Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-01

in the road, we met number of abo-
riginal women who were out on the
mountain gathering fuel.
They had never seen a white man
before and evidently did not care to
see much of one now. For moment
they stood in amazement and looked
at US, but only for moment; then
they dashed off the road and down the
mountain side like frightened deer,
and were soon out of sight among the
wild grass and scrubby fir trees. We
stood, both panied and amused panied
to see them so frightened at us who
were their friends, and yet amused
at their rapid transit" and the speed
with which they vanished from view.
When we reached the summit of the
mountain, we stood and viewed the
landscape DER" East, west, north and
south, the lofty mountains rose, range
beyond range, as far as the eye could
see, while the river we had just left
behind could be seen here and there,
threading its serpentine way in and
out among the foothills.
Among the Tung Tribes.
Upon reaching the mountain base
we found a compact village nesting
among the foothills. The people be-
longed to another tribe, the Tungs,
who, like their neighbors, the Yaos,
have their homes among the tribe.
The homes the people lived in were
all two-story dwellings. The ground
1 fo1h or Tlicr
sty, while the people themselves oc-
cupy the rooms above.
The women wear black kits. These
are made with numerous fine tucks,
varying in width and number accord
ing to the amount of cloth on hand at
the time Of making. Their limbs were
also bound with the same goods or en-
cased in cloth leggings. Their wrists
and ankles were ornamented with sill
yer rings, while other rings varying in
size and numbering from one to five
were hanging around their necks.
; Their sailorlike blOuses were fastened
in the front with bright glass or brass
buttons, and their feet were adorned
| with pretty homemade shoes that
turned up at the toes.
The journey to the city of Kuchow
was uneventful. Our road was on an
, ascending scale, each day climbing
: higher than the day before, until
| sometimes the mountain peaks seemed
| to pierce the blue above. Two days af
( ter leaving Linhsi we crossed over the
2 southern table land, after which al
| 30
northward down through the provinct
r Of Human to join the turbid water o.
e the great Yangtzekiang.
r kuchow a Heterogeneous City.
< AS we neared the city our caravan
e was sighted, and seeing it a small bo.
: was soon scurrying along the stree
j bare-headed, and calling to the peopl,
g to, "Quick, look, see." 1t had the de
e sired effect, for out of every store tn
+ crowds poured until we were sur
n rounded by a motley throng, which in
t. creased in numbers as we proceeded
+ This city, in which we rested owe
e Sunday, is the most heterogeneous
have yet passed through. Cantones
e and Kuangsi merchants compete wit
It each other in the busy bushes
r streets; Hunanese and Kueichow COO
l, les jostle against each other in tn
J. narrow thoroughfares, while YaC
> Mao, Tung and Ling tribesmen brin
= their various wares here and, sittin
n down on the river bank outside th
n city, spread them out for sale. Her
were gathered people of all descriI
tions; women clad in skirts, and won
n en- wearing trousers, old women wit
< their hair done up in a knot, youn
l. women wearing snowy bracelets, man
% moth earrings and silver rings encil
e cling the neck, while the ankles of tn
l. more wealthy were also ornamente
d, with the same glittering metal. Ther
E. were men with queues and men will
a out them; some with heads boun
er round with cloth, and others with hal
ID done up in ball and fastened in plac
r with a comb; while here and ther
is among the crowd the Tung men coul
n be distinguished by their wearing ca
d, rings in the left ear as a charm I
ID ward off misfortune and disease.