The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21

4 head hunter the war path.
some of them having seven or eight
wives. They multiply rapidly. but
tho population Is kept down by fcuds.
during which one family Will lay
for another and shoot any of its mem
berS on sight. in order TO be ready
to defend themselves they sleep in
sitting posture, each brave having his
spear between his knees. While visit
ing tribe Mr.. Taylor saw three
Jivnros who had just come in from
the hunt. They were thin and gaunt.
They described raid that had Just
. been made on their family, during
which all had been killed but them
selves. Mr.. Taylor took n canoe and
went with priest to the place OF the
killing. There were women and chill
drcn and old mon lying on the ground.
The heads OF all had been cut off, and
The captors were probably curing them
as I have described
Another interesting thing about the
Indians OF tho upper Amazon said Mr..
Taylor. is their use oil the blowEun
and tho poisoned arrow. This is conf
mon among most OF the tribes be-
tween the Napo and the AIaranon
Their guns are long tubes Just large
enough around for the arrows, which
arc wrapped with cotton at the ends to
make them Mt close The arrows arc
small. not more than n foot or foot
and hnlf in length. and not much
thicker than a wooden toothpick. The
poison Is SO deadly that II will XIII
almost anything that the arrow goes
Into. 1t comes from Brazil. The In
dians can send these arrows from forty
TO fifty feet at Z shot. and they can
hit monkey or II bird In high
! tree. For their lighting they use
gtNn nrl Of I. IL,
| OF the Middle Ages. There Is Span
lard who makes these spears and sells
them 10 the Indians for rubber. Some
of tho tribes poison their spears with Il
, venom which they mako from a certain
| plant mixed with tho Juice from dead
| poison Is pat up in earthcnware Jars
or in Joints OF bamboo. and II forms an
! article of commerce among the In
| dinns. II is also used on the arrows,
and that for the killing of game. 1t
| docs not inJuro tho meat
Tho Jivaro Indiann are superstitious.
| They have witch doctors. who mako n
| drink called hiahuasa from the root
! and leaves Of n shrub. boiled into n
tea. This stuff IL something like
opium. and II makes one see visions
ana dream dreams. MIR. Taylor tried
IT. Shortly after he had drunk spots
! came in front OF his eyes, and n little
! later on no saw pictures OF saints. The
! witch doctors told him TO concentrate
his mind on his family. He did go and
saw SNAKES, but little later his fam
! ilN actually appeared before his mind s
/ eye. and that far more real than in
| ANY dream he had ever experienced.
Another most interesting man with
| whom have talked about the Indians:
or the Eastern Andes Is German *
| plor"r named krochle, who spent three
years In travelling among them. lie
mad u camera with him, and was
able 10 get some prints from his neg
atives. Some OF these I dare not pub
lish. for the figures nre entirely nude
being especially interesting from an
chronological standpoint. Mir. kroehlc
was twice wounded with poisoned ar
rows. and he had some narrow ESCAPES
from the head hunters In 1.-The neigh
borhcod of the River Napo. lie de
scribcs tho Napo region as full OF queer
people Some OF the Indians there
have in the lobcs OF their ears plates
OF wood or metal, as big around us the
bottom OF an average tumbler Tho
holes for them are FIRST made whom
they hro children. and are gradually
enlarged by Inserting bits Of grass and
twi@S until they grew and become So
stretched that they viii hold tho great
car plugs. The sumo custom prc-
walls In Burma and in other ports
Of the Orient. ON tho highlands of
East central Africa ! have seen ga,
lobes so stretched that when the plugs
were taken out they hung down from
the cars like straps. and their own.
crs would fasten them over the ton.
or the ear in order that they might mn,
catch in the branches as they passed
through the forest
Many travellers who have made thei,
way along the eastern slopes of tho
| Andes assert that cuunub Us,r 9TH a.,
lists among some 81 tho Indian tribes
some OF M Krochlc's pictures are ,t
indians he calls tho cachiros. who Uy,
along ihe River pachitca. These peo.
pic eve wild and are cannibals. The,
NUM- Win bIowguhs md arrows tipped
with poison so deadly that tho
scratch OF IN arrow will cause dcatl,
They do not use money. and all ~,
their dealings arc BY barter They
wash tho gold from the s;rcoros npT
bring ~ to the traders in nuggets and
coarse dust IN defense Of cannibn)isr
IN" 'dchiros say they would rather T.,
eaten by men than By worms. and the,
pci"Fe that u one cats a man he &C.
Huircs MI the courage and other rooc
qualities that tho man eaten had wbe,
alive 'e'
Others Of the tribes cultivate IN,
soil In rude way. They have nm,
helds Of yucca, and sometimes of no.
tatoes and corn. The yucca roo,
tastes like n potato. ]: is cooked owe,
the Goals and made into a cake; It 4.
also used to make beer which 4,
somewhat like chicha. Tho Aguaruna.
are among the tribes that have house:
and cultivate the ground. rney AR.
q warlikc tribe. who fight with poison.
cd arrows and build war towers 70,
defense They are polygamists. ant
one man may have half dozen wivos