Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-20

| SHOULDERS, the arms, the CnSSI ana tuS
LEGS. each tribe having it's own EN-
blems. While the men are tatooed
at various places over the entire body
The women are distinguished by
strange looking emblems extending
from the waist to the knees. The
entire process takes over ten years,
and the pain suffered Is intense.
To provide for further ornaments
ton, a child, on reaching the age of
six months has the lobe of the ear
punctured and a stick inserted. More
splinters of wood are gradually add
ed, until at the age of years cir
cular. mass of splinters can be seen
In the ehild's ear five inches in diam
eter, and having but thin rim OF
flesh about it A little earring is then
inserted, and larger ones gradually
adued until the child has reached the
age of Is, when he has three or four
large bone pendants hanging to his
shoulder.
Anxious to press ON, sent my orig.
inal guides back, because they were
afraid of tribe of especially savage
head-hunters who lived in trees some
what farther into the interior, and,
provided with a new band OF volun.
teers. left the village where had
been so royalty treated. By follow.
ing the river route in crude, native
canoes, my progress was expedited,
out the heat was so intense that it
was necessary % jump overheard
about every half hour to prevent a
heat stroke. AS the river was full of
nnan-eating erocodiles. there was con-
siderable risk, but the danger was
mlnlm1zed by the natives, who kept
splashing the paddles, in that way
frightening the crocodiles away. q
z Leaving our canoes, we resumed
again our inland travel, through a
wilderness of palm and beetle-nut
trees from 800 feet high and five feet
IN diameter to smaller trees hut 20
feet high. The underbrush was still
dense and heavy, and it was impossi-
Bile to see even our feet. Thorns and
vines were encountered, but the great.
est source Of annoyance was from the
weed leeehes, one to three inches in
length, that would drop into your
shoes or over your body. The sting
was accompanied by persistent burn.
Ing sensation. like that from a red
bot iron. While not poisonous. an
itching irritation develops that contin-.
ues for months afterward. We found
II very difficult, owing to the Jungle
wilderness, to- obtain the specimens
We were after, but by chopping trees
ana clearing a path, I managed to
get about 100 snakes, frogs and liz.
ards, and my persistency was subse.
quent rewarded by the finding in
their deep, isolated Jungle lair. nv
much-seughtafter "clouded leopards ).
native escorts, who were ahead
OF me suddenly turned back in ~evi.
dent fear, and peering ahead. / dis.
covered rude, matched huts in the
lrees, put a short distance away. the
homes ct the: fiercest. yet most COW,
ardly, sayages of entire Borneo; and
it was with much difficulty and coax.
Ing that / could prevail upon the ma.
tlyes to go forward. My presence
caused some excitement among the
tree-dwellers, who peered down. with
their shining black little eyes. but
their Wonderment soon gave way to
curiosity, and they were soon sinh.
1ecting me to an examination similar
70 that / had previously received
MY rifle was to them also a cause of
much wonder. They treated me kind!
y, yet they were palpably Of a lower
order, and more animal-Iike, than
those of the village I had previously
visited. They were somewhat small.
er. wilder, and, from the rows of heads
that were weirdly drying over a fire,
much more savage than. their rival
tribesmen. Their entire Jaws were
tatooed with hideorE designs.
Their main weapon of defense was
tie deadly "blowpipe," through which
arrows, with poisoned tips, can be
blown with deadly accuracy, 100 feet.
IN a single second. l have brought
some OF these arrows home. They
are about five inches long, as thick as
match, and have piston and appli-
ance for catching the air when blown
from the seven-foot pipe used by the
savage. So expert are the Dayaks, or
tree-dwellers, in their use that they
can hit a bird on the wing, or invar-
fably strike a vital spot of a wild
board or human being. The yirulenee
of the poison at the tip of the arrow
is such that death will result in seven
seconds. The poison is obtained from
a resinous gum.
The Dayaks also have long, narrow
stilettC-like blades, made from steel
ore, and these are used generally in
their attacks on rivals at night. Their
desire for the heads of rivals is fam
atical. With characteristic cowardice,
they will make their attacks generally
Under cover of darkness, or when a
rival tribesman has his back turned.
Old men working in the rice flats are
often the object Of attack by the saw
age Dayak. who will suddenly dart
out, slash off a head. fit back into
the woods, and be gone within a few
seconds. Returning to his village, he
will triumphantly display his grue.
some trophy, and will be acclaimed a
warrior forthwith.
Before he can marry or be consid.
cred adult, the Dayak must bring
r""o at least one head The more he