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

bors. arc more savage and are said
to live on carrion. They drink
wines. but shun strangers and so in
hiding when one OF another race ap-
proaches- Strangely. their huts are
arranged on lanes or streets and
those on the same streets cannot
marry without the consent OF the
tribe They worship images OF
wood or rock or often some seclud-
ed tree.
says the report: "one thing the
jungle-dwei1er does acquire by this
course of life is marvellous IN
sight into nature and her secrets
His eyesiSht or power OF hearing
but he Will hear or see tiger
creeping down ravipe long before
The English sportsman Will Every
sound in the forest has meaning
for him-the grunt OF the baboon as
the tiger comes beneath his tree.
the hoarsc alarm bark of the stag
From the way the vultures hover in
the air he Will tell If the tiger has
finished his meal or is still tearing.
the carcass Every footmark. a dis
placed pebble, a broken srass-sralk
Will tell him something; what beast
has passed there and how long ago"
HUMAN
SACRIFICE
The Khonds are one OF the most
savage OF these tribes and until
partly civilized by the British be-
lieved in human sacrifice and on
killing female babies on the theory
they are TOO poor TO support use
less children.
In 1885 they became subject 10
English rule and were made TO give
up their stock OF human victims
who had been prepared for and
were awaiting sacrifice. and substi-
tute goats and buffaioes. These are
now sacrificed on wooden elephants
the animal being tied to the image
and being hacked TO death The re-
port says that even after the English
in 1895 put stop 10 human sacrl-
ceiSed word that girl was 10 be
sacrificed He pushed forward
with large troop TO the camp of
the Khonds and found an aged
priest ready 10 sacrifice CIR. while
about him was throng OF natives.
reiisious-mad. The sacrifice was
halted through fear of the troops
but after they departed With the
girl. anSercd because OF being de-
prired of sacrifice. they are said 10
have inundated the aged priest. He
was tied to The elephant trunk and
hacked to pieces.
They kidnapped their victims from
The plains for sacrifice Each VII
laSe kept in store number OF IN.
tended victims N case of sud
den need OF -aronement- The VIC
tim on being brought 10 the hamlet
was welcomed at every threshold.
daintily fed and given the best OF
treatment until the fatal day when
he was led forth 10 sacrifice
The nine deadly sins of the
Khonds are: To refuse hospitality.
break an oath or promise. 10 speak
falsely save 10 protect guest. 20
break the pledge OF friendship. 20
break an old Law or custom. 10 com
nit an immoral act in conSanEuin-
ify. TO contract debts TO slSuR IN
time of war. 10 betray a public Sc
cret
Most numerous of the people Of
that wild region known as the Pun
lab are The Jats and Rajputs- Both
may perhaps belong TO the same
stock. although differing in appe3--
ance- They are considered 10 be d1-
rcctly descended from the military
clans that the India chieflcd against
Alexander The Great when he in
vaded the Puojab in SS25 B. c.. but
the NEST recent view OF anthropole-
Eists IS that they came from Central
Asia The Greek historians OF that
time described these people as taH
and graceful and eminently brave in
war This Stin is true OF them It
was the Ja1s who in the eighteenth
century gradually overturned the
Mohanlznedans in The Punjab-
OF the better class of these unciy-
nized aboriSines are the Kashmiris
Eu Hindus of The North They be-
came Mohammedans several cen
Iuries. They are described as al
most Europeans of slender frame.
prominent chcckbones and prom
irent noses. The men are OF q
square. herculean build. well pro
portioned and with frank expres-
sion. while the women are fresh
lookiug and Of almost a Jewish cast