The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-02-29

tempting Providence to venture among the ruth
Tess savages who inhabit the forests and lanos
G~atered by the Orinoco and its afiiuents So
great, however his desire to visit this little
&10wn part of the world that he determined, in
spite of the difficulties and dangers predicted, to
SDAks at least the attempt to accomplish his long
cherished purpose.
He has always been glad that he paid no heed
10 the horrible forebodngs that were volunteered
by wellmeaning but illadvised people Had he
dome so, he would have deprived himself of one or
EGhe most delightful experiences OF his life. For
outside of certain discomforts inseparably con-
saected with roughing it in the wild, the entire trip
sxaa one OF agreeable surprises and unaoyed
tsasasure. And, in lieu OF boodthirsty savages
spaeltins to transfx him with poisoned arrows, he
Tourd the indians all along his route to be not
only harmless, but hospitable and obligng. In
deed some of the most pleasant recollections he
has of his wanderings in the wilds OF Venezuela
and Colombia is the kindly treatment he invaria-
bly, received at the hands OF the children OF the
forest.
These observations, says a writer in the Pan
american Bulletin, have been suggested by a
work which has recently been published in Ber-
I'm On the Indians inhabiting the region between
che Rio Negro and the Yapura. 1t is by DR.. Thee
sFor Koch-Grunberg a distinguished German trav
effer and ethnologist, and Is entitled "XWei Jahre
ssnfer den Indianern' 1.-TWO Years Among the In
'dSans}. II has appealed to us in q special man
zuer not only on account OF the mine OF iniorma
toms of the various tribes OF Indians which the
slthog visited during his two years pereSrnations
RIA This comparatively unknown part or the world;
mot oaly account of its numerous and valuable
illustrations reproduced from photographs which
nongtisutes so valuable an aid to the right under
standing of the narrative, but also, and chiefly, be-
CAUSE the doctors experiences among the red men
.esf the regions visited almost identical with
+onr own in other parts Of the continent
Tt was In August. 1903. that DR.. koch-Grunberg
rcashed the little town of Sac Felipe on the Up
DER Rio Negro Using this place as a base, he
proceeded without delay to explore its western al
1suents the Icana the Tapes, the Curicuriary, and
9neir chief tributaries, and to study the manners
S,nstons and languages of the divers Indian tribes
that live on or near their banks. After spending
nearly two years among these people, some o.
'Shnm never saw white man before, he returned
tn Manaos, the mouth of the Rio Negro by
s<ay OF the Yapura and the Amazon.
sfe was well equipped for his work, which for
hinl was ever labor OF love. He had previously
accompanied Or. Hermann Meyer during his ex-
psoration of the Xingu in southern Brazil, and had
then learned to admire the many notable quail
TICS or the uDspoed denizens of the jungle.
Outside OF q young Brazilian of German descent
MIA sole companions during his long wanderings
among many tribes-some of whom he had been
warned, were antropofagos (cannibals)-wer In
Slsxns whom he employed as porters and boatmen
And these we're In most instances what are known
fndios braves wild Indians) who had little or
contact with civilization. But so completely
Gid he from the first win the confidence and at
TssrxAou OF these SIMPLE kindly people, that they
saE once treated him one Of their own and made
him feel at home wherever he went
And considerate and just was he In all his
dealings with them that his reputation preceded
him from tribe to tribe Everywhere he was
known and welcomed the friend of the In
frIans' and any service they could perform for
him was freely given. He lived in their malokas
Communal homes) shared in their repasts and
Festivities took part In their dances and their
hunting expeditions a witness of their strange
marriage and burial ceremonies. and romped with
eheir children. helped to entertain friends and
guests. He had every opportunity OF famiiarizing
himself with the peculiar manners customs tradi
gions and supersttions or his hosts for they were
willing to impart to him all the information
I'm their power and assist him in his photographic
researches in every way possible.
Besides treating them with justice and kind
nesB, be made It rule never to accept any serv-
ice, however slight, without making some com.
,yezExztion for it. The remuneration offered might
De trifling, but the effect magical. They were
slgI-men women and chIdren-at his beck and
call every hour Of the day night
OF the Indians of Cururii (cuara) the author
declares that they did everything to make his so.
sog,rn among them comfortable and pleasant For
A few glass heads and fishhooks they kept us lib.
orally supplied with meat and drink Fowl OF