Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-05-12

now you LOOK AT a woman.
Contrary to the popular impression,
the heud-hunting Dyack of Borneo Is
not such bad fellow. nor is the prac-
tice he INDUCES in as reprehenslble as
It. might seem.
The head hunter was presented In
a new light by DR.. Carl lumhOltz.
Norwegian explorer. lecturer and
writer, who has returned recently
from BOrneO and Is in this country
while financing an expedition to New
Guinea.
"When you get ut the motives I'M
DERIVING head hunting" said l'nctor
LumhOltz to II Chicago Post reporter.
Hyou are not so shocked. I'm not
actually defending the custom, but
there's more Of It than appears On the
surface.
Make Slaves Of Souls.
ut is part of the religion of Dyacks
to hunt heads. The Dyack believes
implicitly in n life after death. Lying,
he thinks, Is like laying Off your
clothes. But life beyond the grave. In
his philosophy. Is no continuous vaca-
ton. There Is work to be done. and
II you are to accomplish your share
you will need slaves.
consequently, the moment you lOp
of the head Of a member Of some
neighboring tribe his soul becomes
yours, to be your slave throughout
eternitY.
"Thus, when a chief dies. the entire
village goes Off on headhunting ex-
petition, and the souls are wllled over
to the great man as his slaves.
"Heads also protect village against
misfortune and give the natives a
sense of assurance. There's one CHIEFS
house I know Of that's very well pro
tccted 1t Is decorated with at least
200 skulls.
THE British and Dutch governments
have been discournging the practice by
sentencing head hunters to six years
Of hard labor, hut the custom persists
for many reasons. For Ole thing. The
head hunter Is simply lion'Zed By the
women and Is looked up TO In the vii
lnge as II great hero"
Doctor I.umholtZ admitted that on
more than one occasion his own head
was In jeopardy.
"But there's one safe rule to b"
observed" he added. Don't lose your
head over the women and you won't
lose II. The Dyacks are unusually
Jealous of their women. So be careful
how YOU make love to the girls. II
YOU look at them too fondly their
sweetheartS are liable to exact rath-
err unpleasant revenge"
Doctor Lumholtz, who is member
Of the Society of Sciences Of Chris
tiania, the gold medallst OF the Nor
wegiun Geographical society. ard
member of the Societe de L'Amhro-
pologie OF Paris began his eyp!"ra-
lions about twenty years ago among
the aboriyines Of Queensland.
IL was while he was In Australia
that he discovered the tree Kangaroo,
an animal Of whose existence even y.
T. Barn,lm never knew.
Likes Primitive People.
He camped alone for months In the
Jungle with the savages, and grew TO
like them. In fact, he says, II Is his
natural fondness for primitive people
that Is his greatest protection while
among them.
Among other things he expects to
find In New Guinea Is mysterious
hoofeh animal about the size " a
horse. II has been seen from great
distances by the nntiveS, hut never by
a white man. He expects also to Study
the spiny antenters the Kind that lay
eggs; collrc, birds OF paradise ard
shoot butterflies with dust.
"And If I'm fortunate" he added. 81
will discover some new minerals. ana
probably new deposits of gold"
Referring again to Borneo, he COM
mended the Dyacks on their many vlr.
tues.
"A Dyack," he said as never known
to tell a lie or to steal"
The country. however. according t"
Doctor I.umholtz, has Its drawbacks.
Among these is the wood leech, which
sits on your tent waiting for "A chance
to jump at you.
"He Is Il creature about three inches
long" he said, but can draw hir self
out so thin that he can go through
linen mesh. He has nasty hab of
splitting at the same time he Is sick
Ing your blood"