, 1923-09-05
Knew Of Buffalo Bill
In African Jungle

Sauule 1lrSt. linen the hides that they
always pack around until worn out
are laid on top, with the pack sloping
upward from the neck toward the
tail of the pack animal. After a suf-
ficient load has been placed in posi-
ton, a sort of packing device made
like n snow-shoe, a ring of wood laced
criss-cross with rawhide, is placed one
on each side of the burro and the
pack securely laced in position with
rawhide thongs.
The Nasal are practically the only
natives of that section that use any
ingenuity or try to pack an animal
with any idea of definate form.
The cattle furnish the main sub
sistence for their owners, as blood and
milk are the principal articles of diet.
The Nasal have practically no metal
utensils of any kind so gourds of var
ious shapes and sizes are used as YES
sells for every need.
Steers are bled every morning until
a sufficient amount of blood has been
collected in gourds, and then the COW
are MIXED and the blood and milk
mixed in equal parts and drank. Some
posho, sort of coarse corn meal, made
by grinding and crushing corn be-
tween flat rocks, is also used as food
mixed into a thick cruel by the adj
dition of either milk or water.
Very little of their food is cooked,
and seasoning of any kind is unknown
also. Meat is sparingly eaten, and
then only half roasted over a little
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The Nasal have no form of religion
or worship, says Mr.. Richard, al
though some of the other tribes have
embraced the Mohammedan faith.
Their moral code is very flexible,
too; in fact they are more immoral
than immoral.
No timepieces, watches, clocks ar
even sundials are used by the Nasal
to tell the time of day, and hours,
days, weeks or months mean nothing
to them. Seasons are practically all
alike, except that at certain times
there is more rain that at others.
When a Nasal girl is 8 or 10 years
old, she is mature, and is then intro
duced by her parents into native
society, and turned loose to go as she
will, much in the same manner as a
litter of half grown pups or kittens
ire turned loose by their mothers.
When n Nasal buck sees a girl that
catches his fancy he at once begins
to dicker with her parents for her
purchase, much in the same way that
one would barter for a horse or a
cow, and when the deal is finally COM
pleted, the girl becomes the property
of h buck, and his wife Tor one of
them) without further ceremony.
Marriage ceremonies are an unknown
quantity with the Nasal, and licenses
or medical certificates are absolutely
uncalled for. A Nasal can have as
many wives a. strikes his fancy, so
long as he is able to keep them.
The worth of a Nasal woman is
judged almost solely by her ability to
raise children. Should time prove
that she is unwilling or unable to bear
children, her husband often takes her
back to her parents, and tries to re-
cover the stock or goods that he paid
for her.
The Nasal have no family names,
the children being named like a dog,
cat or other pet animal, the names
often meaning-bird, tree, cow, sheep,
goat or some similar appellation.
The younger of the tribe care for
bum lambs and calves much in the
same manner in which Wyoming boys
and girls raise buns, only they are
fed milk through a rawhide trough
or funnel k continuance, the animal
being held between the knees and the
milk poured down its throat.
The dress of the Nasal is a simple
affair, and even hat is seldom worn.
A piece of hide tied to some part of
the person serves as the only cover
ing. That is worn mostly as a pro-
lection against the rains.
The Nasal women, old and young
alike, shave all the hair from their
heads whenever they can obtain pos
session of any keen-edged instrument,
said Mr.. Richard. They begged all
the safety razor blades that l would
part with, and had a great time shaw
ing each others heads. A hair-dress-
ing establishment would be out of
luck among the Nasal.
OF course the numerous anklets,
bracelets and other ornaments of iron
wire are priced articles of apparel,
and any ornament of brass, such as
n ring or other trinket, is especially
priced.
The Nasal do not smoke or chew
tobacco, but they do use n snuff made
of strong tobacco ground to n powder
between flat rocks and mixed with
grease and soda. This snuff is sniff
ed up the nose and also put in the
lip in the same manner in which some
white races use snuff. Richard de-
clares that a small pinch is so power
ful that it will almost paralyze a
white man.