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Show A DL0JUD1S1) 1'KUI'JjE. i Tho Deooondruita or InJlnu BhntikJ tu Now Yorls Btato. Itair-TJgr Ui r.tfo Anurt from WJ llliwt l'poplii nml Hullit Whotlr Upon tho Trulls of tl. Hunt. . r Tho lltllo sloro nt SlaybacU'n Reltle mont. In tho wild region about tho hcadwntors of tho Dolawaro rlvor, In Delawnro afid Sullivan countlci, has nmoug Itt customers somo who nro un' donbtcdly tho queerest lot that over had occasion to trado at nnyboJy' ntore, Rays n Dolhl (N. Y.) corref.pond cnt of tlio Now York Sun. They nro ft rnco entirely to themselves nud live In tho wilderness far nwny from nny other human habitation, It tholrown liab'.la-lions liab'.la-lions may bo dignified with thonnmoof human, for thoy n. j tho rudest of huts, built ot old tree-trunks, brush, mud and odds and ondn ot slabs nnd other refuse lumber. No no of theso huts nro more than eight feet lilh, nud chimneys chim-neys or windows nro uultnou n to them. There nro nbout two hundred of these people, men, women nud children, nud thev nro all related to ono nnolhcr re-liled re-liled in such n way that tlioy nro of nn cxlioinoly Imv order nt phjslcal nnd mental development. They are known I by t'ireo family tinmen tho Shanes, t'lo NnlshoH and tho Maearlys-but bow they canio ly them no ono knows. There orl;ln was peculiar. Moro thin n century ngo, vbllo t i;ood many Indians still tarried on their old huutlnrr nnd Unhlng- Grounds In the upper Delawnro wilderness, n finilly nntuetl hhiinnon oultlcd near the headwatersof tho l'opnclon branch of tho Delaware. They were father, mother nnd thrco daughters. Tho mother died noon nt tcr tlioy enmo Into the region. Tho oldest daughter loft homo and lived with nn Indian hunter known as Mhnnhs, who hnd n cabin In mat vicinity tMiinc uuio mier uuii. her father wns found dend with n bul-lot bul-lot throucli his brain. Vh was his murderer wns never found out. Ills oilier two daughters joined their sister nt tho Indinn'n cabin, nnd for several j'cnrn tlio three uonion lived with tho hunter, loading tho life of snvnges. Fach ot tho stslcra hnd titno ohildreii ly their Indian lord, nnd when ho loft tho region nnd went to Canada, never to return, they remained, and tbera nro people living in Delaware county to-day who remember them as old women, begging1 nml thieving about the comitiy Thetrnnmcroiis progeny intermarried nnd the preBcnt wretched colony In the mountains beyond tho Slnyluick m tllcment nro descendants of thorn to the third nild fourth generation. gener-ation. No ono ever know ono of theso people peo-ple to bnvc money They hnvo no use for money. They nro expert fishermen, fisher-men, trappers nnd hunters. They bring (lull, gnmo, furs, nuts and berries Into the Slnyback ntore and trado them for Biieh thlngfi ns they require, nnd their wantnnro few Tobacco, pork nud ammunition nro tlio chief Items In tbblr supplies. They nil chow nnd smoko, the women nud children ns well as the men, anil tho stronger tho tobacco tho better bet-ter It huits them. They nro not given much to strong drink, but even under tho i.tlnuilatlon of alcohol thcyarodull and sullen. A pccnlinrlty of these linlf-Nivnge Is their Indisposition to talk. Whether they uro communicatee communica-tee among themselves Is not known, but with otheni they uso no words be- j-ond what nro necessary In their business busi-ness dcnllngs. There nro many mutes among tho children of tho presont generation gen-eration nud deformities nro ulmost tho rnto The moment n stranger npproaches any of the huts of this colony, every mau, woman or child who may be In sight Instantly r.currl"s nway nnd disappears, dis-appears, but presently unkempt heads will bo teon cautiously appearing nt chlnhn nnd cracks In tho ramshackle hovels nnd wild eyes will peer out nt the intruder. There nro no useful domestic do-mestic nntmals to be fceu nnywhero about, but many wolflsh-looUluy dogs, ns wild nnd suspicion)! ns their owners, crowd and wlduo about tho huts. Tlio complexion of thin strunjfo tribe is uniformly uni-formly n inn Idy yellow In color. It Is a singular fail I out, notwithstanding llio lack of ii i .1 eiH' nnd responsibility responsi-bility ninoujf thoio doifiudcd pcoplo, they havo apparently no Inclination for the commlislon of crime ngulust tho community nt lurgo. us the records of tho courts for half n coutury show. Tlioy live absolutely by nnd to them selves nnd neither earo for nor know ntiytlilngbeyond the bnie obtaining ot n uibsistcuco which at its best la but ro.int. o |