El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-28
By
Rene Bache

. come acquainted, they are friends. and
no longer want to take each others
heads The few who persisted in the
/ practice have been punished, and the
Wild men, having learned that the
Americans VIII not tolerate murder. are
l willing enough 20 abandon it. They
7 fairly worship the Americans because
[ the latter, unlike the Spaniards and
Iagalog FilipinOs, are kind 10 them
Accordingly, on such a holiday as the
: Fourth of July, the tribes assembl
( from far and near at places appointed
/ for the festivities, and general good
feeling relgns. Not only baseball. but
other kinds Of American sports engage
their competitive efforts.
Another amusement learned from the
Americans is burrOWing for coins with
the face in a dish Of flour And vet
/ another game is hunting Embodied
! Tor cans OF salmon scattered over the
ground.
Boys Play War Game.
Boys war parties" attack each other
with reed stems for lances. The BOYS
are fairly expert spearmen wears before
they have real steel bIaded spears OF
their own A game that makes much
entertainment consists in rolling a
grapefruit over the ground and throw
ms reed spears at IL as is passes BIZ.
me warriors engage in contests at
throwing real Spears-a form of mar
Ilal exercise in which they are wonder
Iully expert They also have spank
ing game" in which two muscular
young men viii engage. One sGuats
on a bench in such an attitude as to
expose 4lnselt 70 the spank, ErasDing
ms thigh TO tighten the muscles.
The American army Officers who or
game the entertainments see. that
Jhere IS plenty to eat and not too much
70 drink These wild people, like most
OIner saFages, nave weakness for
alcOhOl, and when they first got hold
OF the white mans fireWater, they in
dulged to such an extent that they
nad 10 mold on TO the grass in order
to lie on the ground. 1t is now for
blduen by law TO sell or give them
ale, beer, wine or spirits Forum
ately, the native drinks are COMPARE
lively mild. The tribesmen, on the
Fourth of July and other holidays.
usually bring with them Jars Of
tapuy,' a fermented beverage made
from rice, which they guzzle in large
quantities.
Running, jumping, and wrestling
contests always furnish part of an
American sports the 'tug-of-war'' has
met with most favor among the wild
people. Rival villages contribute
their most powerful men to form the
opposing teams, and great is the en-
utmost Of good humOr, for these saw
ages are good losers. and the beaten
side never shows any resentment or
bad temper over the result.
Chop Animal TO Pieces
The sport that winds up the day
light part Of the Fourth Of July fes-
uvities is of a character not alto
gether pleasant from our standpoint
Some tribal chief contributes a cara
baO, usually an aged animal which is
chopped to pieces with knives. each
man taking what he can get ~ f..
Formerly this performance was under
taken without mercifully killing the
beast to start with, but now the Ame--
leans require that its throat shall be
cut before the process Of hacking the
poor creature to bits is begun.
One should realize that these natives
rarely have an opportunity to eat a I
piece Of meat, and to them the flesh /
Of the carabaO is the greatest imagin- Z
able luxury Their struggle for frag-
ments of the carcass is something 4
wonderful to witness, and it is not 1
surprising that a good many Of I
those engaged should be more or less /
badly though accidentally. cut by 4
knives in the hands of their fellow !
contestants. When the sport is over,
however, their wounds are promptly
treated by the army surgeons who /
ne e antiseptic dressings and all the
other necessaries at hand for the pur-
pose.
Schools Everywhere Now.
All through the mountain province
the Americans have established /
and each school has its base !