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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
Ceorg Won HasseI, the German Explorer, Who
Has Passed Much of the Last Decade in Peru,
Casts Light Upon the Forest Dwelling
Indians. the iii Usage of Whom
Has Caused a Scandal

identified a. the heads OF the MISSING ira
yellers.
Another ghastly thing which sou see
now and then is a ladlo whose handle
is made up Of a dried human arm. This
does not mean that the Indians are 60
pcciauy cruel and murdorous. the white
man has little 10 fear from them, pro
yided he finds out all about a tribes hab-
its and customs before venturing into an
Indian settlement If you see three round
stones at the entrance TO HIT IL means:
Keep out. the master is out; there are
only women and children within.
Disregard She warning let the chief
find YOU in his hut and soon after your
head. conveniently shrunk, may adorn the
door Of his tent.
"Thrcc sticks laid on one another al a
certain angle IN front of the hut means:
Iyeryb BODY out Again death would be
The penalty for trespassinG. Shoot some
&C the Indians domestic animals and
little POISONED arrow Will soon dispatcn
YOU into eternity. IL IS the law of the
forest. and much as we may object 10
such code Of laws. st must be con-
fessed that the Indians are very law
abiding ueOplo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
NO MYSTERY.

Arnold Daily, the actor. 10 whom o. ?
Shaw Is indebted for much OF his Amer,
can popularity, was spending the "'''
end ut Atlantic City.
At the palatial hotel where ne v"
stopping a copper magnate win ~
family occupied the royal suite.
one evening. in the palm garden an
dinner, a charming young actress llsn'e,
a cigarette. and, arranging th' toius ~,
her pannier skirt, sat down beside ~
DAILY. IA.
with so much money she SAID "
Metals make everybody look small pu'
she added, mysteriously, Il Just n.~s
something that will surprise YOU lux.
say the Metals have a skeleton IA '"'
family" A..
THAT doesn't surprise me al an ~
young actor replied, II saw her S""0
ming this morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
TWO TRIBAL TYPES.

'Ou the other hand, you must not be-
ileve that the Putumayo Indian is the
meek. beating lamb described I'm certain
reports unfavorablc to both the Peruvian
government and the English traders. The
i07 Indian tribes inhablting the Peruvian
forests are divided up into two main
races, distinguishabe by their weapons
and their habits. Those living on the
right bank OF the Amazon arc rather.
peaceful using only one weapon, the bow,
ana they never poison their arrows. The
tribes living on the left bank Of the
Amazon (and this includes the Putumayo
region are fond of fighting and use as
weapons spears and blowppes, whose
darts are poisoned with curave.
Certain pieces OF household furniture
orc finds very frequently in Indiau huts
give an inkling of what may happen to
careless meddlers. be they white or con-
Der cOlored. Catching a member of a hos
tile tribe and bringing home his head is
considered as excellent sport. The bead
itself is highly priced trophy. For
reason of convenience the inside Of the
head IS removed, the teeth pulled out for
use IN making hclts or. necklaces, the
lips are sewed u and the head IS then
sIrunk until It IS hardly larger than a
child's fist. In certain tribes no man is
allowed 20 marry unless he can show one
Of those little heads as evidence Of his
yslor"
Herr Won Hassel opened travelling
grip, from which ne took an abominable
black thing. a diabolical little head with
a terrifying grin, from which hung long
black hair of amazing thickness.
"A few years ago German explorer
and his wife disappeared In the Putu-
mayo forest aud were never heard of
again. on one of my recent trips / mo-
ticed hanging from pole IN ali Indian
tent two shrunken heads covered with
light hair one of them with long red
dish beard. The master of the tent Will
ngly exchanged them for couple of
iSnivcs and sent them TO Germany. The
two tragic and grotesque trophies were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
MACHINERY TO sUPPLANT MEN

"At the end OF December the Indian
loads his rubber balls on his dugout ana
leaves the forest before the rainy season
drives him out of it. In March he starts
ont again. wasting much time In travelling
back and forth in his small rowboat.
fortunately these conditions are not
likely TO obtain much longer. The IND
ians will in a very near future be dis
placed entirely by the mechanical rubber
tapping machine. The only work Win
which the aborgines will be intrusted
will be the locating Of trees in the
Jungle, but there their usefulness VIII
cease.
Rubber tapping machines have been
devised which can be actuated by means
of an electric current from centrh
power station. each machine being pro-
yidaI with tank in which lateX is coagu-
lated chemically as soon as it is gathered
The rainy season will not put stop 10
the tapping Of trees and the tank VIII
have 10 lie emptied only once In two
months. One man will then be able TO 90
the work accomplished At present by
thirty or forty men. and the forest Indian
VIII return 80 his peaceful agricultural
pursuits, whose monotony will be relieved
nov and then by the cutting of and cur
Ing OF his neighbour head. After that
We will not hear any more Of atrocities
committed on the Jungle Indians by the
agents OF rubber companies.
II must confess that everything kno"
about those atrocities is mere hearsay. /
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

Few White Men Have Ever Penetrated Thi
Portion of the Equatorial Country, Where
Sco~e of Policemen Range Region
of7O,OOO Square Miles in Which
Natives Were Enslaved.

their eyes 10 what was happening n.
the other hand. Peru has only four ~.
lion people scattered over about sav,,
hundred thousand square miles How e,,
the government keep an eye on every Ina.
ian TO prevent him hitting white ma,
and on every white man TO prevent Ria,
from enslaying an Indian? Then the rA
Der company employed az foremen ~.
rabble OF several nations and, as I sat-
before, Barbados negroes, who sinnl.
couldn't get along with the Tndlane n.
trading posts are so far away from ~.
another that news does not travel ,s,,
The foremen escape the supervision r,
the agents, just as the Indians escsn.
the surveillance of the foremen
Now that a wireless line las b..,
opened between Iquitos and Lima IN.
government will be In position TO fo,
low closely whatever events are reported
in Iquitos. Before the opening OF N,
wireless line the mail time from Iqui,o.
to Lima was from twenty TO forty days
and Iquitos is about twelve or ffteer
DAYS away from the nearest Putumayo
trading post.
Very soon, however 'Iquitos vii b.
connected by wireless with the most In.
rortant settlements on the left bank 0.
the Amazon. ard IN case a crime is com.
mittcd the guilty persons will not hav,
as good Il chance TO escape as they hsd
In the past. The various individual,
whose names had been connected VITA
brutallties perpetrated on Indian eau.
cheros could not be easily caught and
punished. for 1t took them less time I,
cross the Colombian or Brazilian froh.
tiers than IL took Peruvian constables I,
reach the Putumayo. Neither Colombia
nor Brazil has signed any extrsiitior
treaties with Peru. and ~ Colonies
claims a part of the Putumayo as hs'
territory the arrest Of man who e
not a native Peruvian presents outs
some difficulties and IS likely 20 create
diplomatic complications
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

has introduced iu the rubber regions an
automatic rubber tapping machine which
will in the near future enable the Ind
ans 10 return undisturbed 10 their
Jrimeval idlcnoss.
There IS no doubt Herr ION IIassel
aid TO us, that tie Putumayo natives
nave been handled very brutally on sew
ersl occasions. Many have been killed,
although the figures mentioned by muck
rakers arc ndiculously exaggerated. il
has been stated that some $4,000 Putu-
mayo Indians have been murdered in the
course OF the last ten years. The truth
is that there are not 100000 wild Indians
II the whole republic Of Peru. in the
Putumayo proper which is the most In,
habitable part Of the country, being right
under the equator, ] don't think there are
more than 1900 aborigincs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
A DOCUMENTARY RELIGION.

Tho Huitotos have no definite form Of
worship. They believe in the existence
OF a superior being called Usinamu and
of a lower element called Taife. They
admit future existence aud manifest
a certain respect TO Itoma, the sun, and
Fuel, the moon. They generally bury
their dead I'm their own tent wrapped up
in a new hammock, which contains all
the weapons and utensils they used in
the course Of their lives. They are monog-
amous 1t is only the caciques, on chiefs
OF tribes, who exceptionally have more
than one wife.
Tho young Indian who wishes TO be
married goes TO the tent where his be-
loved lives, cuts some wood for his future
father-in-law and presents the cacique
with a certain quantity OF COCOA and to-
bacco. Some fourteen days afterward the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
A JUNGLE TENEMENT.

The Huitoto tribe, from which most
If the rubber tappers are recruited, pre-
seDts curious characteristics AS many as
a hundred families live In common under
a strange looking ednce called tombo, or
tolpa. II is q sort OF Il cross between
q hut and a tent, rising TO height or
forty OF fifty feet. Jungle creepers are
stretched upon a light conical TIMBER
frame, and then the whole thing IS coy
cred ND with bamboo. From distance
il gives the impression OF travelling
circus tent. II has no windows, and the
doors are so low that one has 10 stoop
considerable 10 penetrate into the tolpa.
Around the circular space covered by the
tolpa arc separate groups Of halnmochs
for the various families. Every family has
its fire. on which large kettle is kept
simmering continuously. IL contains
sort Of meat stew which never seems TO
become exhausted for, after every meal
the women refill the kettle with fresh
meat and seasoning, without ever empty
ing it. over the fire hang pieces OF fish
or vonisoD which are being cured by
SMOKE.
THE bare floor is covered with all kinds
of debris, and the most elementary rules
Of hygiene are checrfully disregarded
The Huitotos go about absolutely naked,
although some men are seen wearing an
abbreviated loia cloth, and some women
roll around their calves pieces of hide or
rough fibre clcth. The majority Of the
women paint their legs red or black, and
execute on their own bodies fanciiul
drawings i'm those two colors. reproduc-
ing gcometrical patterns found in all
Indian hapdiworE north or south OF Pan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
A Rubber Tre6i,rS Post

young woman IS allowed to follow her
husband TO his tolpa. This is the occasion
for very picturesque festivities, parades
and dances at which Huitoto bellies dis
play their talent in skin painting. All the
time is heard the booming sound Of the
mangarc calling from every hill
The mangarc is n curious instrument.
a sort OF wireless of the Jungle which is
used not only TO express a tribes rejOic-
ing, but to communicate the cacique's
orders 10 the men at work in the forest.
1t is a sort Of drum made by following
out two treo trunks of slightly different
size. BY striking the surface with "a NAL
let two different notes arc produced, and
the various combinations OF those two
sounds permit the transmission of code
signals very similar TO the signs In the
Morse alphabet. AS the tents are gener-
ally built on top Of high hills the sound
Of the mangare carries to a distance Of
from ten TO fifteen miles.
Certain travellers have stated that the
Huitoto Indians, especially those Of the
NonuXa tribe. arc anthropophagous In
the course of ten years ] have never OBJ
served a single case of cannibalism nor
heard one mentioned by any reliable wit
ness.
As I said before, forest Indians are abb
solutcly harmless rs long as travellers
respect the law of the various tribes.
When forced to work beyond a certain
limit or In unfavorable weather, they may
revolt, as they did in 1903, and drive their
prosecutors out of the forest. For that
matter, they simply acted as perfectly
civilized working men would act under
similar circumstances.
Indians have no sense OF value and no
desire TO earn money. They buy sup
plies at any price, paying for them with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

favorable current The rubber compans
ats him out with a new supply Of canned
food, tapping knives and mlihliIs cup'
and he rows his way back l" inc
estrada" he prospected in the for+s''
Every morning ne goes the rounds Of MS
domain tapping the trees and emptyiane
the cups full of latex or milk. The !ateA
is not the sap of the tree, but tihd
which runs through different channels
Returning to his camp in the AFTER
noon the Indian coagulates the lateX D
submitting it TO smoke and heat This is
about the simplest and cheapest metnou
devised thus far for EXTRACTING ruopoi
from latex, but it Is terribly slow anu
not at all pleasant considering the USUAL
temperature Of the tropical zone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

"EW are the white mon VINO nave ever
- set foot on the my sterouS lanu u
u Putumayo. a wilderness the size OF
Kansas shut in between two tributaries Oh
the Amazon. There are no railways no
roads, no telephones. no telegraph fo'
six months travel IS possible by boat along
the rivers. For three months the rivers
GROWN oue-ha1f Of the jungle which taxes
The ASPECT Of an impreciso and ueacher-
Gus lake. For another three months the
virgin forest is dotted everywhere with
dangerous oozo holes. a paradise FOR ali
The desdliest bacteria, scorpions, snakes
and all the animated nuisances which
constitute the seamy side Of the glorious
tropical nature.
This is the Land OF rubber in whose
uucharted, mysterious forest many crimes
huve been committed by the white man.
If We are to believe the report drawn
10y SIR Roger Easement. English inyesti-
gators have charged the Peruvian gov
eminent with refusing protection to the
Unfortunate aborigines whom the traders
creed has practically forced into the rub
Dor tapping business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
MILITARY IGNORANCE

"The late General r. II. Grant SS
Washington official. was once cornp'4 :,
ing In my hearing about an ignora"
ticer. lie lIkened this officer to CIV
Private Cheney. .,s
Where is Cheney? What inc JIM
has become of Private Cheney. =,
so, he declared. Cheney was sv
for one whole afternoon, but no u~ Nv
OF him turned up until a comrade n''''
said: .,,
Cheney? Why ] saw Cheney 80 III
two hours ago. He was talking sO
going 10 get some suncotton 10 ~.
button on his pants with. and ina,
st been heard OF him, I believe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

slightest eXertion, even for those tortu-
nate enough to escape the jungle fever,
means n gradual weakening of the or
ganism and death.
The tapping of rubber trees is arduoUs
work. and the fitting out of rubber tap
ping expeditions IS costly enterprise
With the present methods of work, rubber
trees can only be tapped six months a
year from October to December and from
April TO June. During January Febrn-
airy and March continuous tropical rains
cause all the rivers TO overflow and the
forest becomes an uncharted swamp. All
work must cease. human beings and amt
mails alike must take refuge Oh the hills
I'm July, August and September the
rubber trees shed their leaves and relapse
into their annual slumber. They hardly
give any latex or milk at that time, aud
the slightest wound on their trunk Is
likely TO XIII them. During that period,
however, rubber trees can be more easily
distinguished from the tropical growth
which sometimes hides them entirely
slrom view, and the Indians roam the
forest locating new gonzales. They make
slow progress. for as soon as they leave
the river bank they must travel on foot,
carrying on their back provisions for sew
eral months. AS soon as they have To-
Gated tree they cut down the under
brush around it with their machete and
make notch of special design on It's
bark. The tree thus becomes the absolute
and undisputed property OF the cauchero
who finds IT,
After locating certain number Of new
trees the Indian cuts pathways connect
ing all his gonzales. which makes his
work easier In the tapping season. Then
ne returns TO the bank. launches his dug
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
I,,dian Worne,, at o. Dance.

have no doubt that on the various occa-
sions when Indian caucheros revolted
they werc dealt with according TO their
own code Of legislation or according 90
the Winchester law; but this is already
many years away. | don't think the Eng
lish rubber men have been guilty of any
crimo against the Indians In tho course
of the last i've or six years, for every
thing seemed to me pretty peaceful down
there. ] never witnessed any nights or
riots during my various Journeys through
the Putumayo. Distance lends horror az
well as enchantment. The whole thing
has probably been exaggerated on both
Sides
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

plug back in the crown OF HE hat ,
chuckled and said:
Il had a summer girl out hshin' VII
her young man last week. she got y"
rible seasick Wunst she leaned Ok
cheek on the young feller's coat slee'
an says, says she:
George she says, DO you stu ic'
me-
More'n ever. me love ssys ne
"She gave a gulp.
George she says. maxim for %
rail. 4 thought that would make me ~
better, but II don't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

large quantities OF rubber and seem 10
have no Idea of profit 1t Is rather diff
cult to demand steady labor from such a
type OF humanity. Traders have there
fore tried to employ Chinese and Japanese
and also African negroes at gath
ering rubber. No other race, however,
can stand life in the tropical jungle. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
THE ONLY WAY.

Tho late Wilbur Wright Pun 80.
above all else in aeroplane eon''
ton. .,,,a
Mr.. Wright was once watchhs ia
critical eye the flight OF very I'D
very cranky aeroplane, when h'u' .
said TO him: ,,,,ss
Uncle Wilbur, can you get 10 he'
In one of those machines" -,
mot by going up. replied inc o.,
airman: but If you have lived ,,.f
good life you may do 50 by WV
1aga.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
NO CURE.

Captain Hank Hoffman. the Giouoesl.'
fisherman. was talking about 7easicknss.
These here summer girls" he said, Il
terrible liable to cit seasick. Terrible"
The veteran unlcaded an old chew ard
embarked a new one. Then, putting his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
Putumayo Indians

Putumayo between Indians ana rubber !
traders and led to acts of brutality on
the part Of the latter were due 10 the
fact that the English-Amazon Company
employed Barbados negroes as foremen'
The Indians called them 'raife' or devils
and only worked under them when com
nnlle1 hN eheer Violence.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-04
Tarn McGrew Host In Paris At Freak
Party For Some Queer Personages

Tarn McGrcw is going some" in
Paris. according To an Associated
Press dispatch from the gay French
city on November .. Says the dis
patch:
''Tarm McGrcw OF tho Franco Amrri-
can Bank. Place NondOme and Homo
lulu. has demonstrated that he is the
most accommodating host in Paris by
reason OF his having entertained six
most unsophisticated people from
Lyons. McGrew recently inherited a
handsome fortune and somewhat
previously lesser one from his wife,
formerly Mrs. Scott Grant, sisterin-
law of the Countess of Essex. Bust
ness took him TO Lyons, where he was
greatly delighted with the accomp-
lishmentS of his cab driver The lat
ter, growing confidential. conf1ded to
McGrew that he was about TO marry
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-04
EARTHQUAKE IS
NAUGHT BUT
BLASTING!

Another delusiOn OF excited imaSi.
Eation was shattered this morning
when the earthquakes reported for
several days past with alarming fire.
Quency were found not to be of vol.
canic origin at all. They were earth
Quakes all right, but the quake was
confined TO Honolulu. and the origin
thereof is down in the harbor. where
an entirely harmless bit of dredging
is going on.
All the feverish reports that have
poured into the newspaper offices
have been caused by this harbor
dredging, it appears. Nobody was
really excited over the reports. any
way. except some of. the supersensi-
tive ones who feared that Honolulu
might get black eye if the news
went abroad that there were mutter-
ines of the earth here. The earth
quake was taken as a joke, but il
seems TO have been a bigger joke
than some people thought.
Inquiry at Waipahu, Wahiawa, Wal
alua and way points failed to scare
up even scent OF the. earthquake
story. so evidently those visitors who
have been sitting up nights waiting
for shock so they could write back
home and tell how it felt might as
well so to sleep, for nothing is go
ing to happen unless a powderman
on the front" gets unusually ex-
travagant with his giant powder.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-04
PHONE DEAL IS
HANGING FIRE

Questioned regarding the progress
of the reported deal whereby the Mu-
tual Telephone Company, Ltd, was
to take over the operation of the
lines of the EiiiO and Hawaii TeIe-
phone Il Telegraph Company. Ltd, F..
klamp, president of the Mutual. said
this afternoon:
I'VE have been offered the control
OF the Iiiio company, hut no action
has yet been taken OH the matter"
It Will be remembered that the
Mutual Company, at a special meet
ingea few weeks ago, decided upon all
amendment to its charter so that it
could invest its surplus in the stock
Of other companies.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-04
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
FOR JESSIE K. KAAI

Unless Jessie Kaai, executrix of tie
estate of Margaret V. Carter, pays
over to At. T. Simonton, circuit court
clerk, the sum of $3.50 before noon De
cember Il, she will be arrested and
held by the sheriff for a period OF
sixty days, or until such time before
the expiration of thattpeilod as she
may pay the amount mentioned. Thi;
is the order issued this morning by
Circuit Judge Whitney, following the
order of Judge Robinson, made on No
vember 5, 1910, requiring her to pay
the money to Simonton, who had acted
rs referee in setting the affairs OF the
estate. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-04
OFFICER HAULS
WIFE TO COURT

Placing his. wife under arrest, upon
a charge OF unlawful fishing for null
let, a police officer at Waialua goes
on record as having kept duty pain
fully in the foreground despite what
ever sentiment he may have possess
led for love and protection of his
family fireside.
The wife of the city and county
officer now awaits trial by the justice
at Waialua court.
Yesterday the woman left her home
and in crossing a stream made the
startling discovery that in the heavy
rains that occurred in the mountains,
large volumes of water had washed
down and in draining off had driven
quantities Of mullet into small "pOck.
cts" or holes in the bed of the stream
The wife of the officer with ideas
.Of replenishinC the family larder,
stopped and gathered a large number
OF the fish. She returned to Waialua
when approached by her husband,
was told that the act was an unlawful
one, and that she might then and
there consider herself 4Inder arrest.
The police officer effected the ar
rest of his wife and she was released
On small bail.
Later this same guardian of the
peace and welfare of Waialua. district
got wind of the labors of a number
of Japanese who also participated in
the harvesting of stranded mulIet and
before nightfall he had each under
bond TO appear before the court to
stand trial for unlawful fishing