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

wear short skirts OF bark or OF cotton. :,
Another curious tribe along the
Aadre dc Dios River, down which Mr. !
.Avant travelled. is the Huochipairs |
These people generally go naked. their |
favorite suits being coats of red and
black paint. They cultivate the soil
and weave cloths and ropes of wild
cotton. They are like the Aguarunas.
in that they have several wives. They
frequently make raids on the Quich
uas. the desce ndants of the lncas who
live on the high plateau of the Andes,
and steal their women TO replenish
their harems. They also buy their
wives, the price OF n woman being a
knife or Il Ratchet The Huachipairis
make holes in the upper lip, In which
they put feathers or sticks. They arc
not friendly to the whites, and tho
Catholic missionaries have been able
to do very little with them.
Speaking of the religion of tho In
dams OF the eastern Andes II Is OF
me most primitive nature, some OF
have Il belief in 4 future life. with the
soul going through series OF trans
Bnddhists. Certain tribes have their
own IDEAS of the beginning Of man.
one OF their ideas OF the creation is
original chaos all mankind lived in a
great cave, the entrance to which was
Suarded by tigsr; The human race
the libcrator OF mankind. a giant
among his fellows. fought with the
came out and populated the earth. AZ
ter living in Il cave so long the human
race had become very dirty. When
realized this and decided 10 wash. They
heated some water in a huge carthen-
ware jar. Those who got the first bath
came out white. and thus the white
race was formed. Those who had the
next bath ca'ne out brown and formed
The brown race. Tho last to hathc
which were left in tho jar. and they
founded tho blacks.
Some of the Indian tribes believe in
two gods. one evil and ono good. These
Two spirits fight for the control OF man,
sometimes the other. Others. such rs
the conihos. are sun worshipers. as
were tho Incas at the time that Pizarro
spirits of good people return TO earth
after death and live in iaeuars or
INTO reptiles or parrots. Nearly every
tribo has its witch doctors. and all are
honcycomhed with superstition.
Altogether, tho Indians of the eastern
Amazon are comparatively few. The
tribes are largely scattered. ana many
Of them are rather families than tribes.
thoritics on the Amazon. estimated that
there are not more than 10000 people
living along that river and the Mara
non. and there are probably less than
100000 on the eastern slopes OF the
Andes. The Royal Geographical Society
or Lima, Peru. recently estimated the
number Of saVages in those regions at
something like $4,000 dividing them
into tribes that range in size from a
the largest being the Huitotos. which
ar" put 1T 10000. and after that the III
cunas. numbering $4,000. Enoch fixes
/ his estimate as 150.000 OF more. and
claSsiiics tho Indians into i12 tribes. Il
large number Of which hnvc but a few
members.
None Of these tribes Is equal to the
best type of the North American Indian.
the most Of them are short. and they
ali have high check bones, and all have
long. straight black hafr and black
eyes. some are very muscular. and Il
few are brave. The majority. however,
are cowardly. and so afraid OF the
whites that they have been practically
cnsiaved by them in the work of rub
Some OF the tribes wear no clothes
whatever; others have clothes of bark
of the bark of n tree. Not few make
feather work. formed Of the bright
Several of the tribes are musical
The Aguarunas have flutes OF reed or
poit stiiu IL hlntl OIL NlOllIl WIFI lnTCt
strings. They also havo drums OF tree
trunks, which they use. for sending
their wireless messages from one saw
ago settlement to another.
None of tho tribes associate with
any other tribe There is no union or
government. and the chiefs are general
ty chosen for their superior ferocity
and strength. The languages differ
| widely, aud there. is no method OF
writing. Some of tho savages count on
their fingers and express tho higher
numbers by movements of tho fingers;