,
and more races than you VIII md on
tho hemisphere 81 the Americas. Every
locality has It's own tribes and peculiar
castles and here and there arc peoples
OF whom our world knows nothing Men
like those described by SecV Robert
son are scattered through the forests
OF the different sections OF India. There
are queer collections of Mongols on
the borders OF Tibet, strange forest
jewellers on the Nilgiri hills. and alb
orgines on the various islands, and In
Kashmir and Reluchistan one finds
peoples and customs which differ as
much as those Of the Eskimos and the
Anglo SaNons.
There is one great class here known as
jungle people. They live in the woods
and are about as savage as the natives
Of the Kongo. They believe In witches
and witch doctors and make bloody
sacrifices. Wild dances are part OF
their worship. These people are gem
orally known as Animists and they
number 5000 400 or 9.O0O. 900 They live
in all sorts ~ ways, feeding largely on
wild herbs and fruits, and dwelling In
caves or temporary shacks which they
leave when they seek q new location.
IN the eastern Himala,ss are the
Nagas. tho descendants OF the ancient
snake worshipers. They are head hunt
ors and now and then raid the lowlands.
In southern India arc the Yanads.
who have round huts made OF brush
wood. and who support thcmselV on
Jungle fruits and Wild honey. They are
as shy as our Negritos. and will run
at the sight Of a white man.
AMONG THE ANDAMANs.
During my stay in India | have met
some of the British officials who have
charge OF the Andaman Islands These
islands have long been "A penal settle
ment OF India. They lie In the Bay OF
Bengal skirting the east coast, They |
are largely Inhabited by aborigines who |
correspond TO our Negritos and live |
much like them Their homes are the |
forest They move about from place |
to place putting up shelters OF leaves |
and twigs wherever they camp. They |
wear practically no clothing and are |
not unlike the pigmies Of the kongo. |
They have black skins and frizzly hair |
which Is SO shaved as 10 leave a cir
cular patch as big around as "A tin cup |
on the top of the head. The women |
are the BARRIERS and every wife dresses |
her husbands hair. Both women and |
men are tattooed.
The eyebrows are usually shaved. and |
sometimes the whole body is gone over.
] am told that when the English Of
fcers first came TO the Andamans the
natives were cannibals clad chiefly In |