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

in the center of the ediice is used for a general
reception ROOM for dances, and for the entertain
ment of friends and visitors. The chief head
of this patriarchal community lives, with his fam.
ily in an apartment at end of the maoka
Everything is under his direction and nothing OF
Importance is undertaken without his consent and
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 our author lin one OF these
malokas and never have |, under normal condi-
tons. witnessed any disputes or quarrels"
1t is, however, the moral conditions OF the oc.
cupants of these communal lodges that impressed
him most deeply. These naked Indians" he
serts ARE as decorous as 1t 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
fluence is greatly augmented when she becomes
a mother. She then enters upon her proper life
work, for the and bringing UP the children
are committed entirely to her unfailing love and
devotion.
From tho moment OF birth until it is able to
walk rarely sees the child without the mother
The two are practically inseparable. The baby
here is ever the object OF the same tender affec
ton as with u.s. and the older children, too,
never without their mothers special solictude.
have mother playing with and entertaining
them for hours at time.
beast of burden pictured for us by superficial OBJ
servers. While the husband devotes his attention
to the comnonweal, the wife spends her time
within the limits of the family circle. But along
with the chief duties OF the family she also as
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 was their extraordinary honesty.
The Ehrlichkeit, he tells us, war verttuffend' Il
could have left all my trunks remain open and
they would have taken nothing. Even pieces OF
printed paper which l had thrown away and bits
Of stearin that had dropped from my candle they
always carefully placed on my camp stool.
Speaking generally, tho 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 to
another without the owners knowledge and con-
sent and never will he accept payment for an
other"
Regarding the cannibals, against whom he had
been warned when he vas in Manaos, he assures
us that they all harmless and good
natured as all the other wild Indians with whom
he came in contact"
Having had such delightful experiences among
these simple, kind hearted people, can well
understand that 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 unvaryng kindness, and who
had contributed materially to the success or
his expedition.
We are we'll aware that the account DIR. Koch
Grunberg 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
thors descriptions and judgments correct as we'll
as sympathetic.
But divergent as his experiences are from those
OF the majority of travellers, they neverthe-
less quite in harmony with those should expect
from one who was willing to treat tho Indian
a human being and not as parah or as soul
less brute.