Charlevoix county herald., 1912-03-23


in the center of the editi6e is used for general
reception room for dances, and for the entertain-
ment OF friends and visitors. Tho chief or head
OF this patriarchal community lives, with his FAM
lily, in an apartment at one end Of the maloka.
Everything is under his direction and nothing or
Importance is undertaken without his consent ana
advice
Notwithstanding the large number of people liv
ing under the same roof there is the greatest
peace and harmony. Il have lived for months at
time" declares author, lin OF these
malokas and never nave !, under normal cordi-
tions, witnessed any disputes or quarrels
1t is however, the moral conditions OF tho oc-
cupants Of these communal lodges that impressed
him most deeply. These naked Indians he as
serts, are dccorous ii 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 the
wife and counselor OF her husband, but her IN
tluence is greatly augmented when she becomes
q mother She then enters upon her proper nfo
work. for the care and bringing up the children
are committed cntlreI. &c her unfailing love and
devotion.
'From tho moment Of birth until it is able TO
walk rarely the child without the mother
The two arc practically inseparablc. The baby
here is ever the object OF the same tender afyec
tion as with us, and the older children too.
never without their mothers special so!icitude.
have seen mother playing with and entertaining
them for hours 81 time.
The Indian woman is far from being the stupid
beast of burden pictured for by superficial OBJ
servers. While the husband devotcs his attention
the commonweal, the wife spends her time
within tho limits OF the family circle. But along
with the chief duties Of the family she also as
the chief rights. ller 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
astonshment was their extraordinary honesty
Tbs Ehrlichkeit he tells US, war vorIluhend." Il
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
'aof stearin that had dropped from my candle they
always carefully placed on my camp stool.
Speaking generally. the author does not hest
tate TO declare, The property OF another is strict
ly respected. Never will an Indian sell the small
est thing, while in his Keeping which belongs 10
another without the owners knowledge and
sent, and never will he accept payment tor an
other"
Regarding the cannibals. against whom he had
been warned when he vas in ManoOs. he assures
us that they all ss harmless and good
natured as all the other wild Indians with whom
lie came in contact"
Having had such delightful experiences among
these simple. kind hearted people, can we'll
understand that when the day OF parting came the
author found it difficult TO tear himself away
from those az whose hands nc had for nearly two
years received such unvarying kindness, and who
had contributed so materially TO the success or
his expedition.
we are well aware that the account Or. Koch
Glunberg gives of the copper-coored 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 have spent the longest time
among them and have had opportunity of
studying them at close range will find our au-
thors descriptions and judgments correct as we'll
sympathetic
But divergent as his experiences are from those
of the majority OF travellers, they are nevcrthe-
less quito in harmony with those we should expect
from one who was willing to treat the Indian
a human being and not pariah soul
less brute.