Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13

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ming classes Of Burma, the
n proper, have long civiliza-
Wind them; but in the hills OF
mnry, strangely enough, are
\, .nost at the level of savagery.
.n the Karens, known by name
.5,s because they have respond
A. ne work of American mission
% q greater extent probably
u other oriental people.
halfway on the railway from
n to Mandalay that one gets
III glimpse of the range of hills
mark the home of the Karens.
he train the hills do not look
nnldable, but they are heavily
nj with jungle, there is practi-
Anlv one road from the west into
karen country, and it is only those
/. ne accustomed to hill roads on
riers of China who would call
1 md Others might call it a va
Eh things, none complimentary.
ah IS this inaccessibility which
Preserved through the centuries a
.Em Of tribes such as is to be
b nowhere else on the earth, at
-ap in 50 circumscribed an area.
b Karen hills do not measure
lover sixty or seventy miles from
B 10 south, and average, perhaps,
miles wide, but they have sew
score different clans and tribes,
- these look upon their neighbors
ihe same suspicion and animosity
!: pariah dogs Of one quarter of
rental city have for those Of any
'q1arter.
20 the secret "opium paths" do
zS on the western slopes Of the
! bills. The tribesmen had no
70 come down to the plains, and
5lmese the former rulers of the
fE found it much easier to come
the north.
mails can climb to the villages,
,Snot well to trust to them. 1t
record that a baggage elephant
loarteen hours to cover four and
l niles and would probably have
.nucn longer if practically all it's
4a not been brought in by COO
4u these coolies were the hill
themselves, not outside men.
me visit is worth the trouble.
Is an excellent way of reducing
!" Inc harens Of the hills are
~ no doubt, but not of the kind
a' one another or cut off heads.
ae Is no need for the visitor to
great amount of money. Beads
Snau mirrors and clear glass
are much more useful, though
y lo' a few villages have become
H'a,ed enough to like rupees,
~. '.' mat Is because the girls make
iss Of them.
The White Karens.
~ are a great many Karens in
~, p'VsIlice Of Burma, and they
~ y sui are, commonly referred
-. ueIr Burmese neighbors and
ny wv within their gates as White
I, IneSe karens do not admit
/ D p,Op.eS' for convenience sake
~, 1sl Aarens, to be their rela-
:, nave the same feelings with
N,, u'em that the ABILITIES have
!, r ..I It is perhaps natural.
atves. anu lii-cohuuct-
i, ,r ], Karen women are scru-
|, s asan and neatly, if hardly
/, , Used 1t is a matter of
va, s.s'ner they are comely. but
ss,as., ,uey are sleek and built
\. 'DSl lines, and their faces
!, ~, Alnd that appeals to the
,l,s,. SCory-tellers Of the Ara
a ,,', >. VINO preferred the moon
bn VI ~ The Greek classical type.
i@ Narens, genuine Red or
y. are Obtrusivelv dirtv 90
: e. M ney cannot get any worse
o Settle. '7r can ind a
t5o. mese Red Karens wear
,. aa, 5o'ce one to believe thew
q, 't ,5s and here and there not
s r,sal' outdoor or in, at . p mo.
ltis as the witches in Mae
\ ,a n a pity, for quite a number
a5 ySs as IT, after being boiled
|. Or ros 81 they might be Well
Eoren a, any rate personable.
ponn} S are the third most nu-
equation in Burma. Natu-