Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-01

in the center of the editice is used for genera
reception room, for dances, and for the entertain
ment of friends and visitors. The chief or head
of this patriarchal community lives, with his fam
lily, in an apartment at end of the maIeka
Everything is under his direction. and nothing OF
Importance is undertaken without his consent and
advice
Notwithstanding the large number of people livs
ing under the same roof. there Is the greatest
peace and harmony. Il have lived for months at
a time" declares author. in one Of these
malokas and never have l. under normal condi
tions, Witnessed any disputes or quarrelss
1t is, however. the moral conditions of the oce
cupants of these communal lodges that impressed
him most deeply. These naked Indians" he as
serts, ARE decorous it is possible for men
to be- Their morality Is high plane, although
several families live together in the same ROOM
The woman plays important role as the
wife and counselor of her husband, but her in,
fiuence is greatly augmented when she becomes
mother. She then enters upon her proper life
work. for the care and bringing up the children
committed entirely to her unfailing love and
devotion.
walk one rarely sees the child without the mother
The two are practically inseparable. The baby
here is ever the object OF the same tender afTec.
tion as with u.s. and the older children too, are
never without their mothers special solicitude. !
have mother playing with and entertaining
them for hours at time.
The Indian woman is far from being the stupid
beast of burden pictured for us by superficial OBJ
servers. While the husband devotes his attention
to the commonweal, the wife spends her time
within the limits of the family circle But along
with the chief duties of the family she also
sumes the chief rights Her life is indeed one OF
toll and fatigue but she thereby expands her
faculties and brings her true nature to its full
development,
What however excited the authors greatest
establishment their extraordinary honesty.
The Ehrlichkeit he tells u.s. war verhuffend" II
could have left all my trunks remain open and
they would have taken nothing. Even pieces OF
printed paper which / had thrown away and bits
OF stearn that had dropped from my candle they
always carefully placed on my camp stool.
Speaking generally. the author does not hest
tate 10 declare The property of another is strict
~ respected. Never will an Indian sell the small
est thing while in his keeping. which belongs &c
another without the owners knowledge and con
sent, and never will he accept payment for an
other
Regarding the eannibals. against whom he had
been warned when he was in Manaos he assures
us that they all as harmless and good
natured all the other Wild Indians with WHOM
he came in contact"
Having lad such delightful experiences amona
these simple kind hearted people, We can wen
understand thai when the day of parting came the
author found it difficult to tear himself away
from those at whose hands he had for nearly two
years received such unvarying kindness and who
had contributed materially to the success OF
his expedition.
We are well aware that the account DR. Koch
Grunberg gives of the copper-colored denizens OF
the South American forests is wholly different
from that OF most writer's. But he is not alone
In his favorable estimate of them Those who
know them best, who nave spent the longest time
among them and have had an opportunity of
studying them at close range VIII fnd our aue
thors descriptions and Judgments correct as well
as sympathetic
- But divergent as his experiences are from those
OF the majority of travellers, they are neyerthe
less quite in harmony with those we should expect
from one who was willing to treat the Indian as
human being and not pariah or. as soul
less brute