Arizona republican., 1914-08-18
STRANGE RACE
 |S DISCOVERED
Peculiar People With a Ru- dimentary Civiliz a tion and Interesting Habits Found in the Upper Ma lay Peninsula

RANGOON, Aug. IA new and interesting race of people has been discovered, states the Malayan corre- spondent of the "Rangoon Times, in the mountainous jungle land between Trengganu, Kelantan and Panggang, in the northern part of the Malay Pen- insula.
 They are of a negroid type, and their mode of living presents many curious features. Their social organ ization is more or less that of sim pie form of commonwealth. They call themselves Panggang.
 They are nomadic, wandering about from place to place in their dense jun gles and forests They sleep on the ground covered by a single large palm leaf.
 Among the Panggang dWells wom- an named Toh Medang, whose attrib- utes are strangely reminiscent of Rider Haggard's famous She" This l woman is reputed to be a great en- chantress. She is held in great dread by the Panggahgs. Anyone in the , tribe mourning her displeaSure will as- suredly, they say, meet with awful and mysterious calamities.
 1 Toh Medang lives alone in bamboo | hut, shaded by the leaves of the sa- cred Ubang tree She subsists on spe-
 cial food brought her daily by the old est man or woman of the tribe. ac- companied by the latest born infant l and never appears among the tribe
 except by proxy on the occasion of a
 funeral, when she is represented by 8 , tame Wa-wa, q local species of Orang- | utang
 The Panggangs are reputed to be a peaceable people. and do not. among | themselves, fight or steal.
 They have knowledge of the sultan
 of the state, whom they think of as ( most sublime person, who has the pow
 CT of chopping off their heads. They are very fond of tobacco, and are con- tent to remain some time without food as long as they have tobacco and salt
 The Pangrangs have no use for mon ey for trading purposes. But if they chance they get money, the bury it S that they may use it in trading afte death.
 After getting a supply of food, n,
 work is proceeded with until the sup
 ply is ended.
 They eat any creature, whethe
 monkey, snake, elephant, or tiger Will
 pig they are especially fond of The Panggang marriage rite is sim
 pie, but effective. The bride runs a a great speed round a big anthill, an
 the bridegroom does his best to cate , her, which he usually does. Should hs however. be unsuccessful in catchin the bride. the marriage is off" , After the wedding, should they ia out. divorce is very easy. by appeal t , the chief of the tribe, who instantly an
 puls the marriage
 The women are very strong, an
 work almost as hard as the men, an some of the younger ones are of a Yer : striking appearance.
 These people do not appear to hay any religion, but they have a belief i
 transmigration of souls. In their coun try tigers are numerous, and they be ] lieve that sometimes their relation. , when they die, become changed int tigers. This belief is so strong tha if they meet tiger, they call the ani , nal by the name of relation wh has died. and who. they guess, is em , bodied in this particular tiger: if thei guess is correct the animal will be in
 stantly changed to the form of the re
 lation named, and no harm will ensu,
 Should. however the guess be wron
 one. the tiger will, mast assuredly, ca
 up the surmiser