The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16

In the year of our Lord. 1915.
with civilization so far advanced
that men are flying in the air. sail
Ing under water talking to each
other over telephones several thou-
sand miles distant and conrersing
with each other from one end OF the
world to the other by wireless. IT
Is hard to believe that in a certain
portion OF the earth there still lives
q savage group OF tribes that in
many ways resemble the monkeys
from which mankind IS supposed 20
be descended, whose women still
wear leaves as their clothing just
as Eve was supposed TO have attred
herself. and who still believe in hui
man sacrifice to the sun and even to
stones.
Yet a recent bulletin Of the British
government gives in detail these al
most prehistoric characteristics of
still savage nations They are To-
Gated in the jungle wi1ds of The
northern part of India and are more
savage than the abor1Sines of the
stone age
OF this great group of savage
tribes the Ko1s or Kolarians are the
most gentle. They formerly over
spread the plains of Bengal. but
now are found between the lower
and upper Bengal and between the
Ganges river and IS degrees north
latitude They are a large race
with black straight hair. high noses
and oval faces, girls OF delicate and
regular features. finely chiseled
straight noses, and perfectly formed
mouths and chins. However. the
eyes are seldom SO large so bright
and so gazelIe-ike as those OF pure
Hindu maidens.
LIkE MEN OF
THE STONE AGE.
The Kols worship the sun. demons
and spirits whom they greatly fear
and also the souls of the dead
The Juangs OF orissa are the
"Ieaf wearers' In 1871. according
to the Official report. the English
government called the tribe Togeth-
er. made speech on clothes. and
handed out strips OF cotton TO be
worn by the women. About $50.
women accepted this brief clothing.
the first mark OF civilization. but
wearing leaves-one leaf. the report
SAYS. amply supplying each individ-
ual.
These people, says the govern
mcnt bulletin. have no knowledge of
metals and in every way resemble
the men OF the Stone Age The fam
lies live in one building with The
exception OF the young men who
are quartered by themselves.
The Bills. another holar:an race.
are the most noted thieves IN the
world. Robbery and war are their
chief delights Their skill is such.
says the report that they have been
SHOWN to steal the blanket from
under a man asleep after he had
been warned the attempt would be
nade. They live naked and oil their
bodies so as 10 escape II captured
They worship stones and trees They
number about one million
The Gonds hare women who
closely resemble apes They are
more civilized than the other races
in that they wear pesucoats reach
Ing The knees They number about
1e4 200.
Another peculiar tribe is the To-
das. supposed by some ethnoloSists
to be The lost tribe of Israel They
i've on rho slopes OF the Nilsiri hills
in scattered huts- In some features
they resemble Australians and in
Others early Romans or 1srael1tes
It is concluded that they are an
alien race and not even remotely re
lated TO fhe other tribes OF that por-
ton OF Indfa.
HOLD ALOOF
FROM FOREIGNERS.
They are herdsmen and 1--we in a
sort OF tropical Switzerland Sc
GUIDED among their pastures. TAX
inS pleasure only in their own GUS
toms, they hold aIoof from all for
cim influences. The women axe
treated with respect and given much
freedom. They live in nuts that
have such small doorways Ihat one
must crawl through on hands and
knees. No stranger ever IS permit
ted in the huts. however, as the m
Hsbnants fear they might anger
bousenold gods, respected just as
the lares and penases OF the Ro-
While the Todas are domestic
race or tribe, the Kotas- Supposed
10 have formerly been their neigh