El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-20

the natives He says It is drying process;
After killing a man they cut his neau OH
close TO the shoulders, and as soon as they
reach camp they open 1t and take out W
bones Of the skull The skin Of the head
Is then seWed together from the crown 10
the base Of the neck. 1t is now KIND OF
bag This IS filled with hot sand, put is
kept as far as possible in its original shape
It Is pressed inward during the drying. me
sand being changed from time TO llIile' until
the head is reduced TO one-LourlA oL ~
fifth the original size. Before oe5lnnll6
the curing, the skin is painted with the
juice Of the huitO, a fruit that looks much
like an aguacate pear This juice IS
leather preserver. It IS smeared over the
head inside and out As the head grows
smaller a stone Of the shape OF small
skuI IS inserted and the SKIN IS %oFkeu
down upon it, This stone regulates the size
OF the head when IL is cured II is taken
out before the skin has grown 700 laEu.
but after its features are fixed The head
is then hung UP over the fireplace and al
lowed 10 cure in the smoke
Use Poisoned Arrows.
Another interesting thing about the In
olans Of the upper Amazon said Mr. Iay-
Tor, -'is their use Of the blowgun and the
poisoned arrow Ttsis is common among
most Of the tribes between the Napo and
the AaranOn- Their guns are long tubes
Just large enough around for the arrows,
which are wrapped with cotton at the ends
to make them lit close
The arrows are small, not more than a
foot or a foot and a half In length, and not
much thicker than a wooden tOOthpick. The
poison is so deadly that IL will kill almost
anything that the arrow goes into. It
comes from Brazil The indians can send
these arrows from 20 TO so feet at a shot
and they can hit a monkey or a bird in a
high tree. For their fighting they use
spears much like those Of the knights Of
the middle ages There is a Spaniard who
makes these spears and sells them to the
indians for rubber. Some OF the tribes
poison their spears with q venom which they
make from a certain plant mixed with the
juice from dead bodies in q state Of putre-
faction The poison is put up in earthen-
ware Jars, or in joints Of bamboo, and It
forms an arIcle OF commerce among the
indians II IS also used on the arrows, and
that for the killing Of game. It does not
The Jivaro indians are superstitious.
They have witch doctors. who make a
drink called hiahuasa from the root and
stuff is something like opium. and IL makes
one see visions and dream dreams. Mr.
Taylor tried II Shortly after he had
drunk. spots came in front OF his eyes. and
a little later on he saw pictures OF saints.
The witch doctors told him to concentrate
his mind On his family He did So and
saw snakes. but a little later his family
actually appeared before his minds eve,
and that far more real than in any dream
be had ever experienced
German Tells of Experiences.
Another most Interesting man with whom
I have talked about the indians Of the east
ern Andes is a German explorer named
kroehle, who spent three years in travelling
among them He had camera with him.
and I was able 10 get some prints from his
negatives Some OF these dare not pub
ishs for the figures are entirely nude. be-
ing especially interesting from an ethno-
logical standpoint
Mr. KroehIe was twice wounded with poi-
soned arrows, and he had some narrow es-
-apes from the head hunters in the neigh
1orhood Of the River Napo. He describes
the NapO region as full OF queer people.
Some OF the indians there have in the lobes
lf their ears plates Of wood OF metal as
big around as the bottom Of an average
lumber The holes FOR them are first
and
era duallv enlarged by inserting bits OF
grass and rwigs until they grow and be-
come so stretched that they viii hold the
great ear plugs The same custom prevails
10 Burma and in other parts OF the orient
Cannibalism still Exists.
Many travellers who have made their way
along the eastern slopes OF the Andes assert I
that cannihalism still exists among some
Of the indian tribes Some OF Mr.. Eroehle's
u --ures are Of indians he calls the Cachir0s
who live along the river Eaclirel These
people are wild and are cannlbaIs They
b poison so deadly that the scratch OF an
-rrow viii cause death They do not use
money. and all Of their dealings are BY
larIer 4hey wash the gold from the
treams and bring il TO the traders in mug
Gets and coarse dust In defence Of canni- :
lalism the CachirOs say they would rather .
ielieve that II one eats a man he ACQUIRES ]
m the courage and other good qualities
hat the man eaten had when alive.
AnoIher curious tribe among the Madre j
.e Dios river down which 1fr. Avant trav-
lied is the Huachipairis These people /
generally 90 naked. their favorite suits being
oats Of red and black paint They culti- 4
ate the soil and weave cloths and ropes Of I
Wild cotton They are like the AguEruuas I
p that they have several wives Thev
reQuently make raids on the Quichuas tbe
escendants OF the Incas, who live on the
lgh plateau OF the Andes, and steal their
-0men to replenish their harems. Tbev
lso buy their wives. the price Of a woman I
eng a knife or a Ratchet The Huachipairfs |
makes holes In the upper lip in which thew !
ut feathers or sticks They are not friend |
y to the whites and the Catholic mission-