Show NEW GUINEA PEOPLE i II Natives Found Entirely Ignorant of Use of Metals No Form of Government Exists Among Them Except AdviceGiving Council Coun-cil of EldersBark Paved Streets Tho Hague 1 oi IIdTho latest expedition In New Guinea under Prof Lorentz which succeeded In ascend lug the range of snow mountains has published some Interesting particulars about a nonMalayan race living to tho south of the mountains These people I have Caucasian or European features although their color is black They speak a language entirely different tram that of the surrounding Malayo Polynesian tribes Indeed It Is the first time that such a race and Ian uage have been encountered in the Dutch Indies The people were entirely ignorant of the use of metals before tho Dutch expedition camo Into their territory but once having made the acqunln tanco of European knives they clamored clam-ored for them and would bring quantities quan-tities of fowls and game pigs fruit and fish to exchange for steel knives or iron of any description All their own Implements were of stone fishbone fish-bone bono and wood sometimes beau Ifully carved Prof Laurcntz says that this Is perhaps the last race of people existing In the world still in the stone age If from this fact It were to be argued that they must bo on a very low level Indeed It is surprising to i hear that on the contrary they have reached a fair standard of civilization They are not nomadic but live In woll built villages whore even the streets aro paved Somo tribes use for this purpose tho bark of trees whllo others simply place palm leaves over the roads to keep the dust down Their villages and houses aro kept clean and near each house gardens are planted In which many kinds of flowers aro grown These people are extremely fond of flowers and always wear some in their hair They successfully suc-cessfully practise agriculture and their decorative art is of considerable beauty Strange to say nothing at all like any form of government could be detected de-tected There are no chiefs and the only thing approaching known institutions Insti-tutions Is a sort of council of the old ctt men of tho trlbo These however do not rule tho people but their advice ad-vice Is asked In Important matters Notwithstanding this tho utmost good order prevails everything being done according to custom Their family life is peculiar Every person dwells alone the young unmarried un-married men have separate houses the wives have their own homes quite apart from their husbands When a married man wishes to speak to his wlfo It is not etiquette for him to go to her house and call on her nor to speak to her when he meets her in the village He must inform a woman neighbor of hers that ho wishes to talk to his wife and tho gobetween then arranges a meeting for them In the nearby forest Taking these facts Into consideration it Is not surprising to learn that domestic peace Is never disturbed occasions for quarreling being be-ing extremely rare The Dutch explorers named this race the KayaKaya because on meet w ing the natives they always shouted those words and It was thought that It probably was tho name of the raco Afterward it was discovered that the words meant good friends and were intended to convey their peaceful intentions In-tentions toward the expedition |