Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-27
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a mud Of red earth They worshiped q
god who was an evil spirit, spreading
| disease. They believed the whole world
was Hat. and that their islands were 1t.
| They thought this world was balanced
| on top OF very tall tree, which at the
| last day will be loosened by an earth
| quake. When that comes 10 pass they
believe that the living and dead viii
change places and that the angels and
| devils will keep shaking the tree and
| thus prevent mankind from going up
the bamboo ladder which connects II
| with heaven.
They think also that the devil dwells
In the sea and feeds UP the bodies os
those who are drowned. He has sub
narine boats and carries net to cap
ture all mankind who fall into tho
water.
midas ROOF JEWELLERS.
Some OF the strangest of these wild
people live in the upper Himalayas.
Those mighty mountains are spotted
with non Aryan tribes, whose ances-
tors were thrust back by our ancestors
over 1000 years ago but who still exist,
Notwithstanding. There are hill men
in Assam who have no method of tell
ing distances, but measure the length
OF a journey by the amount of betel
leaf they can chew on the way There
are tribes who paint their faces like
our Indians, and many who tattoo and
deform themselves in various WAYS
The Nagas stretch the lobes OF their
ear and pierce II in such n way that IL
forms a ring of flesh three or four
inches In diameter. They also split the
ear so that IT looks like a great lump
OF flesh.
These Nagas are found In the same
district as the savages OF which Mr..
Robertson speaks. They inhabit the
country east OF the Assam valley. They
are Mongols and number In all about
162,0o0 The largest Of their tribes is
the Angami, who have lately come un-
der British subsection. The Angami
believe they were the first people on
earth. and say that they sprang from
dew. They call the earth their only
master, and worship II. Their homes
arc villages surrounded by stockades
and guarded by thorn bushes and net
ties. They come into them through
sunken paths, the entrances being pro-
tected by doors. Each tribe has its
chief and the people have blood
brotherhood, like some of the African
tribes.
Another Of the Maya divisions is
known as the Aos. These people were
once notorious Shareholders. and they
sacrificed the slaves which they caught
in war Another Is the Semas, who I'M
I'll recently were head hunters and did
not scruple to entertain guests and
BACHELORS HALLS AND MAID
EMS APARTMENTS.
am told that the Nagas have great
buildings for the bachelors or young
men Of the tribes, corresponding some-
what to the mems quarters in New
Guinea, and also to the young peoples
halls among the Nasal of central Afri-
ca, where President Roosevelt has been
hunting In New Guinea all the men
OF one tribe live in such quarters, and
their wives bring them their food. In
Masalland the girls and young warriors
have a common house 10 themselves.
Among the Nagss and other tribes Of
the hills Of Bengal, the young mems
hall is erected on a platform, and the
girls house Is nearby. The men sleep
in berths. and In the girls house there
arc always two or three maidens sleep
times an old woman as chaperon. | am
told she is often half blind and spends
but little time on her job.
WOMEN WITH MORE THAN ONE
HUSBAND.
PolyEamy Is common throughout
most parts of India There are some
thing like 60,o0O,0Oo Mohammeda
scattered over the country, who by
wives. and there are $1,000. 900 Hndoos.
each OF whom has as many wives and
slave girls as he can support
High up in the Himalayas the reverse
Is the case. The Bhotiyas. some Of
HON / saw during my trip through
the mountains. practise polyandry. that
IL, one woman win have several hus-
bands. This is 50 with the Thbctans
and others Of the far north, and some