Show Indians Who Sell Their Marriageable Daughters on Auction Block Found Living on ol Island in California Gulf Tribe Exiled After In 1749 Refuses to Be Civilized MEXICO CITY March 7 I D JI J-JI A strange tribe of Indians who believe tha that the pelican pelic-ait created the world orld who worship the sun SUIt and moon gamble habitually auction off their theli marriageable ri girls and and who ho destroy cs ro their weak eak eak- eak and nn-d deformed offspring has been found on Tiburon island In Inthe inthe the Gulf of California The Indians arc are the almost forgotten forgotten forgot forgot- ten remnants remnant of the Seris who numbered at the tune time of the conquest conquests Only IGi arc are alive toda today After After- n r a fl revolution In n 1749 in which th they y were involved uI the Spanish viceroy vice vice- ro toy roy c exiled them them to Tiburon three miles from the Sonora mainland mainland and anti there thc they have haye remained Ing their blood pure and keeping others of off their i h Colonel Juan Masturzi It Italian llan ex explorer cx- cx and Mme a l French writer writ arriving here from a n perilous perilous peril perU ous sojourn on the Island declared that the Seris still live Jive as savages do not have houses eat eat- much m raw meat wear only skins and anti in some sonic cases loin cloths for fou covering co live outdoors in Ili all weather and and- andare are tanned to a d deep p brown looking much as do dohe the he of the Argentine ARE G 6 FEET HIGH The average height of the male is 6 feet They hate white people beyond beyond be beyond be- be yond reason Colonel M says that several years ago an expedition sent to the islan i captured two boys who ho were taken to and educated in ill the hope that when they r returned turned to Tiburon they would begin begin be begin be- be gin the process of civilization there but when the ti-ic youths re returned they were promptly killed When a girl reaches maturity there is isa a grand celebration to advertise adver adver- the tise her readiness for marriage marriages Her father then accepts bids which range from front to pesos between 50 and 75 depending upon the girls girl's beauty The Thc youthful males males' who for tor forthe forthe the most part palt arc are pearl divers have to won work long and hard to collect that much money moncy to pay for their theli bride MUST TAP CACTUS C There is no potable water on the Island and the tribesmen have to tap tapa a water giving cactus in order to drink They have an all amazing love of gambling games gaines on the seashore sometimes continuing for lot days clays durin during dur dur- in lug ing which time a loser often gambles away even cven his wiles wife's sho shoos shoes s. s The Thc fa favorite favorite fa- fa favorite game is called and is nothing more than a form forni of the old shell game Four hollow stalks arc are used a bean being pla placed d in one the Idea being to pick the three empty stalks According to the Italian there Is Isa Isa isa a tribe doctor who determines which of or the offspring should the hale and hearty babies being left to survive Both the thc sun and moon are I I j I I worshipped and the people revere the pelican ai and tortoise e. e The pelican skin is dri dried d and used for gala attire at periodical celebrations At each new moon sea shells arc filled with a native liquor or and left heft on the beach the fermented drink b being used in an celebration One white man has gained their friendship a Mr 1 Thompson who lives es at Banal KIna on the Gulf of California California Cali Call fornia He escorted and Mme to the island and persuaded persuaded persuaded per per- the Indians to allow them to remain eight days during whIch time they traded tobacco and water In re return rc- rc turn for far information They said however er they were constantly in fear of of the natives turning against them and and doing them harm hann 0 |